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Pit bull advocates

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull advocates • Pit bull hoarder Heidi Lueders jailed; bad day at Black Rock Canines • Where the late Bernie Rollin got his garbled “facts” about pit bulls • Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts • Pit bull & animal neglect defense lawyer pleads in murder-for-hire plot • […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Screen industry, Training, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Branwny Finch, Cesar Millan, Cindy Marabito, Merritt Clifton

Loss of access to ketamine threatens progress in humane euthanasia

October 28, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Ruth Steinberger,  founder,  Spay First (www.spayfirst.org) There is a proposed change in the U.S. and global regulatory status of ketamine, a safe, effective and cost effective anesthetic drug used in both human and veterinary medicine. Sometimes referred to as a “date rape” drug,  ketamine is already highly controlled,  yet any veterinarian or clinic choosing to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Behavior & health, Cats, China, Cruelty & neglect, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, European Union, Feature Home Top, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Legislation, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: euthanasia, ketamine, Ruth Steinberger, xylazine

Dogfight over HSI/HSUS dog rescues in South Korea

October 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Did the dogs come from dog meat farms or from puppy millers, hoarders, & dogfighters? SEOUL,  South Korea––Has Humane Society International thus far in 2015 bought out three South Korean breeders of dogs for meat,  or several puppy millers breeding primarily for the pet trade,  and/or unwittingly bought a dogfighter’s culls,  and/or just bought some […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Food, Greyhound racing, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Population control, Shelters, South Korea, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bernard Unti, Humane Society International, James Hyams, Korea Observer, Lola Webber, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Court finally puts Angel’s Gate out of its misery

October 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Eight-year struggle          DELHI,  New York––More than eight years of investigation and three years of litigation over the management of the former Angel’s Gate hospice in Delhi,  New York,  appeared to end with the dissolution of the charity on October 2,  2015 by Otsego County Court Judge John F. Lambert. The verdict may end one […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Denise Flaim, Marc Jurnove, New York State Humane Association, PETA, Priscilla Feral, Susan Marino

What is the Austin Animal Center doing to dogs in the name of “play”?

September 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

It isn’t “play” when a dog is terrorized or hurt Seasoned humane volunteer Delwin Goss  on September 28,  2015 reported witnessing “playgroup” behavioral assessment at the Austin Animal Center using methods which repeatedly subjected one dog to the threat of attack and sometimes actual attack.  This activity,  in his view and that of ANIMALS 24-7, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, Training, USA Tagged With: Aimee Sadler, Austin Animal Center, Delwin Goss, Kristen Auerbach, Merritt Clifton

Why San Antonio Animal Care Services did not promptly impound a gunshot-wounded mastiff found running in a pack

May 26, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Prepared for flooding but not for gunfire SAN ANTONIO, Texas––It was no secret in San Antonio, Texas that Memorial Day 2015 weekend promised to be three days from hell. Predicted Accuweather meteorologist Brian Thompson on Friday, May 22, 2015, “Another round of downpours and thunderstorms will bring a renewed threat for flooding from Kansas to Texas…Cities […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Feature Home Middle Left, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Shelters, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: Kathy Davis, Kelly Reid Walls, Merritt Clifton, San Antonio Animal Care Services

Tell Mitt Romney: no dogs allowed on car roofs in Ohio

April 21, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Four toddlers & wife in mini-van,  four pups on roof AKRON, Ohio––Perhaps Wendell Steiner, a Mennonite from Nova, Ashland County, Ohio, imagined he could safely emulate 2012 Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on April 17, 2015, when Steiner set out for Chambersburg, Pennsylvania with his four toddlers and his wife inside the family mini-van, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, USA Tagged With: Mitt Romney, Scott Rider, T, Wendell Steiner

New York Police Department eclipses ASPCA humane law enforcement stats in first full year on the beat

February 9, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Impoundments & arrests triple NEW YORK CITY––Rescues of New York City animals from cruelty and neglect and arrests of alleged offenders all soared in 2014, the first full year since the American SPCA began turning the lead role in humane law enforcement over to the New York Police Department. Impoundments of abused and neglected animals […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Henry Bergh, Matthew Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, NYPD

How to help dogs left chained alone in the cold

January 12, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“In most parts of the U.S.,  it is still perfectly legal to force a dog to live on a chain 24 hours a day” by Tamira Thayne Founder and CEO,  Dogs Deserve Better “Bringing dogs into the family since 2002” We are again deep into winter,  the time when Dogs Deserve Better’s phones ring off the hook with people desperate […]

Filed Under: Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters Tagged With: Dogs Deserve Better, Tamira Thayne

Note to animal abusers: Big Brother is watching you!

September 20, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

        WASHINGTON D.C.–– Federal Bureau of Investigation director James B. Comey on September 17, 2014 announced that the FBI will add cruelty to animals to the national Uniform Crime Report Program as a unique category of offense. Including crimes against animals in the Uniform Crime Report Program is unlikely to change broad understandings about the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: FBI, Merritt Clifton, UCR, Uniform Crime Report Program

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