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Solvang animal advocate “Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen dies at 85

December 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Mortensen was still on the job of helping animals in every way that she could             SOLVANG, California––“Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen,  85,  remembered for nearly 50 years of dynamic animal advocacy and her hearty laugh,  died at her home on September 26, 2020 from complications of heart disease. “Born on April 26,  1935 in England,  Hazel […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, United Kingdom, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Bob Mortensen, Daxton Borchardt, Fran Smith, Hazel Mortensen, Lisa Andre, Merritt Clifton, Quinn Spaulding, Rachelle Mueller

Puppies & kittens everywhere, but none in shelters to adopt

May 17, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Suspension of spay/neuter & intake services due to COVID-19 cuts adoptions by a third from 2019             NEW YORK CITY––Celebrating rehoming every dog and cat in custody soon after COVID-19 shutdowns began,  animal shelters from coast to coast are suddenly––and predictably––weeping,  wailing,  and tearing hair about having no adoptable animals to offer in response to […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Behavior & health, Breeding, Cats, China, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Bryan Kortis, Katherine Ellen Foley, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger

Rescued dogs overheat––and pigs & chickens, as humane oversight fails

August 4, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

If rescue transporters can’t keep dogs from cooking in crates,  what happens to livestock?             NEW YORK CITY,  TORONTO,  LONDON (U.K.)––Again a New York City-based dog adoption transport has come to grief in hot weather,  again leaving the rest of the adoption rescue transport to wonder why. Recounted Gabrielle Fonrouge of the New York Post […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Welfare, Working horses Tagged With: Elisabeth Lewyt, Gabrielle Fonrouge, Jessica Scott-Reid, Kate Murphy, Liz Keller, Merritt Clifton, Perry Fina

Blue Buffalo, Rachael Ray, Nutro, & 13 other brands linked to rare disease

July 3, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

When being big-hearted is not good in a dog             SILVER SPRING,  Maryland––Dogs are supposed to be big-hearted,  but not in the literal sense.  An abnormally enlarged heart can kill a dog,  the U.S. Food & Drug Administration on June 27,  2019 warned for the second time in two years,  this time linking the warning […]

Filed Under: Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Amanda Watts, Dave Baker, Debora Lichtenberg, Leanna Faulk, Merritt Clifton, Pippa Elliott, Rachael Ray, Tam Garland

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

Should the only dogs available be the offspring of the irresponsible?

July 7, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

by Margaret A. Cleek, Ph.D More than 25 years ago I was off-put by the claims of positive non-reproductive outcomes for neutering dogs.  The recent ANIMALS 24-7 article Does castration really alter male dog behavior? reminded me of my concerns. Proponents of surgical neutering,  the sooner the better,  were and remain largely concerned with pet overpopulation.  Animal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Shelters, Training, USA Tagged With: Margaret Cleek

Retired: Bob Rohde personified “your Dumb Friends” for 45 years

February 13, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Worked his way to the top from cleaning cages DENVER,  Colorado––Possibly the longest serving executive ever of a humane society that he did not himself found,  Robert “Bob” Rohde,  68,  on February 9,  2018 turned over the presidency of the Denver Dumb Friends League to Apryl Steele,  DVM,  after nearly 45 years with the organization […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Apryl Steele, Asilomar Accords, Colorado Humane Society, Jann Rohde, Merritt Clifton, North Shore Animal League, Sharon Harmon

Panhandlers & street corner animal exhibitors: who is who?

October 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Animals dancing for pennies are regulated. Panhandlers’ animals are not.            NEW YORK,  N.Y.––Is Joseph Ramos,  70,  also known as Joseph Noal and Joseph Noah,  a street corner animal exhibitor,  or just one of the longest active and most controversial panhandlers using animals as an adjunct to begging in downtown Manhattan? Joseph Ramos a.k.a. Noal/Noah […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Claire Toohy, Emperor Norton, Irene Meuschel, Joseph Noah, Joseph Noal, Joseph Ramos, Kagte Briquelet, Merritt Clifton

Distemper & transport incidents slow Hurricane Harvey rescue effort

October 4, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Best Friends,  after wrongly ripping the Houston SPCA via Change.org,  has disaster on own watch             HOUSTON,  Texas––Best Friends Animal Society efforts to rehome dogs and cats collected after Hurricane Harvey have reportedly stalled,  with 455 animals remaining at a temporary shelter at NRG Arena in Houston as of October 1,  2017,   and an adoption […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Disasters, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Ashley Sloboda, Christi Henry, Christi Pelz, Donald Trump, Erin Katribe, Jamie Duffy, Joshua Braden, Katie Wilson, Melania Trump, Melissa Saylor, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Paul Washburn, Pooja Lodhia, Tammy Hanson

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