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International animal advocacy influencer Brian Davies dies at 87

December 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Founded IFAW to fight the Atlantic Canada seal hunt             CAPE COD,  Massachusetts––Brian Davies,  87,  founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare,  Network for Animals,  the Political Animal Lobby,  and Animal Survival International,  died after a prolonged illness on December 27,  2022. Born on February 4,  1935 in Tonyrefail,  Wales,  an impoverished mining village,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Isles, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, Seals, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Doncaster, Anne Streeter, Brigitte Bardot, Gloria Davies, Harry Rowsell, IFAW, International Wildlife Coaliton, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Stephen Best, Tom Hughes

What’s worse than coal for Christmas? 10 years for dogfighting!

December 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Dogfighting,  drugs,  & firearms AKRON,  Ohio––Convicted dogfighter Ronald Smith,  39,  of Akron,  Ohio was on December 19,  2022 sentenced to serve ten years and three months in jail,  after pleading guilty to a 22-count indictment,  including charges of dogfighting,  drug trafficking,  and being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge John R. […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anthonio Latoranodo Orr, K2 Solutions, Merritt Clifton, Vincent Le Mark Burrell

Rats or guinea pigs––which rodent will inherit New York City?

October 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Pending bill to ban guinea pig sales is far more likely to succeed than rat control bills passed by 44-6 margins             NEW YORK CITY–– “Legislation to prohibit New York City pet stores from selling guinea pigs has 35 co-sponsors in the New York City Council – this is incredible!” exulted Voters for Animal Rights […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Other animal fighting, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bill de Blasio, Katie Honan, Merritt Clifton, Orkin, Voters for Animal Rights

“The Conversation” & the pit bull shit

October 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Five howling factual errors in just the first three lines The Conversation,   an online periodical publishing only academic authors,  claiming to reach more than 10 million people throughout the English-speaking world,  prides itself on fact-checking and peer-reviewed content,  albeit allowing little or no opportunity for non-academics to respond to errors and offer corrections. The Conversation […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Colin Dayan, His master's voice, Joan Dayan, Merritt Clifton, Our Gang, Petey, Vanderbilt

Dogo Argentinos running at large kill 80-year-old woman out for a walk

October 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Supersized pit bull variant bred to kill BALDY MESA,  California––Soon Han,  80,  picked wind-swept and barren Baldy Mesa as her hill to live on. Having lived through World War II and the Korean War,  Soon Han was out for her morning walk at about 11:00 a.m. on October 7,  2022 when two Dogo Argentinos running […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting, South America, The Americas, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Antonio Nores Martinez, Augustin Nores Martinez, Baldy Mesa, Jenna Sutphin, Merritt Clifton, Soon Han

Big dogfighting busts follow plea bargains by alleged perps in South Carolina

September 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

305 pit bulls impounded from suspects in weekend raids COLUMBIA, South Carolina—Raiding alleged dogfighters in the Carolinas for at least the seventh time in 10 months,  “a joint team of more than 60 federal and state law enforcement officers executed nearly two dozen warrants” over the weekend of September 24-25,  2022 “in what is believed to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anthonio Latoranodo Orr, Delontay Moore, Derrick Twitty, Dwayne Loadholt, Joshua Mungo, Laddie Dwayne McMillian, Merritt Clifton, Terrance Marvin Cooper, Toriano Marcellus Cave

Pahrump dog breeders Platunov & Higgins allegedly starved 300 Ovarchkas

September 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Having one of the worst-ever neglect cases in Nye County,  Nevada,  is not easy PAHRUMP,  Nevada––Caucasian Ovcharka breeders Vasili Platunov and Oksana Higgins strung the authorities of Nye County,  Nevada along for years with one excuse after another for failing to comply with some of the lightest and least enforced animal care and control ordinances in the […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Police & military, Russia, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Darcy Spears, Frank Carbone, Merritt Clifton, Oksana Higgins, Vasili Platunov

Animal & human heroes & the most overlooked lesson of 9/11

September 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Remembering national trauma September 11,  2022 marks the twenty-first anniversary of the national trauma the U.S. experienced as result of the terrorist attacks of September 11,  2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The aftermath of those attacks brought global traumas including ongoing warfare in much of the Middle East,  Central Asia,  and […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Islam, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: David Charlebois, Flight 77, Flight 93, Garo Alexanian, Merritt Clifton, North Shore Animal League, Osama bi Laden, Perry Fina, Suffolk County SPCA

“English bulldog”: two dog breeds, one name, & a rising body count

August 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Pug mixes vs. pit bulls in thin disguise             SELMA, California––Much of the public did a double-take on July 31,  2022 as word spread that five “English bulldogs” belonging to breeder Victor Carranza,  of 4 Brothers Bulldogs,   killed neighbor Richard “Hutch” Barry,  59,  as he walked home from his brother’s house around the corner. Fatal […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: David Leavitt, Jiggs, John D. Johnson, Merritt Clifton, Olde English Bulldogge, Richard "Hutch" Barry, Victor Carranza

Beagle breeder Envigo shortchanged shareholders too, lawsuit alleges

July 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Wolf of law firm files class action against alleged “pump-&-dump” scheme CUMBERLAND, Virginia––Even as animal advocates celebrate the ongoing rescue of beagles from the soon-to-be-closed Envigo breeding kennels in Cumberland, Virginia,  and the decision of Air France to get out of the monkey transport business,  the most influential blow to animal use in biomedical research […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Chimps & other primates, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mediterranean, Regulation, Science, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Air France, Covance, Huntington, Inotiv, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Wolf Haldenstein

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