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“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

Darlene Wohler Larson,  78,  mentored generation of animal care workers

October 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Best known for long tenures with the National Animal Control Association & ASPCA Darlene Wohler Larson,  78,  died on October 17,  2022. “She had entered hospice after extended hospital care following surgery,”  longtime friend Bob Marotto announced via Facebook. “Darlene was an extraordinary and beloved person of great professional accomplishment,”  Marotto said,  but “never forgot […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Bob Marotto, Dave Pauli, Merritt Clifton, Mike Burgwin, NACA, Phil Arkow, Warren Cox

Vicky Crosetti, 66: “She was a good friend,” to animals & humans

October 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

ANIMALS 24-7 founding board member KNOXVILLE,  Tennessee––Vicky Crosetti,  for 19 years executive director of the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and a founding member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors,  died on January 22,  2020,  after a multi-year fight against lung cancer and a variety of other serious health issues. Crosetti would have […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Anna Sandhu Ray McBee, Dave Krishock, Debbie Clark, Franke Crosetti, Gladys Sargent, Jayne Vaughan, John Crosetti, Mark Siegel, Merritt Clifton, Nina L. Margetson, Tim Burchett, Victoria S. Krishock, Warren Cox

How 60+ Florida animal care facilities survived Hurricane Ian

October 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And how IFAW founder Brian Davies’ $1.4 million winter home didn’t             FORT MYERS, Florida––Forty-eight hours after Hurricane Ian first hit the southwest Florida coast on September 28,  2022,  and minutes after it slammed into South Carolina two days later,  after crossing the width of Florida and regaining momentum over the sea,  animal rescuers were […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Crocodilians, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Reptiles, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Gullf Coast Humane Society, Hurricane Ian, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Adams, Sanibel

“Peak dog” means no homes left––especially not for “behavior dogs”

September 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Peak dog” also means “Fix the problem before it gets worse.” LOS ANGELES,  AUSTIN,  SAN ANTONIO––City of San Antonio Animal Care Services did not mention “peak dog,”  pit bulls,  nor even spay/neuter in a September 1,  2022 bulletin lamenting that “Just this week,  26 dogs have been humanely euthanized due to our shelter’s capacity restraints.” […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Austin Animal Center, Austin Pets Alive, Best Friend Animal Society, Julie Castle, Lina Fisher, Los Angeles Animal Services, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty, San Antonio Animal Care Services

No-kill drive leaves TN county with no shelter & as many strays as ever

July 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Not a fraction enough s/n done to be no-kill,  deadly dogs running amok,  & humane society near broke NEWPORT,  Tennessee––Locally recognized as deficient for more than 50 years,  animal control services in Cocke County,  Tennessee are within a week of vanishing entirely. Effective on August 1,  2022,  the nonprofit organization founded in 1993 as Friends […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Alison Chiaradio, Amber Miller, Anne Fontaine, Carol Hood, Charles Owensby, Merritt Clifton, Smoky Mountain Humane Society, Tony Ahrens

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