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New study finds: India rabies deaths & therefore world toll far exaggerated

November 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

International Journal of Infectious Diseases affirms what ANIMALS 24-7 has reported since 2012 GUANGZHOU,  Guangdong,  China––ANIMALS 24-7 was right all along that “official” estimates of human deaths from rabies are inflated by magnitudes of order. The truth,  the whole truth,  and nothing but the truth about how and why the Global Alliance for Rabies Control,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Ghana, India, Indian subcontinent, Niger, Pakistan, Rabies, Shelters, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, David Semple, Hui K. Gan, M.K. Sudarshan, Merritt Clifton, ProMED, William F. Harvey

India Supreme Court moves against “dog menace”

October 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Rejects notion that local governments & High Courts have no jurisdiction over dog control,  rejects claim of unconditional right to feed street dogs,  & orders Animal Welfare Board to produce data showing programs are working to reduce dog bites NEW DELHI––Advocates for no-kill animal control,  feeding street dogs wherever and whenever,  and defenders of dangerous […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Breeding, Cultural, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Animal Birth Control, Blue Cross of India, J.K. Maheshwari, Merrtt Clifton, Sanjiv Khanna, Supreme Court of India

Mad dogs & rabies follow Englishmen out of India

July 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Global Alliance for Rabies Control still says there are at least 120 times more rabies deaths than found by 18 years of annual body counts          NEW DELHI,  India––Mad dogs and rabies are finally following Englishmen out of India,  approximately 165 years after an 1857 New York Times report indicated that the disease had apparently […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Politics, Population control, Rabies, Science, Street dogs Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, David Semple, Eskild Petersen, M.K. Sudarshan, Merritt Clifton, ProMED, William Harvey

Pit bull fatality streak reaches seven in eight days

July 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Includes new U.K. record for dog attack deaths in a year             NOELVILLE,  Ontario;  WEST MELTON, South Yorkshire––Chuck Evans,  83,  and Joanne Robinson,  43,  on July 14 and July 15,  2022 respectively became the sixth and seventh known pit bull attack fatalities in eight days,  worldwide. (See Five pit bull attack deaths in five days: […]

Filed Under: Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Rabies, The Americas, United Kingdom Tagged With: American Bully XL, Chuck Evans, Darren MacDonald, Dotty Robinson, Doug Ford, Joanne Robinson, Merritt Clifton, Staffordshire

Bali: rabies is back. Vaccines can stop it. Killing dogs cannot. Will officials listen?

May 20, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The time to vaccinate is now,  ahead of recovering tourism & ahead of panic BALI,  Indonesia––Tourism to Bali is back,  rebounding from a two-year bout with COVID-19,  but resurgent canine rabies may menace the Balinese economic recovery. That can practically be guaranteed if the Bali government repeats past mistakes,  trying to kill rabies by killing […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Rabies, Southeast Asia, Street dogs Tagged With: Bali Animal Welfare Association, Janice Girardi, Jembrana, Merritt Clifton, Mount Agung

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

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

Namibia reports oral rabies vaccination breakthrough for street dogs

November 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Oral vaccine achieves up to 78% immunization of dogs who cannot otherwise be vaccinated             WINDHOEK, Namibia––The Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Land Reform on November 11,  2021 told the Chinese national news agency Xinhua that it had successfully completed a first field trial of an oral rabies vaccine for dogs. The Namibian field […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Namibia, Rabies, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Albertina Shilongo, Arnon Shimshony, Charles Rupprecht, Franklin Loew, Friedrich-Loeffler Institute, Henry Wilde, Merritt Clifton, Oscar Larghi

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