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Victims escaped dangerous nations but could not escape deadly dogs

July 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Marina Gabunia Verriest & Omar Ghawtah had little in common but shared their fate             ALBERTSON, New York;  HOUSTON, Texas––Marina Gabunia and Omar Ghawtah fled to the U.S. to escape threats of violence and persecution in their nations of birth,  but in July 2022 both became victims of canine violence,  eight days and 1,700 miles apart. […]

Filed Under: Africa, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Georgia, North Africa, Russia Tagged With: Giorgi “Gio” Chochia, Marina Gabunia Verriest, Merritt Clifton, Neuman’s Olde Oak Ridge Trailer Park, Omar Ghawtah, Ronald Dale Jones

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

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

Sentencing for “Carefully” pit bull attack death marks start of U.K. dog law debate

June 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“American XL Bully” injured three people in three days,  then killed 10-year-old neighbor LONDON, United Kingdom––On Monday,  June 6,  2022,  the British Parliament heard from pit bull advocates in the House of Commons a litany of familiar arguments against the breed-specific aspects of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. On Friday,  June 10,  2022,  Brandon Hayden,  […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom Tagged With: American XL Bully, Amy Salter, Brandon Hayden, Christina Rees, Emma Whitfield, Jack Lis, Jo Churchill, Lee Jenkins, Lindsey Jenkins, Merritt Clifton, Neil Hudson, Wayne David

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

Tony Fitzjohn, renowned for wildlife conservation work in Kenya & Tanzania, dies at 76

May 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Began as a Boy Scout,  became a hippie,  hitchhiked to Africa,  & made himself useful Tony Fitzjohn,  76,  died on May 23,  2022,  “following a prolonged fight against a malignant cancer,”  the Tony Fitzjohn-WildlifeNow George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust announced. Fitzjohn recounted most of his long career working on behalf of African wildlife in his […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Humane history, Isles, Kenya, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: George Adamson, Joy Adamson, Kora, Merritt Clifton, Mkomazi Game Reserve

4th Cane Corso attack at U.K. farm kills child; cops probe own weak past response

May 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Survivors warned that next incident could be fatal MANCHESTER, United Kingdom––Greater Manchester police are reportedly investigating themselves after alleged weak response to three previous dog attacks on passers-by led up to the May 15,  2022 fatal mauling of three-year-old Daniel John Twigg. Daniel John Twigg loved dogs and liked to play with them,  according to […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, United Kingdom Tagged With: Daniel John Twigg, Hen Carr Farm, Joanne Tracie Bedford, Mark Anthony Twigg, Merritt Clifton

Bird flu means “cage free” & “free range” hens can run around indoors in the dark

May 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Cage free” & “free range” producers protect their “girls” by keeping them in jail Think that “cage-free” or “free-range” label on a box of eggs or meat package amounts to more than bull-feathers? Even if it is certified by any of the major farmed product certification organizations? Amid the current global H5N1 high pathogenic avian […]

Filed Under: Birds, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Ducks & geese, Eggs, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, France, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Poultry, Turkeys, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: Certified Humane, H5N1, Merritt Clifton, Pete & Gerry's, Sybille De La Hamaide, Tom Polansek, Vital Farms

Russian war on Ukraine kills dolphins, but fishing kills more

May 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Black Sea was hard habitat for dolphins even before the shooting started ISTANBUL,  Turkey––That war kills animals as well as humans is scarcely in doubt,  but whether war is worse than peace for Black Sea dolphins may be disputed. Nearly three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24  2022,  evidence is surfacing along […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mediterranean, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife

Sustainability: salmon taste, texture, odor replicated by pond scum

May 7, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And the pond scum will be healthier than salmon for you & Planet Earth             HERZELIA, IsraeI;  BATON ROUGE,  Louisiana;  WASHINGTON D.C.––Far from the longtime hubs of the salmon industry,  along the coasts of the North Sea and the Pacific Northwest,  the future of both canned and fresh salmon may be determined by desert greenhouses […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Israel, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Mediterranean, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Aldi, Ben Coxworth, Christine Blank, Merritt Clifton, Mowi, Red Lobster, SimpliGood, spirulina, Subway, Tofurky

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