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Obits: defenders of cats, dogs, wild horses, bees, crabs, & elephants

October 22, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Elaine Adair, Dayton Hyde, Susan Rudnicki,  Alana Cutland,  & Matthew Talbot had in common service to animals Elaine Adair Elaine Adair,  cofounder of the Mississippi Spay & Neuter Alliance (MS-SPAN),  born Elaine Girton on October 15, 1950 in Bloomsburg,  Pennsylvania,   died after a long struggle against cancer on October 14, 2019,  one day before what would […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Bees, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Madagascar, Malawi, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Alana Cutland, Dayton Hyde, Elaine Adair, Gerda Hyde, Matthew Talbot, Merritt Clifton, Susan Rudnicki

Shelters make mega-payouts to pit bull victims: what will change?

September 15, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Two seven-figure settlements in five days might make “socially responsible sheltering the new norm––if the idea isn’t corrupted             LOS ANGELES, California;  FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida––Representatives of pit bull attack victims twice in five days in early September 2019 announced apparent record-setting damage awards from animal care and control agencies for alleged negligence in allowing […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Apryl Steele, Doug Rae, Jan McHugh-Smith, Marcia Mayeda, Merritt Clifton, Paige Woody, Pamela Devitt, Zoey Green

Feral cats poop where someone feeds them––& that’s the big problem

September 1, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Two studies confirm skepticism of waiting for studies to confirm the obvious             LOS ANGELES––The unacknowledged takeaway lesson from two new studies of neuter/return feral cat control,  published respectively by the City of Los Angeles and the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science,  may be that by the time academia,  the courts,  and public policymakers […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: A Long-Term Lens, Edward Howe Forbush, Lewis Robert Plumb, Los Angeles Citywide Cat Program, Merritt Clifton, Thomas McKnew

Neuter/return requires impact study, says Los Angeles judge

September 1, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

City support of feral cat population control program stopped by lawsuit brought by American Bird Conservancy LOS ANGELES––California municipal governments may not assist or promote neuter/return of feral cats without first  completing an environmental impact report,  ruled Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Thomas McKnew on December 4,  2009. McKnew ruled on behalf of five organizations […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feral animals, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Becky Robinson, Ed Boks, Mark S. dodge, Martin Byhower, Melissa Pamer, Merritt Clifton, Teri Harrington, Thomas McKnew, Travis Longcore

30-year ASPCA rep Julie Morris, 1955-2019: The paradox of “St. Julie”

August 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Morris mostly told the humane community what it wanted to hear             NEW YORK, N.Y.––Julie Morris,  63,  an American SPCA staff member since 1990,  and a 41-year veteran of humane work,  died on August 3,  2019 after a multi-year battle with cancer. Among the best-liked and most recognized people in animal welfare,  Morris was widely […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Anita Kelso Edson, Dave Pauli, David Wills, Mark Schleifstein, Merritt Clifton, Pam Bondi, Rachael Ray, Scotlund Haisley

White hats & black hats revisited,  25 years into the “no kill” era

July 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The 1994 San Francisco “Adoption Pact” recast the roles of animal control & humane societies––but not as intended Again,  in hundreds of cities and towns across the U.S.,  and indeed around the world,  factions are polarized in furious conflict over what their local animal control agencies,  humane societies and shelterless,  volunteer-run “rescues” should be doing. […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Carl Friedman, Marty Kurtz, Merritt Clifton, Richard Avanzino, Vicky Crosetti

Secrets of Doris Day’s life & work for animals

May 15, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Publicity added much spin & gloss to what was already a positive record             CARMEL,  California––Doris Day,  97,  died from pneumonia on May 13,  2019. Day was remembered worldwide as a singer who recorded more than 650 songs between 1939 and 1967;  an actress who starred in more than 40 films between 1947 and 1968,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Morocco, North Africa, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Bill Wewer, Charles Manson, Cleveland Amory, Doris Kappelhoff, Earl Holliman, Holly Hazard, Kitty Block, Lindsay Pollard, Merritt Clifton, Nick Thomas, Richard Bonner, Rick Spill, Shirley Temple, Terry Melcher

An Easter bunny, cat, & mongoose story from a Japanese island

April 21, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Predators wrongly blamed for losses,  ancient Amami rabbits make a comeback AMAMI,  Amami-Oshima,  Japan––The Easter 2019 bunny story of the year,  and island ecology story,  too,  with even an angle involving egg hunts by ornithologists,  is underway on Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima islands,  between Japan and Okinawa.  Much to the evident embarrassment of the Japanese Environment […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Cats, Conservation, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Population control, Sheep & goats, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Doubutukikin, Masahiko Ohta, Merritt Clifton, Mitsushi Ikeshima

“No-kill” debacle: will Pueblo bring “responsible sheltering” into vogue?

April 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

90% “live release” mandate failed catastrophically in less than 90 days             PUEBLO,  Colorado––“You can’t manage an animal shelter to a number,”  Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region president Jan McHugh-Smith told Pueblo Chieftan reporter Anthony A. Mestas,  hours after her organization returned to running the Pueblo Animal Services shelter on April 9,  2019,  […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Doug Rae, Elisabeth Lewyt, Jan McHugh-Smith, Jeff Young, Lynda Foro, Marvin Mackie, Nathan Winograd, Richard Avanzino

Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, brought “humane spring” to Egypt

March 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Headed three leading organizations CAIRO,  Egypt––Ahmed el Sherbiny,  66,  who with his British-born wife Jackie led the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends,  the Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare,  and the Middle East Network for Animal Welfare,  on March 7,  2019 died at home in Shabramont,  Giza,  a Cairo suburb,  after several years of fighting multiple […]

Filed Under: Africa, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Egypt, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Isles, North Africa, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Slaughter, Street dogs, United Kingdom, Working horses Tagged With: Amina Abaza, Dina Zulfikar, Dorothy Brooke, Fatima Naoot, Jackie Sherbiny, Merritt Clifton, Mona Khalil, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, Robert Blumberg, Salim Mohammed Salim

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