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Hurricane Irma: how many dogs were abandoned?

September 14, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

More than 70% of the shelters serving Florida closed Hurricane Irma forced more than 70% of the humane society and animal control shelters serving Florida to either close for at least one day when they normally would have been open,  but just over half––55%––were open again within 72 hours,  according to two ANIMALS 24-7 surveys […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Diane Sauve, Merritt Clifton, Ryan Saavedra

The Animal Shelter by Patricia Curtis

September 9, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Lodestar Books (c/o E.P. Dutton),  1984. 164 pages,  hardcover.  $13.95 original price. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton The Animal Shelter,  by Patricia Curtis,  introduced a generation of young people to humane work. “I wrote The Animal Shelter 28 years ago,  so it is badly out-of-date,”  Curtis told me in May 2011,  seemingly surprised to be looked […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Population control, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Henry Spira, Patricia Curtis, Robert Rohde

TNR achieves 72% drop in kitten birth rate, finds Alley Cat Rescue

July 13, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

25 years of neuter/return has effect comparable to reducing average litter size from four kittens to one          MOUNT RANIER,  Maryland––The largest return of data yet from a national survey of cat rescue and sterilization programs shows a cumulative reduction of 72% in kitten births at monitored colonies since the introduction of neuter/return feral cat […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Population control, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife

Talking about cats in Holy Week

April 13, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

ANIMALS 24-7 visits with Stacy LeBaron of Community Cats podcast Yes,  it is Dog Bite Prevention Week,  according to the U.S. Postal Service,  and Easter week according to the world’s 2.2 billion Christians,  and Friday is Passover,  celebrated by about 17.4 million Jewish people. But somewhere in the vicinity of 400 million people worldwide worship […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Birds, Book & film reviews, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feral animals, Other cat topics, Population control, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Merritt Clifton, Stacy LeBaron

“Rescue hoarding” cases horrify Iowa

March 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Iowa cases exemplify national trend          DES MOINES,  Iowa––Arrested on February 13,  2017,  Bully Breed Miracle Networking & Rescue founder Lindsey Morrow,  41,  is awaiting trial in Warren County,  Iowa,  on five counts of animal torture,  five counts of animal neglect,  second-degree theft,  second-degree fraudulent practice and ongoing criminal conduct. Alerted to conditions of severe […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Kim Norvell, Lindsey Morrow, Merritt Clifton, Natalie Finn, Nathan Winograd, Nicole Marie Finn, Richard Avanzino, Sarah Mervosh, Whitney Smither

Cats on the air everywhere!

September 17, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Half an hour with Stacy LeBaron of the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society          NEWBURYPORT,  Massachusetts––North American awareness of human impact on natural habitat is sometimes traced back to Henry David Thoreau’s 1849 essay A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,  which preceded his much better known essay Civil Disobedience by a matter of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior & health, Beliefs, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Henry David Thoreau, Merritt Clifton, MRFRS, Stacy LeBaron

Hot dogs, kids, & summer: a deadly triad

May 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Alleged hot car case perp,  facing charges, could be said to have gotten away with it because neither child nor dogs died          CHATTANOOGA,  Tennessee––Chattanooga State Community College student Shea Amber Anderson,  24,  on April 29,  2016 got away with three of the most egregious alleged crimes of neglect that a parent and petkeeper can […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Right, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Ed Hickling, Gene Weingarten, Jan Null, Janette Fennell, John Van Zante, Krista Riddell, Merritt Clifton, Michael Hammond, Robin Starr, Shannon Dominguez, Shea Amber Anderson

Perp to serve no time for first U.S. federal “crush video” conviction

March 9, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Credited with time served for Texas state charges          HOUSTON,  Texas––Ashley Nicole Richards,  25,  the first federal defendant to be sentenced in a “crush video” case,  on February 26,  2016 was ordered to serve 33 months in prison,  but U.S. District Judge Sim Lake credited her with having already served the time during 42 months […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting practices, Other animal fighting, Other entertainment topics, Screen industry, USA

“Crush” video selfie maker gets 40 years in Louisiana penitentiary

February 6, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Sentenced mainly for child porn possession          GONZALES,  Louisiana––Technically Wilson Longanecker Jr.,  43,  formerly mayor of Sorrento,  Louisiana,  was not sentenced on January 19,  2016 to serve life in prison for making “crush” videos showing himself torturing cats in a variety of ways. Technically 23rd Judicial District Judge Jessie LeBlanc sentenced Longanecker to serve “only” […]

Filed Under: Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Screen industry, USA Tagged With: Ashley Nicole Richards, Brent Wayne Justice, Chita Dorma Ridon, Judge Jessie LeBlanc, Judge Sim Lake, Robert G. Stevens, Victor Ridon, Wilson Longanecker Jr.

Court finally puts Angel’s Gate out of its misery

October 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Eight-year struggle          DELHI,  New York––More than eight years of investigation and three years of litigation over the management of the former Angel’s Gate hospice in Delhi,  New York,  appeared to end with the dissolution of the charity on October 2,  2015 by Otsego County Court Judge John F. Lambert. The verdict may end one […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Denise Flaim, Marc Jurnove, New York State Humane Association, PETA, Priscilla Feral, Susan Marino

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