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Tribal tradition of silence favors dog owners over dog attack victims

June 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

Belief that the dead should never be mentioned by name inhibits investigation,  reportage,  & victim advocacy HOTEVILLA, Arizona;  WITCHEKAN FIRST NATION,  Saskatchewan––Two hundred years ago and longer,  the Cree land now called the Witchekan First Nation and the Hopi tribal village today called Hotevilla marked the northern and southern ends of the great annual bison […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Cree, Giselle Thomas, Hopi, Hotevilla, Noel Thomas, Witchekan First Nation

“Rez dogs” kill two people in two days––but likely were not born there

April 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Deaths underscore that Native American lands are no more an appropriate venue for dumping dangerous dogs than “crazy cat ladies” are for dumping kittens             SPIRIT LAKE, North Dakota;  MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT,  Iowa;  TELLICO VILLAGE,  Tennessee––Native Americans were the victims of two fatal dog attacks in two days on March 27 and March 28,  2022,  on […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Chaille Simone Morgan, Douglas Yankton, Francis Cavanaugh, Matt Henson, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger

Native opposition to fur farming joins COVID-19 to kill the B.C. mink industry

November 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

British Columbia government accepts recommendation of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs VICTORIA, B.C.––British Columbia agriculture minister Lana Popham on November 5, 2021 made British Columbia the first jurisdiction in North America to announce a permanent ban on mink farming. In so doing,  Popham responded,  six months later,  to an April 6,  2021 urgent […]

Filed Under: Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Bonnie Henry, Don Tom, Joe Clark, Judy Wilson, Lana Popham, Merritt Clifton, Stewart Phillip, Thomas Grey & Company, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?

August 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 87th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to be held nightly,  August 12-15,  2021,  after a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements. Bizarre as the race itself is,  even more bizarre––and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Native American beliefs, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Wild horses Tagged With: Alex Dick, Allison Williams, Claire Pentz, Karen West, Larry Lansburgh, Lillian A. Ackerman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Timiraos, Roger Harnack, Warren Cox, Will Anderson

Fixing for a fight of Leviathans

July 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The Makah Harpooners vs. Willy the Whale,  alias Killer Keiko [Originally published in September 1998] NEAH BAY,  Washington;  NEWPORT,  Oregon––If the September 1998 media drama underway in the Pacific Northwest was a professional wrestling match,  it would be billed as the Makah Harpooners vs. Willy the Whale,  alias Killer Keiko,  orca star of the hit […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Laws & politics, Marine life, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Ben White, Jose Truda Palazzo, Mark Berman, Marylou Sappone, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry, Rick Spill, Rick Trout, Russ Rector

Eaglet & redtail sacrifice: ancient defense against cannibal raiders

May 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Cruel practice is remnant of crueler history FLAGSTAFF,  Arizona––As many as 40 newly hatched golden eagles and at least as many fledgling redtailed hawks may be stolen by Hopi warriors from nests within the Wupatki National Monument north of Flagstaff this spring,  as in every spring of the 21st century,  for eventual use in sacrifices originating out […]

Filed Under: Birds, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Wildlife Tagged With: Apache, Hopi, Kit Carson, Merritt Clifton, Navajo, Pueblo

Ice age rock art find exposes nearly 200 years of horse manure

December 14, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

The discovery does not improve  the case for horses having survived the Ice Ages in the Americas CHIRIBIQUETTE NATIONAL PARK, Colombia––Images of ice age horses,  among thousands of other animals painted along an eight-mile mural of rock art recently found in southern Colombia,  have revived hopes among wild horse advocates––and Mormon literalists––that horses somehow remained […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Beliefs, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mexico, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, The Americas, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife

Killing the dam sea lions is about hook-&-bullet votes for Trump

August 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

And Jaime Herrera-Beutler, Trump stooge in Congress             PORTLAND, Oregon––As many as 540 California sea lions and up to 176 Stellar sea lions are to be sacrificed to placate frustrated recreational salmon fishers,  beginning during the run-up to the November 2020 election and continuing throughout what would be President Donald Trump’s second term if re-elected. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry Thom, Carolyn Long, Donald Trump, Jaime Herrera-Beutler, Lynda V, Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Monica Samayoa

Takaya the “sea wolf” headed for home, but hunter shot him

April 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Lived for eight years almost within sight of British Columbia provincial parliament             VICTORIA, B.C.,  Canada––Takaya,  10,  the “sea wolf” star of the 2019 CBC Nature of Things documentary “Takaya: Lone Wolf,”  was on March 24,  2020 shot by a hunter near Shawnigan Lake,  British Columbia,  possibly after being chased and/or mauled by the hunter’s […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Native American beliefs, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Predators, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Darimont, Chris Genovalli, Gosia Bryja, Leyland Chacco, Merritt Clifton, Paul Paquet

Beavers gnaw way toward wolf, grizzly & economic recovery in the Cascades

July 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Future of logging,  hunting,  fishing & ranching region lies with nonlethal wildlife tourism             TWISP,  Washington––Vanishing salmon,  Washington’s worst wildfire roaring through the Methow River Valley in July 2014,  and flash floods that turned roads into rivers even before Finley Canyon stopped reeking of smoke and ash have brought beaver back to the Upper and […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Dog use, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fur trapping, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Predators, Racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Spectacles, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann McCreary, Christopher Solomon, Joel Kretz, John Sirois, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Paul Wagner, Rob Wielgus

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