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Why Nathan Winograd disciple Doug Rae won’t be Canonized

May 24, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Humane Society of Fremont County director Rae was would-be savior of Pueblo no-kill experiment while his own shelter allegedly went to hell             CANON CITY,  Colorado––Five weeks after Humane Society of Fremont County executive director Doug Rae told Pueblo Chieftan reporter Tracy Harmon that he knew how to “turn around” the Pueblo Animal Services shelter,  following […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Doug Rae, Kelly Ramos, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Taylor Staton, Tony Kovaleski

Recurring nightmare: my escape from a serial no-killer, by Beth Clifton

May 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Six years later it seems to be happening again             PORT RICHEY,  Florida––Pasco County Animal Services and Suncoast Animal League personnel on May 3,  2019 removed thirty-two dogs,  four cats  and a gerbil from the rented premises of the Humane Society of West Florida,  a dilapidated former self-storage building in […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, Uncategorized, USA Tagged With: Annette Dettloff, Beth Clifton, Greg Williams, Isabel Rosales, Jeff McReynolds, Rick Chaboudy, Robert Napper, Sharon McReynolds

Taking water from puppies?

April 21, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

New California law is amended version of bill vetoed in 2006 SACRAMENTO–California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 14,  2007 endorsed into law a new set of regulations for pet stores. As with other legislation adopted in the most populous U.S. state,  the new regulations may become the default standard for the pet industry throughout the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Anna Caballero, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Lockyer, John Lovell, Merritt Clifton, Sherry DeBoer, Virginia Handley

“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

A Grim tale of suspected dumb rabies & a dumber response

February 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Who named the pit bull Faust,  and why? ST. LOUIS, Missouri––Faust in German legend was an alchemist,  sorcerer,  and perhaps even a necromancer,  meaning one who consorts with the dead,  who sold his soul to the devil for the secret of transforming “base” metals into gold. The much more complex Faust of many literary renditions––who […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: Beth Vesco-Mock, Cassady Caldwell, Chris Mcclaren, Ealgie Edwards, Merritt Clifton, Randy Grim, Rodney McAllister, Sarah Frei

Ex-Bully Breed Rescue pres Lueders allegedly threatens to shoot family

January 31, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Arraigned on new charges 24 hours after winning postponement of arraignment for deaths of five pit bulls NEW CANAAN,  Connecticut––Heidi Lueders,  former president of the pit bull advocacy and fostering organization Bully Breed Rescue,  on the evening of January 29,  2019 was arrested “on charges of [third degree] assault,  threatening and disorderly conduct following a domestic […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Heidi Lueders, Marissa Alter, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Anderson Lueders

The Mesa case: from rescue hot-dogging to rescue hoarding

January 26, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Rescue addiction & enabling made Teri Finneren and the animals in her care the losers in a quasi-pyramid scheme              MESA, Arizona––The January 15,  2019 discovery of multiple skeletal remains of small dogs in the feces-strewn home of of Tiggy Town Senior Dog Rescue operator Theresa Deanne (Teri) Finneren caused dog and cat rescuers,  veterinary […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Karen Nelson, Lisa Maturo Carrick, Merritt Clifton, Ro Perez, Theresa Deanne Finneren, Theresa Dobbie, Tiggy Town, Tootsie's Vision

Alleged pit bull starver Lueders & “rescue” horse thief Blackwood both busted

January 17, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Bully Breed Rescue president to be arraigned on February 13, 2019             BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut;  TUSKEGEE,  Alabama––Bully Breed Rescue president and alleged pit bull starver Heidi E. Lueders,  31,  can expect to face a howling mob of former donors,  volunteers,  sympathizers,  and miscellaneous other pit bull advocates when she appears for arraignment on February 13,  2019 […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mexico, Rodeo, Slaughter, Spectacles, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Benedicta "Bannie" McGrath, Fallon Danielle Blackwood, Heidi Lueders, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Anderson Lueders

Russia bans “dogs of dangerous breeds” under new humane law

December 31, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Vladimir Putin signs “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” into effect MOSCOW,  Russia––Possession and handling of pit bulls and other dogs of dangerous breeds is to be strictly regulated throughout Russia,  under a new national “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” signed into effect by Russian president Vladimir Putin on December 26,  2018. The new “Law […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Central Asia, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Rabies, Russia, Street dogs, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexei Nikolsky, Alexei Pushkov, Evgeny Biyatov, Irina Smirnova, Merritt Clifton, Pavel Astakhov, V.A. Gmyrya, Vladimir Putin

Did Louisiana cop Terry Yetman do the dog?  If so,  why?

December 27, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Bestiality bust just before Christmas went viral (See also Bestiality & child porn: ex-K9 cop Terry Yetman gets 20 years.) BOSSIER CITY,  Louisiana––The animal story most often read,  worldwide,  during the five days before Christmas 2018 had nothing to do,  so far as is known,  with reindeer,  and probably nothing to do with donkeys,  lambs,  […]

Filed Under: Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Police & military, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Crystal Bonvillian, Douglas Spink, Jenny Edwards, Kenneth Pinyan, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Trey Huchison

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