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Kangaroo leather soccer shoes get the boot from Puma & Nike

March 15, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Pumas do not hunt kangaroos anyhow BEAVERTON,  Oregon––Pumas,  native to almost all of the Americas,  do not hunt kangaroos,  native only to Australia. Neither will kangaroos be hunted any longer to supply the German sportswear manufacturer Puma with their hides,  the Puma company has announced. Nor will kangaroo hides be impaled on Nike spikes,  the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sports, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Adidas, Al Spalding, Merritt Clifton, Mizuno, Nike, Pele, Puma

Beagler fined $10,000––for wildlife trafficking, not for torturing hares

March 11, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Allegedly hired Maine trappers to supply Massachusetts field trials             PORTLAND,  Maine––Jon Thomas Rioux,  36,  a landscaper in Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  entertained himself and friends for years by setting beagles on snowshoe hares,  until,  apparently running out of rabbits locally,  he ventured more than 150 miles north into Maine to find more. Jon Thomas Rioux might […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Sports, Training, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: coonhunting, coursing, field trials, foxhounds, hog-dog, Jon Thomas Rioux, St. Jude

Soccer hero Philemon Mulala is latest South African pit bull victim

January 12, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

South African pit bull-inflicted fatality rate,  over past 100 days,  soars to four times the U.S. record rate of 2022 LICHTENBERG,  South Africa––Few Americans would recognize the name Philemon Mulala,  but among soccer fans in Africa,  he enjoyed approximately the fame of a major league baseball player who punctuated a career longer than most by […]

Filed Under: Africa, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sports, Zambia Tagged With: Cape Town Spurs, Giyani Dynamos, Johannesburg Rangers, Lillian Chileshe, Merritt Clifton, Mufulira Wanderers, Philemon Kaunda, Staffordshire

“Kangaroos are not shoes” campaign kicks back against ghost of Pelé

January 7, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Demand for soccer shoes helps to drive increased kangaroo culling             BETHESDA,  Maryland––When Pelé,  the most famous and perhaps the greatest soccer player of all time,  died on December 29,  2022,  almost nobody figuratively jumped on his grave. There was,  however,  one exception,  Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle. […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Politics, Sports, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Adolph Dassler, Center for a Humane Economy, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Merritt Clifton, Rudolph Dassler, Wayne Pacelle

Anti-“Big Lick” soring PAST Act passes U.S. House; goes to Senate

November 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And California voters dump horse racing bail-out measure WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. House of Representatives on November 14,  2022 for the second time passed the PAST Act,  short for Prevent All Soring Tactics,  and sent it to the U.S. Senate,  where for the second time it is likely to pull up lame. But maybe not.  Before […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, Sports, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Clant Seay, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Presley, Rep. Steve Cohen, Sherry DeBoer, Tom Vilsack

Boone County “Mexican rodeo” bucks Mexican rodeo rules

November 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

If Boone County mayhem is “Mexican culture,”  why doesn’t it follow the Mexican rulebook? BELVIDERE, Illinois––Two months of pretense by public officials in Boone County,  Illinois,  that violent abuse of steers and horses at local charreada or Mexican-style participant rodeos can be defended as part of Mexican-American culture appeared to disintegrate on November 3,  2022 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, USA, Working horses Tagged With: charreada, charro, Diane Zimmerman, Drew Bliss, Janet Enoch, Karla M. Maville, Merritt Clifton, Mexican Federation of Charreria, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness. Steve Hindi

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

August 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 88th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to conclude on August 14,  2022,  as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Bizarre as is the race itself,  down an extremely steep […]

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

Ram fighting charges out of history to butt civilization in the ass

July 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Gambling pastime found in the Bible             LAGOS,  Nigeria;  BANGALORE,  India––“Ram fighting during,  but not limited to,  the Eid period,  and involving not just Muslims,  seems to have become a gold mine in Nigeria,”  a Muslim reader informed ANIMALS 24-7 shortly after the Feast of Eid al Adha on July 9,  2022. A ram fight […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Islam, Laws & standards, Nigeria, North Africa, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Southeast Asia, Sports, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan, Welfare Tagged With: Book of Daniel, Eid al Adha, Jacopo Lentini, Merritt Clifton, Mohammed, Ramcharger

Why the Second Amendment does not protect either hunting animals or self-defense

July 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The only form of either “hunting” or “self defense” that concerned the 2nd Amendment authors was catching fugitive slaves & quelling slave revolts No part of the U.S. Constitution seems better known to hunters and other gun owners,  or is more vehemently defended by pro-hunting and pro-gun organizations,  than the single sentence that is the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Sports, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Burton Newman, Carl T. Bogus, Franklin Orth, Henry David Thoreau, John Paul Stevens, Karl T. Frederick, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Henry, Thom Hartmann, Wayne Pacelle

Indianapolis 500: no longer a balloon chase & Nebraska Cornhuskers ditto!

May 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Balloons Blow takes the checkered flag after a five-year campaign––and wins again in Nebraska!             INDIANAPOLIS,  Indiana––The Florida-based all-volunteer grassroots activist group Balloons Blow on April 21,  2022 earned a victory lap,  taking the checkered flag in a ten-year campaign against the ceremonial release of as many as 40,000 balloons just before the start of […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Sports, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: Balloons Blow, Danielle Vosburgh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Louis Meyer, Merritt Clifton, Roger Penske, Tony Hulman

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