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Soi Dog Foundation shuts down a Vietnamese cat slaughterhouse

March 24, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Slaughterhouse operated in open defiance of 1998 cat meat ban             HO CHI MINH CITY,  Vietnam––“In a ground-breaking victory against the dog and cat meat trade in Vietnam,  a cat slaughterhouse has been forced to cease operations,”  announced Soi Dog Foundation director of international advocacy Rahul Sehgal in a March 23,  2022 appeal to potential donors. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Four Paws, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Rahul Sehgal, Vier Pfoten

Crocodile tears in the monkey labs as Charles River suspends imports

March 7, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Charles River is latest monkey supplier named in wild-caught macaque smuggling case BETHESDA, Maryland––Laboratory monkey users and investors in the laboratory monkey business are shedding crocodile tears to mass media about an alleged monkey shortage jeopardizing public health by delaying approval of new drugs and medical procedures. No less an authority than the National Institutes […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Cambodia, Cats, Chimps & other primates, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws, Mice & rats, Poaching & trafficking, Research & testing, Science, Southeast Asia, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Charles River Laboratories, Cruelty Free International, Inotiv, Merritt Clifton, Monica Engebretson, National Institutes of Health, PubMed

“Spay/neuter deficit” of 8 million run up in COVID crisis: is there a fix?

February 13, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Bob Weedon hopes Florida House bill HB 719 might help POLK CITY, Florida––Just a little over three years ago,  as COVID-19 hit the U.S.,  killing 1.1 million Americans to date and initially all but shutting the country down,  feline spay/neuter specialist G.R. “Bob” Weedon of Polk City,  Florida was among the few veterinarians who continued […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Colleen Burton, G.W. "Bob" Weedon, Merritt Clifton, Miami-Dade, Michael Rosenberg, Sam Killebrew

Street dog howled warning before quake killed thousands in Turkey & Syria

February 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

At least 65 search-and-rescue dogs are now on site GAZANTIEP, Turkey––A lone street dog,  perhaps a Kangal mix,  howling in an intersection like an air raid siren shortly after four o’clock in the morning on February 6,  2023,  appears to be already the most enduring image from an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude on the Richter […]

Filed Under: Cats, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Mediterranean, Street dogs, Turkey Tagged With: Gazantiep, HAYTAP, Lea Goodett, Linda Taal, Merritt Clifton, Turkey Animal Save

Groundhog Day hoarding cases showed need for Feline Fix by Five

February 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Deceased couple left 150+ cats in Yorktown Heights;  176 cats found in Crystal Springs,  Mississippi BRUNSWICK, Maine––Can Feline Fix by Five get us out of Groundhog Day? What does fixing felines have to do with either groundhogs or Groundhog Day,  or the deaths in Yorktown Heights,  New York,  disclosed on Groundhog Day,  of New York […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Bill Murray, Esther Mechler, Marian's Dream, Mary Hickey, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Hickey, Yorktown Heights

“Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty, two cases allege

February 1, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Accused of hoarding but not charged,  no-kill shelter operator sues Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control LITTLEROCK,  California––A new strategic twist in the perpetual running battle between alleged animal hoarders and animal control agencies trying to prosecute them popped up in a January 30,  2023 web posting from the High Desert Animal Alliance,  issued […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Dawn Danielson, Julia Mildenberger, Marcia Mayeda, Merritt Clifton, Pamela Devitt

International animal advocacy influencer Brian Davies dies at 87

December 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Founded IFAW to fight the Atlantic Canada seal hunt             CAPE COD,  Massachusetts––Brian Davies,  87,  founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare,  Network for Animals,  the Political Animal Lobby,  and Animal Survival International,  died after a prolonged illness on December 27,  2022. Born on February 4,  1935 in Tonyrefail,  Wales,  an impoverished mining village,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Isles, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, Seals, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Doncaster, Anne Streeter, Brigitte Bardot, Gloria Davies, Harry Rowsell, IFAW, International Wildlife Coaliton, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Stephen Best, Tom Hughes

No jail at Christmas 2022 for hoarder busted at Christmas 2019

December 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But Corinne DiLorenzo is at last sentenced WATSEKA, Illinois––Corinne N. DiLorenzo,  40,  suspected in the deaths of as many as 700 animals at her former Earth Animal Sanctuary in Thawville,  Illinois, about 100 miles south of Chicago,  on December 21,  2022 received a sentence amounting to an early Christmas present from Iroquois County Circuit Court […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA Tagged With: Corinne N. DiLorenzo, Earth Animal Sanctuary, Jodie Wiederkehr, Thawville, Tobein Tegard, Wedrose Acres Animal Sanctuary

Shooting cats to save lizards, or to please billionaire birders?

December 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Cayman Islands may have more billionaires’ mansions than rock iguanas,  but cats are not to blame             GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands––If free-roaming cats were really a significant threat to iguanas––of any subspecies––one might expect most of Florida to be devoid of iguanas. Florida,  after all,  has reputedly the most optimal habitat for feral cats […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Caribbean, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Reptiles, Sea turtles, The Americas, Turtles, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, Cayman National Trust, Cayman Turtle Farm, Darwin Plus, David Fleshler, Fred Burton, Merritt Clifton, Tamlin Magee

Impoundments from hoarding cases down 90% in six years––why?

November 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

No-kill shelters & “rescues” are failing at half the rate of 2016,  but the reason appears to be  growing reluctance by animal care & control agencies to undertake mass impoundments             LITTLEROCK, California––Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control public information officer Don Belton waited until Halloween,  October 31,  2022,  to disclose a raid […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Daralyn Reing, Dogs Rock Rescue, Valerie Plambeck, Wendy Brewer

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