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Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

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

Pit bull hoarder Heidi Lueders jailed;  bad day at Black Rock Canines

May 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Ex-Bully Breed Rescue president sentenced;  cop charged who ran police & military dog training center  BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut––One high-profile Connecticut mass cruelty case involving high-risk “status dogs” ended on May 4,  2022––pending appeals––just as another began,  20 miles north. The permanent status of five former Bully Breed Rescue pit bulls is dead. Likewise for at least […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Police & military, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Celly Roberts, Daniel Luna, David Rivera, Fairfield Five, Merritt Clifton, Peter McShane

U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act exempts the two breeds most likely to kill

May 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two-year-old & 17-month-old are two latest victims of legal omission WORCESTERSHIRE,  United Kingdom––A pre-inquest review of the March 28,  2022 fatal Rottweiler mauling of two-year-old Lawson Bond,  now set for August 31,  2022 in Stourport,  is likely to investigate every aspect of Bond’s death except the obvious:  that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991,  supposed to […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bella-Rae Birch, Joseph Broady, Kieran Gair, Lawson Bond, Merritt Clifton, Rod Liddle, Rottweiler, Staffordshire

Weary (and wary) rescuers decry dangerous dogs, yet never say “pit bull”

March 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Statements otherwise echo decades of warnings from ANIMALS 24-7             DETROIT, Michigan––Kristina Millman-Rinaldi,  who in 2011 founded Detroit Dog Rescue, billed as “Detroit’s first no-kill shelter,”  rattled the overlapping “no kill” and “rescue” worlds on March 12,  2022 by posting to Facebook a critique of the prevailing “no kill” and “rescue” philosophy strikingly similar in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: ASPCA, Best Friends Animal Society, Diane Orenchuk, Humane Society of the U.S., Kristine Millman-Rinaldi, Maddie's Fund, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton

Cane Corso:  A pit bull by any other name

February 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Cane Corso history is not what the “dog literature” says OAKLAND PARK, Florida––Was Gladys,  the star rescue dog who killed volunteer Pam Robb on February 17,  2022,  really a Cane Corso and not,  as ANIMALS 24-7 reported,  a “supersized pit bull”? Or is “Cane Corso” really just a sanitized and gentrified name for a common […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cart dogs, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Italy, Mediterranean, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amber Miller, Amy Roman Daniello, John P. Colby, Klonda Richey, Merritt Clifton, Pam Robb, Tony Ahrens, Will Judy

“Live lure training” likely to survive greyhound racing, for the sadism of it

February 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Few tracks left to run on,  but “trainers” continue setting greyhounds on rabbits             GREELEY, Colorado––Greyhound racing began as the bastard offspring of hare coursing,  whitewashed for public consumption by calling it “live lure training.” Because raw sadism appears to die even harder than the gambling habit,  so-called live lure training will likely also outlive […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Chad Achurch, Grey2K USA, John E. Lashmet, Lynette Noble, Merritt Clifton, Robert L. Rhodes, Tom Noble, Ursula O'Donnell

Malcolm X on pit bulls, other dangerous dogs, & betrayal

January 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Malcolm X said little about dogs,  yet his whole message was directly relevant             NEW YORK,  N.Y.–– February 21,  2022 will mark the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Afro-American leader Malcolm X at the former Audubon Ballroom in New York City,  now preserved as the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Islam, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Police & military, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Audubon, Betty Shabazz, Fred Shuttleworth, Malikah Shabazz, Martin Luther King Jr., Merritt Clifton, U-Haul

Greyhound racing drug dealer goes down with the industry

January 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Kennel Supply owner Jon Stidham to forfeit more in profits than the Iowa greyhound racing industry has seen in years             CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa––Former Iowa Greyhound Association president Jon Stidham,  57,  who most recently served the association as vice president and treasurer,  on January 5,  2022 pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally dealing drugs,  […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Training Tagged With: F. Montgomery Brown, Jessica Hughes, Jon Stidham, Lee Rood, Merritt Clifton, Robert Hardison

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

Police dog bites soar in Richmond, California; city tries to hide the data

December 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Richmond has long history of controversial police use of violence RICHMOND, California––Praised in 2018 by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for significantly decreasing use of force without increasing officer fatalities,  the Richmond,  California police department is now under fire from critics for a marked rise in bites by police dogs,  many of them severe,  most of them […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Police & military, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Black Panthers, Harriet Blair Brown, James Fuller, Julia Prodis Sulek, Marshall Project, Merritt Clifton

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