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What we discovered from counting 1,122,465 dogs over the weekend

June 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

More detailed data on shelter & rescue dogs than ever before Yes,  large retrievers including Labradors and goldens are still the most popular dogs in U.S. homes;  yes,  pit bulls are still the second most numerous dogs in the U.S.,  counting dogs in custody of shelters and rescues,  still bred at a rate of almost […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, USA

Erika Brunson, 86, animal advocate, actress, interior decorator, & furniture maker

May 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Rose from rough start in life to philanthropic success Animal advocacy and spay/neuter philanthropist Erika Devore Brunson,  86,  died in Los Angeles,  California on May 17, 2022. Maria Erika Knab,  her original given name,  was born on September 4, 1935,  “in the small fishing town of Konigsberg in East Prussia,”  according to an October 16,  2013 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Russia, USA Tagged With: Erika Devore, Erika Knab, Erika Peters, Jack Webb, Jolene Blalock, Merritt Clifton, Sy Devore

Life-or-death difference: rabies-infected,  or rabies-suspected?

May 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Verifying alleged outbreaks is critical to effective control & prevention             TABANAN Regency,  Bali,  Indonesia––Rabies-infected,  or rabies-suspected? That is the question that Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases moderator Arnon Shimshony and Shamsudeen Fagbo,  a leading Saudi-based One Health and animal rights advocate,  took up in mid-May 2022,  responding to recurring alleged rabies flare-ups in Bali,  […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Population control, Rabies, Science, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Bali, Dauh Peken Village, Merritt Clifton, One Health, ProMED, Shamsudeen Fagbo, Tabanan Regency

Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

“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

Mad Russians overrun Ukraine rabies belt; refugee canines flee west

March 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Invasion stops progress against fox rabies outbreak raging since 2004             KHARKIV, Ukraine;  ATLANTA, Georgia;  SURPRISE, Arizona––The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] web site has quietly announced,  without an accompanying media release,  that it “is working to expedite import permit requests for dogs that originate in Ukraine and surrounding countries for persons wishing […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Rabies, Russia, Ukraine, USA Tagged With: Amir Khalil, CDC, Katherine M. Shenar, Merritt Clifton, Vier Pfoten

New NACA “Guideline” on shelter intake overlooks why animal control exists

March 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Focus on keeping animals out of shelters means more dogs and cats will be left to run at large             LINDSBORG, Kansas––The words “wildlife” and “rabies,”  and the phrases “public health” and “running at large” never appear among the 1,688 words comprising the new National Animal Care & Control Association [NACA] “Guideline on Appointment-Based Pet […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, dogcatcher, Merritt Clifton, Mike Burgwin, National Animal Control Association

What RU-486 means for animals

January 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

FDA decision on Mifrepristone may bring back birth control pet food––but definitely not Alex Pacheco’s “Spay and neuter cookies” (See FDA verdict on Mifrepristone upstages more nonsense from Alex Pacheco.) WASHINGTON D.C.––The pharmacological race to be first to market a safe,  affordable,  easily administered contraceptive drug for dogs,  cats,  and nuisance wildlife,  somewhat quiet of […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Carnation, Cheque Drops, Matthew Perrone, Merritt Clifton, Mifeprex, Mifrepristone, Milbolerone, RU-486, Upjohn

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

FDA verdict on Mifrepristone upstages more nonsense from Alex Pacheco

December 17, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Mifrepristone decision has real implications for birth control pet food.  Pacheco appeal is just another 600 million gallons of dog cess.             WASHINGTON D.C.;  POMPANO BEACH, Florida–– The real news of note about animal birth control released on December 16,  2021––though it was not billed as such––came from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, USA Tagged With: 600 Million, Alex Pacheco, Merritt Clifton, Mibolerone, Mifrepristone, RU-486, SenesTech

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