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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

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

“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

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

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

“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

Erika Brunson, 86, animal advocate, actress, interior decorator, & furniture maker

May 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Rose from rough start in life to philanthropic success Animal advocacy and spay/neuter philanthropist Erika Devore Brunson,  86,  died in Los Angeles,  California on May 17, 2022. Maria Erika Knab,  her original given name,  was born on September 4, 1935,  “in the small fishing town of Konigsberg in East Prussia,”  according to an October 16,  2013 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Russia, USA Tagged With: Erika Devore, Erika Knab, Erika Peters, Jack Webb, Jolene Blalock, Merritt Clifton, Sy Devore

New NACA “Guideline” on shelter intake overlooks why animal control exists

March 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Focus on keeping animals out of shelters means more dogs and cats will be left to run at large             LINDSBORG, Kansas––The words “wildlife” and “rabies,”  and the phrases “public health” and “running at large” never appear among the 1,688 words comprising the new National Animal Care & Control Association [NACA] “Guideline on Appointment-Based Pet […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, dogcatcher, Merritt Clifton, Mike Burgwin, National Animal Control Association

What RU-486 means for animals

January 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

FDA decision on Mifrepristone may bring back birth control pet food––but definitely not Alex Pacheco’s “Spay and neuter cookies” (See FDA verdict on Mifrepristone upstages more nonsense from Alex Pacheco.) WASHINGTON D.C.––The pharmacological race to be first to market a safe,  affordable,  easily administered contraceptive drug for dogs,  cats,  and nuisance wildlife,  somewhat quiet of […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Carnation, Cheque Drops, Matthew Perrone, Merritt Clifton, Mifeprex, Mifrepristone, Milbolerone, RU-486, Upjohn

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