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Unmasking Miranda’s Rescue: what happened that we know about 

May 25, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Humboldt Spay/Neuter Clinic & Humboldt Critters Without Litters founder Jennifer Raymond dug up the evidence ANIMALS 24-7 on May 22,  2026 mentioned that,  “The Humboldt Lost & Found Pets page on Facebook,  serving Humboldt County,”  in northern California,  “has been flooded for days with desperate messages from individuals,  rescues, and even established animal shelters,  hoping […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Best Friends Animal Society, Jenna Moore, Jennifer Raymond, Justin McCarthy, Shannon Miranda, Teresa Chagrin

Amid five California sanctuary fiascos, Suwanna Ranch hosts survivors

May 22, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

DELTA Rescue,  Rock N Paws,  Duck Sanctuary,  Miranda’s Rescue,  & Villa Chardonnay/ Horses With Wings disasters come like toppling dominoes FORTUNA,  JULIAN,  & ELK CREEK,  California––Amid the early 2026 meltdowns of five of the biggest and most publicized California animal sanctuaries,  one of the oldest,  biggest,  least publicized and quietly stable California animal sanctuaries,  the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Sheep & goats, USA Tagged With: Brad Miller, Gail Eisnitz, Grace Wainscoat, Leo Grillo, Mercedes Flores, Merritt Clifton, Monika Kerber, Shannon Miranda

B.C. wildlife policy aligns more closely with pervs than with public opinion

February 13, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Tumbler Ridge school massacre & deeds leading to Winnipeg “crush video” convictions bear uncomfortable resemblance to British Columbia wolf & fur-bearer wildlife management  VANCOUVER,  British Columbia;  WINNIPEG,  Manitoba––Three individuals who might most politely be described as sexual deviants known for preying upon animals on February 11,  2026 upstaged opinion polls from Research Co.,  the pre-eminent […]

Filed Under: Canada, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Fur trapping, Hunting & trapping, Screen industry, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Chad Kabecz, Fur-Bearers, Irene Lima, Jennifer Strang, Jesse Van Rootselaar, Merritt Clifton, Pacific Wild

106 cats rescued from hot van & 28 dead were “just the tip of the iceberg”

July 3, 2025 By Merritt Clifton

Hot car case kills nine-year-old child the same day SANTA NELLA, California––Merced County,  California sheriff’s deputies and animal control officers on July 1,  2025 pulled 106 overheated,  emaciated,  mostly longhaired cats alive from a U-Haul van in a Taco Bell parking lot in Santa Nella,  a “census-designated place” with about 1,700 residents. Also found in […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Charles Crutcher, Charles Decrevecoeur, Jeannie Maxon, John Van Zante, Lord Peter de Vere Beauclerk, Merritt Clifton, Niki Plasse, Suzanne Vella

“We do not ‘kill,’ but we do humanely euthanize” by Debra Boswell

September 6, 2024 By Merritt Clifton

Why does quality of life receive no consideration? We are located in Jackson,  Mississippi.  Our agency,  the Mississippi Animal Rescue League will celebrate 55 years of operation in October. I have was the Mississippi Animal Rescue League director from 1978 to 2021,  and remain communications coordinator. The Mississippi Animal Rescue League has been widely recognized […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Mississippi Animal Rescue League, No-kill

“Hurry up & wait,” courts tell Paul Watson & San Diego cat advocates

August 16, 2024 By Merritt Clifton

Watson to remain in Greenland jail until September 5;  cat trial on hold even longer NUUK, Greenland;  SAN DIEGO,  California––British prime minister William Gladstone in 1868 declared that, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” Be that as it may,  both of the courtroom dramas gripping animal advocacy attention in mid-August 2024 have been postponed until September. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Behavior & health, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Faroe Islands, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Japan, Laws & politics, Marine life, Pacific rim, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Kate Hurley, Merritt Clifton, Pet Assistance Foundation, Ric O'Barry, San Diego Humane Society

Corinne DiLorenzo, worst convicted U.S. hoarder, violates plea bargain

August 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

But six months after notification,  Will County,  Illinois has yet to impound pigs––if still alive––and chickens DiLorenzo is not permitted to keep CRETE,  Illinois––“Corinne DiLorenzo is still in possession of animals,”  reader Brian Duda emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 on the morning of August 7,  2023. Duda referenced the convicted perpetrator of the animal hoarding case […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cats, Chickens, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Pigs, Poultry, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Brian Duda, Corinne N. DiLorenzo, Merritt Clifton, Michael Sabol, Will Brumleve, Will County

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

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

Has the Humane Society of Utah ever heard of adoption screening?

June 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Repeated rehomings to cruelty suspect Kaiden Orie Graham squanders longtime Humane Society of Utah reputation for cruelty investigation MURRAY,  Utah––For the second time in 30 days a regionally significant humane society has some explaining to do about a serious cruelty case coming to light shortly after an executive director departed for apparently greener pastures. Former […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Bob Citrullo, Humane Society of Utah, Kaiden Orie Graham, Merritt Clifton, Stanislaus Animal Services Agency, Vaughn Maurice III

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