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What if the U.S. Supreme Court ruled rodeo unconstitutional?

November 19, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

It happened in India!          NEW DELHI,  India––Imagine the U.S. Supreme Court resoundingly rebuking the Donald Trump presidential administration by holding rodeo to be unconstitutional,  regardless of how culturally entrenched it is among “red state voters,”  his support base. Difficult though it may be to imagine newly appointed U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions moving under […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Vegetarians & vegans, Working animals Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dipak Misra, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, R.M. Kharb, Rohinton Nariman

Sex, drugs, dogs & monkey business

September 20, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Can PZP keep over-sexed rhesus macaques from taking over the Taj Mahal? AGRA,  India––Faster up a tree or the side of a building than a feral cat,  biting more powerfully and often than any street dog,  able to leap over monkey-catchers at a single bound,  and usually able to outwit public officials, rhesus macaques might […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Street dogs, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Hanuman, Kartick Satyanarayan, Merritt Clifton, V.B. Mathur

Supreme Court of Nepal orders end to Gadhi Mai massacre

August 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Government directed to “halt the inhuman act of slaughtering animals at Gadhi Mai” KATHMANDU,  Nepal––Supreme Court of Nepal Justices Ishwori Prasad Khatiwada and Anil Kumar Sinha on August 4,  2016 ordered the government of Nepal “to form a special committee and take appropriate measures through it to halt the inhuman act of slaughtering animals at Gadhi […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Arjun Kumar Aryal, Gadhi Mai, Merritt Clifton, Uttam Dahal

Eluding jail since 1998, alleged poacher Salman Khan to be tried one last time

August 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Mythical “Famous Persons Act” appears to protect one of Bollywood’s biggest stars          JAIPUR,  India––Arguably the most notorious case of allegedly poaching endangered species still before the courts of any nation,  and certainly the longest running soap opera of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s career may end on August 10,  2016,  when Khan goes to court […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Screen industry, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Harish Dulani, Merritt Clifton, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, Satish Shah, Sonali Bendre

Shaktimaan the police horse dies of complications from assault

April 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Lost leg, suffered infection          DEHRADUN,  Uttarakhand,  India––Shaktimaan the police horse died at about 5:30 p.m. on April 20,  2016,  of causes officially unknown pending necropsy,  but believed to be a post-operative infection. “It is extremely unfortunate and heart-breaking for us that the horse is no more.  Post mortem will confirm the cause of death,”  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cruelty & neglect, Cultural, Hinduism, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Working animals, Working horses Tagged With: Ganesh Joshi, Gauri Maulekhi, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

Showdown at the Indian-style bullfighting corral

April 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board faces off against the BJP government          CHENNAI,  NEW DELHI––The elected government of India and the appointed but constitutionally empowered Animal Welfare Board of India appear to be headed toward a showdown before the Indian Supreme Court––a showdown which precedent indicates the Animal Welfare Board would win. In the interim,  however,  challenging […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Welfare Tagged With: Bharatiya Janata Party, Chinny Krishna, J. Jayalalithaa, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, R.M. Kharb

Supreme Court of India rules against harvest festival mayhem

January 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board of India chair R.M. Kharb & vice-chair Chinny Krishna refuse to quit NEW DELHI,  CHENNAI––Animals may be killed and injured by the hundreds of thousands during the 2016 Indian harvest festivals,  January 12-18,  but the mayhem may not proceed with government approval,  ruled a two-judge bench representing the Supreme Court of India […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cockfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Left, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Other animal fighting, Other animal racing, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Welfare Board of India, AWBI, bulbul fighting, Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Makar Sankranti, Merritt Clifton, Pongal, R.M. Kharb, Supreme Court of India

“On behalf of my suffering brothers & sisters, the insects, please help them.”

December 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Injuring invertebrates should bug the animal rights movement by A. Rosen While visiting India several years ago, I met people who practice the Jain religion. I think the Jain movement is ahead of the animal rights movement in some ways. For example, Jains include insects in their kindness to animals. I think that except for […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Beliefs, Buddhism, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Food, Food security, Global, Hinduism, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Other, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: A. Rosen, Ambuja Rosen, Barbara Rosen, Freddy the Fly, J. Allen Boone, Merritt Clifton

Did the Gadhi Mai Temple Trust renege on deal to quit animal sacrifice?

July 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Were leading animal charities scammed?          KATHMANDU, Nepal––Could the Humane Society of the U.S., Humane Society International, and leading Indian and Nepalese animal charities all have been scammed by the July 28, 2015 alleged agreement of the Gadhi Mai Temple Trust to discontinue animal sacrifice?          Was there some misunderstanding about the nature of the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Food, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Gadhimai, HSUS, Humane Society International, Merritt Clifton, Republica

Gadhi Mai sacrifices stopped

July 28, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

HSUS & HSI victory claims omit mention of those who won the fight          KATHMANDU, Nepal––Under pressure of a Supreme Court of Nepal injunction won on November 24, 2014 by the Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center,   “We have decided to completely stop the practice of animal sacrifice,” Gadhi Mai Temple Trust secretary Motilal Prasad […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Organizations, Other spectacles, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Slaughter, Spectacles, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Bariyarpur, Beauty Without Cruelty-India, Gadhi Mai, Gadhimai, King Gyanendra, Uttam Dahal, Wayne Pacelle

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