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Can Las Vegas really get to no-kill animal control? Don’t bet on it.

November 28, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Reality in Las Vegas is a lack of realism about the realities of the job             LAS VEGAS, Nevada––Each spin of the roulette wheel,  each toss of the dice,  each turn of the cards,  each yank of the lever on the one-armed bandit slot machines,  builds breathless anticipation,  but ends with exactly the same result,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Bryce Henderson, Christine Robinson, Darcy Spears, Dart Anthony, Kate Hurley, Mary Herro, Merritt Clifton, Richard Herro

Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts

November 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Author of Animal Rights & Human Morality and The Unheeded Cry FORT COLLINS,  Colorado––Bernard Elliot Rollin,  Ph.D.,  78,  better known as just Bernie Rollin,  died on November 19,  2021. Remembered and appreciated as an entertaining,  provocative,  and often persuasive bridge among the animal rights,  animal welfare,  academic,  veterinary,  and legal communities during his 51 years […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spay/neuter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: David DeGrazia, Fred Allison, Henry Spira, Jeff Dodge, Linda Rollin, Merritt Clifton, Rene Descartes, Richard Avanzino, Richard Bonner

Colorado warns public: New Hope Rescue may have spread distemper

November 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

New Hope Rescue director & vet face cruelty charges;  shelter loses operating permit COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado––New Hope Rescue Inc. is in big-time trouble again. This time the Colorado Department of Agriculture has reportedly revoked the New Hope Rescue operating permit. Colorado Department of Agriculture Pet Animal Care & Facilities Act enforcement bureau chief Nick Fisher […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Chelsea Brentzel, Dan Beedie, Fred Smith, Joann Roof, Laura Carlock, Merritt Clifton, Nick Fisher

How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession

October 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Diagnosis by Dr. Jeff Young, Rocky Mountain Vet, & prescription by Bob Christiansen could provide a cure-all Drawing from a million to 1.7 million viewers per episode of his reality TV show Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet,  Jeff Young might be considered the most influential veterinarian in the world. Certainly Young must be the most […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Bob Christiansen, Cesar Millan, Heidi Leuders, Jeff Young, live release, Merritt Clifton, pit bull, Steffen Baldwin

Is the Veterinary Profession Serving All Companion Animal Medical Needs in America Today?

October 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

A Case for Full-Service, Low-Cost, Non-Profit Community Veterinary Care Centers by Bob Christiansen Free download from www.bocafund.com. (See also How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession.) “Financial forces and technological innovation are separating pet owners and veterinary practices into have and have-nots,”  Bob Christiansen begins in Is the Veterinary […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Amy Orlin, Bob Christiansen, Boca Fund, Jeff Young, Kelly Farrell, Merritt Clifton, Peter Marsh, Project Catsnip, WellPet Humane

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

The Supremacist Syndrome, by Peter Marsh

September 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

How Domination Underpins Slavery, Genocide, the Exploitation of Women, & the Maltreatment of Animals Lantern Publishing & Media,  128 Second Place,  Brooklyn,  NY 11231;  www.lanternpm.org. Available in both Kindle and paperback editions. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Many ANIMALS 24-7 readers will remember Supremacist Syndrome author and New Hampshire attorney Peter Marsh as an occasional presenter […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Belgium, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Cats, Central Europe, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, DRC, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Germany, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Meat issues, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Adolf Hitler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Heinrich Himmler, Jane Bowdler, King Leopold II, Merritt Clifton, Peter Marsh, Raoul Wallenberg, Thomas Bowdler

Fire, crime, shelter management & the wisdom of Warren Cox

September 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Fire is always a threat”             ORLANDO,  Florida;  FRISCO,  Texas––“We were able to save 45 cats and 26 dogs,”  the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando posted to Facebook after a late night fire on September 15,  2021. “We are heartbroken to report that we lost 13 cats and there are four still missing,”  the posting […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior & health, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Other dog topics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alex Lewyt, Elisabeth Lewyt, Merritt Clifton, Mike Arms, Pet Alliance, Steve Bardy, Warren Cox

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

Bush vet Eric Jayne, 61, who survived wilds of Alaska, killed by truck

July 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Jayne spent career providing vet care to remote & indigenous communities             GRAND FORKS, North Dakota–– “Eric Jayne,  DVM,  lost his life this morning in a multi-vehicle accident near Grand Forks,  North Dakota,”  Humane Society of the U.S. senior state director Lisa Kauffman informed friends and colleagues at mid-day on July 2,  2021. “The North […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog racing, Dog sledding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Craig Medred, Dave Pauli, Eric Davis, Freddy Jordan, Julie Clements, Kathleen WoodenKnife, Lisa Kauffman, Lori Gossard, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger, Sally Cooper Smith

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