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“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

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

Alisa Marie Mullins: longtime behind-the-scenes voice of PETA

March 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

PETA obituary understated Mullins’ role as author,  ghostwriter,  & spokesperson Alisa Marie Mullins,  59,  a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals researcher and writer for 30 years,  died on March 22, 2022 “after a 2-year battle with brain cancer,”  PETA announced. The PETA obituary announcement understated Mullins’ longtime role as author and/or ghost writer […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cats, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Barack Obama, KKK, McDonald's, Merritt Clifton, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Peter Wolf, Steve Hindi, Vox Felina

What Wildlife Services did not say about the newly released 2021 body count

March 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Only 4% of the toll of 1.76 million animals were “livestock predators,”  but 44% were “invasive” starlings             RIVERDALE,  Maryland––Released on March 22,  2022,  the USDA Wildlife Services program activity report for 2021 tells a different story from the sunny spin put on it by the accompanying media release from USDA Animal & Plant Health […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fur trapping, Hooved stock, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Reptiles, Sheep & goats, Snakes, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: APHIS, Merritt Clifton, starlings, USDA Wildlife Services

Public shelters: refuge for animals or not?

December 30, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

by Wendolyn Aragon,  president,  Pet Assistance Foundation Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. nearly two years ago,  in 2020,  most U.S. animal shelters adopted some variation of managed admissions,  an approach long promoted by the “no kill” movement,  only admitting animals in need of emergency care. This was concerning, since it was breeding […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: 90% live release rate, Austin Pets Alive, Best Friends Animal Society, Pet Assistance Foundation, RTF, TNR

“Spay-It-Forward” says Dr. Jeff, Rocky Mountain Vet

December 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Veterinarian Jeff Young updates an idea from Menander, Ben Franklin,  & Ralph Waldo Emerson DENVER, Colorado––Jeff Young,  DVM,  star of the reality TV show Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet,  reaching more than a million viewers per episode since 2015,  wants to sell the veterinary and humane communities on the concept he calls Spay-It-Forward. Young,  an animal control officer […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Mexico, Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Hiro Yamasaki, Jeff Young, Marvin Mackie, Merritt Clifton, Petra Mickova

New Aussie cat-killing method may hint retreat from trying to kill all ferals

December 1, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Scheme targets only specific cats who eat endangered marsupials             ADELAIDE, Australia––Australian cat-haters rejoiced and cat advocates threw up their hands in horror after Adelaide Advertiser reporter Michelle Etheridge on November 30,  2021  revealed the latest of generations of government schemes to poison feral cats and foxes who allegedly prey upon endangered small marsupials. Overlooked […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Politics, Population control, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: bilbies, Greg Hunt, Kyle Brewer, Lisa Roberts Daintree, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Etheridge, Ned Ryan-Scholefield

D.C. Cat Count confirms low feral cat population, lots of free-roaming pets

September 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Birder claims about feral cats hugely exaggerated             WASHINGTON D.C.––Three years & expenditure of $1.5 million after it started,  the D.C. Cat Count results are in,  if not yet formally published in scientific media. The D.C. Cat Count findings demonstrate chiefly what ANIMALS 24-7 has argued for decades:  both birder and cat advocacy organization claims […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Alley Cat Rescue, George Fenwick, John Marbanks, Merritt Clifton, Nico Dauphine, Tyler Flockhart

Audubon writer allegedly recommended poisoning cats

September 17, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Editor-at-large Ted Williams suspended, then reinstated WASHINGTON D.C.––National Audubon Society president David Yarnold on March 26,  2013 announced that Audubon magazine editor-at-large Ted Williams had been reinstated after a 10-day suspension for allegedly urging the use of the over-the-counter pain reliever acetaminophen to poison feral cats. Though the alleged recommendation was later withdrawn,  it received […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Population control, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: David Yarnold, George Fenwick, John Marbanks, Merritt Clifton, Mike Lafferty, Peter Wolf, Ted Williams

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