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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

Pit bull attacks inflame pit bull lynchings in South African shantytowns

November 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Four pit bulls burned by two mobs,  800 miles apart,  after the pits killed one child and nearly killed another CAPE TOWN,  South Africa––Inter-racial friction,  a legacy of the continuing use of fierce dogs to defend white privilege,  decades after apartheid ended,  smoldered just beneath the remains of four pit bulls lynched and burned by […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Boerboel, COSATU, Gatesville, Hennenman, Jeffrey Mfini, Lins Rauterbach, Merritt Clifton, Pit Bull Federation of South Africa

Record 58 dead from dog attacks in 2022 with two months to go

October 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Amazon delivery driver is 58th death,  Rottweiler owner convicted of double mauling,  Pahrump breeder/hoarder loses possession of 300 Ovarchkas,  & pit bull attack survivor Kyleen Waltman found in possession of meth,  all in just four days EXCELSIOR SPRINGS,  Missouri;  ALPHARETTA,  Georgia;  PAHRUMP, Nevada;  ABBEVILLE,  South Carolina––An Amazon delivery driver whose name has yet to be […]

Filed Under: Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Blake Adolphsen, Bob Wannberg, Charlotte Landy, Foster Godfrey, Joey Boassy, Justin Minor, Kyleen Waltman, Merritt Clifton, Oksana Higgins, Rett Godfrey, Scott Childers, Vasili Platunov

“Tiger King” associate Karl Mitchell was Nye County animal control chief

September 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

From Animal Welfare Act violations to Las Vegas shoot-out,  cases tend to link to Karl Mitchell’s tenure PAHRUMP,  NEVADA––Nye County, Nevada, in 2000 hired as animal control director exotic animal trainer Karl Mitchell,  48,  a man who might not have been elected dogcatcher anywhere else. The previous Nye County record on animal care and control issues […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Other entertainment topics, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Chester Stiles, Diane Davis, Heidi Fleiss, Henry Brean, Kari Bagnall, Karl Mitchell, Kenneth Moore, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Lord, REXANO, Ricky Davidson, Sam Ockene, Sheri Lee Allen, Steve Benson, Zuzana Kukol

Pahrump dog breeders Platunov & Higgins allegedly starved 300 Ovarchkas

September 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Having one of the worst-ever neglect cases in Nye County,  Nevada,  is not easy PAHRUMP,  Nevada––Caucasian Ovcharka breeders Vasili Platunov and Oksana Higgins strung the authorities of Nye County,  Nevada along for years with one excuse after another for failing to comply with some of the lightest and least enforced animal care and control ordinances in the […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Police & military, Russia, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Darcy Spears, Frank Carbone, Merritt Clifton, Oksana Higgins, Vasili Platunov

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

The Envigo beagle case: loose ends & lessons for animal advocates

July 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Bad as the Envigo kennels are,  many animal shelter facilities are no better CUMBERLAND, Virginia––Much of the attention of the animal advocacy world,  as this is written,  is focused on the impending evacuation of 4,000-odd beagles from the Envigo kennels,  formerly the LabCorp kennels,  formerly the Covance Kennels. (See 4,500+ beagles freed from laboratory use […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Religion & philosophy, Science, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Covance, Humane Society of the U.S., Jill Cheshire, Merritt Clifton, PETA, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

4,500+ beagles freed from laboratory use by judge’s order

July 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Stop Animal Exploitation Now,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness,  PETA,  National Geographic, & Humane Society of the U.S. all assist in bringing beagles to freedom and breeder to justice RICHMOND, Virginia––Running out of patience with the laboratory animal supply company Envigo,  U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon late on July 1,  2022 ordered Envigo […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Humane Society of the U.S., Judge Norman Moon, Merritt Clifton, National Geographic, PETA, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Stop Animal Exploitation Now

Has the Humane Society of Utah ever heard of adoption screening?

June 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Repeated rehomings to cruelty suspect Kaiden Orie Graham squanders longtime Humane Society of Utah reputation for cruelty investigation MURRAY,  Utah––For the second time in 30 days a regionally significant humane society has some explaining to do about a serious cruelty case coming to light shortly after an executive director departed for apparently greener pastures. Former […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Bob Citrullo, Humane Society of Utah, Kaiden Orie Graham, Merritt Clifton, Stanislaus Animal Services Agency, Vaughn Maurice III

How humility can help animal advocates to change the world, by Ed Duvin

June 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Perspective of an old warrior Spending over a half-century in social justice movements, much of it consulting, I have formed some conclusions that did not come down from the mountaintop,  but merely represent the perspective of an old warrior. Were I to identify the most pernicious characteristics I have encountered among justice-seeking activists,  regardless of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Frances Power Cobbe, Immanuel Kant, Peter Singer, pit bull mommy, Plato, rescue angel, Socrates, Tom Regan

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