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Why would a smart dog on the loose say, “Don’t rescue me!”? by Beth Clifton

June 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fallen “rescue angels” & online enablers erode the whole concept of “rescue” There are no heroes or heroines in animal rescue.  The success stories tend to be people who manage to foster,  rehabilitate to whatever extent is necessary,  and responsibly rehome one or two dogs or cats at a time,  over and over through many […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Corinne DiLorenzo, Dawn Pennington, Heidi Lueders, Merritt Clifton, Rooster Featherton, Steffen Baldwin, Steven Woodington, Tiffany Woodington

Fallen “rescue angels”: Dawn Pennington, Tiffany Woodington, Corinne DiLorenzo

June 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Dawn Pennington just charged,  Tiffany Woodington beat the rap but husband faces trial,  Corinne DiLorenzo due for trial next COLUMBIA, South Carolina;  BENTON COUNTY, Missouri;  THAWVILLE,  Illinois––Charged with mass animal neglect after 28 dogs and two cats were found dead in their cages at her home on May 22,  2022,  fallen “rescue angel” Caroline Dawn […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Bob Citrullo, Go For Wand, Heidi Lueders, Jamie Woodington, Kershaw County Humane Society, Mark Anthony Trevino, Merritt Clifton, Steven Clark Woodington

Accused of starving caged dogs & cats to death, Caroline Dawn Pennington had priors

June 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Like Heidi Lueders,  but six times worse COLUMBIA, South Carolina––Caroline Dawn Pennington,  47,  charged with mass animal neglect after 28 dogs and two cats were found dead in their cages at her home on May 22,  2022,  held on bond of $75,000,  is not just a rescuer gone very bad. Pennington,  as well as heading […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Caroline Dawn Bolen, Dawndy Mercer Plank, Global Rescue Welfare League, Kershaw County Humane Society, Merritt Clifton, Nicole Chielleni

How “Napalm the dog” protests funded the “Animal Revolution”

May 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Without Kent State,  would there have been an animal rights movement?             KENT,  Ohio––The shots fired by National Guard members into demonstrators against the Vietnam War at Kent State University on May 4,  1970 were in a sense the first shots fired in what British historian Richard Ryder would call,  30 years later,  the Animal […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, USA, Vietnam Tagged With: Bernard Rollin, Bill Arthrell, d.a. levy, Doug Erickson, Hester Butterfield, Joseph Schneider, Merritt Clifton

“Rez dogs” kill two people in two days––but likely were not born there

April 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Deaths underscore that Native American lands are no more an appropriate venue for dumping dangerous dogs than “crazy cat ladies” are for dumping kittens             SPIRIT LAKE, North Dakota;  MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT,  Iowa;  TELLICO VILLAGE,  Tennessee––Native Americans were the victims of two fatal dog attacks in two days on March 27 and March 28,  2022,  on […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Chaille Simone Morgan, Douglas Yankton, Francis Cavanaugh, Matt Henson, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger

“Rescue” hoarding: the “Nutmeg State” becomes the “Nut Case” state

March 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“CT Pregnant Dog & Cat Rescue” bust is latest of a 20-year series             HEBRON,  Connecticut––The arrest of CT Pregnant Dog & Cat Rescue founder Joann M. Connelly,  59,  announced by the Connecticut State Police on March 26,  2022,  has disquieting echoes of previous alleged “rescue” hoarding cases that legislation passed almost a decade earlier […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Desmond's Army, Fred Acker, Heidi Lueders, Joann Connelly, Krystel Lopez, Merritt Clifton, Robbin D'Urso, Vincent D'Urso

Weary (and wary) rescuers decry dangerous dogs, yet never say “pit bull”

March 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Statements otherwise echo decades of warnings from ANIMALS 24-7             DETROIT, Michigan––Kristina Millman-Rinaldi,  who in 2011 founded Detroit Dog Rescue, billed as “Detroit’s first no-kill shelter,”  rattled the overlapping “no kill” and “rescue” worlds on March 12,  2022 by posting to Facebook a critique of the prevailing “no kill” and “rescue” philosophy strikingly similar in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: ASPCA, Best Friends Animal Society, Diane Orenchuk, Humane Society of the U.S., Kristine Millman-Rinaldi, Maddie's Fund, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton

Was Gladys the killer Cane Corso witness to a previous human death?

February 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Behavior & evidence suggest Gladys was not just dumped in the Everglades MICCOSUKEE SERVICE PLAZA,  Florida––Was Gladys the Cane Corso or supersized pit bull witness to an earlier human fatality before killing rescue volunteer Pam Robb,  71,  on the morning of February 17,  2022? (See Pit bull star of 100+ Abandoned Dogs of Everglades Florida […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Crocodilians, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Reptiles, Shelters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Amy Roman, Carol Daniello, Gladys, Jan Halas Stenger, Marritt Clifton, Pam Robb

“Rescuer” Heidi Lueders acquitted of allegedly starving five pit bulls to death

February 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Convicted of criminal property damage,  Lueders is to be sentenced on April 6,  2022              BRIDGEPORT,  Connecticut––Former Bully Breed Rescue president Heidi Lueders,  34,  was on February 9,  2022 acquitted by Connecticut Superior Court Judge Peter McShane of all five felony cruelty counts brought against her after the skeletal remains of five pit bulls in […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Celly Roberts, Daniel Tepfer, Herbert Van Kruiningen, Marissa Alter, Merritt Clifton, Peter McShane, Rob Serafinowicz, Tracy Dayton

Public shelters: refuge for animals or not?

December 30, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

by Wendolyn Aragon,  president,  Pet Assistance Foundation Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. nearly two years ago,  in 2020,  most U.S. animal shelters adopted some variation of managed admissions,  an approach long promoted by the “no kill” movement,  only admitting animals in need of emergency care. This was concerning, since it was breeding […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: 90% live release rate, Austin Pets Alive, Best Friends Animal Society, Pet Assistance Foundation, RTF, TNR

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