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Is wind power blowing away whales along the Atlantic coast?

February 25, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Hot air from renewable energy foes is not supported by science             POINT PLEASANT,  New Jersey––There were no offshore wind turbines operating off the Atlantic coast of the United States in 2016,  just a lot of routine commercial shipping,  fishing,  and recreational boating. Hardly anyone seemed to care when the National Oceanic Administration [NOAA] Office […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Craig Pittman, Greenpeace, humpback, Jason Endfield, Merritt Clifton, right whales

“The poor fish were the real victims,” tank owner says after fire

February 6, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Beginnings of concern for fish suffering emerge even in the desert ST. GEORGE, Utah;  BERLIN, Germany––Josh Wilson of Scenic,  Arizona,  owner of Polaris Can-Am & Honda World in Mesquite,  Nevada,  a longtime sponsor of off-road races,  likely will never be mistaken for a bleeding heart animal rights activist. Yet it can be said that Wilson […]

Filed Under: Belgium, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, France, Germany, Italy, Marine life, Mediterranean, Switzerland, Wildlife Tagged With: AgroBiothers, AquaDom, Josh Wilson, Matthieu Lambeaux, Merritt Clifton

Smelling rats after alleged major mink release in Van Wert, Ohio

November 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The numbers & time frame don’t add up,  & neither does the money VAN WERT, Ohio––Something happened at a mink farm here.  What it is ain’t exactly clear,   despite saturation coverage by both local and national media. Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach announced on November 15,  2022 that his office “is investigating a […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Netherlands, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Allison Aye, Beatriz Gandara, Challis Hobbs, Leeyen Group, Lion Farms USA, Merritt Clifton, Pierre Leeijen, Rien Leeijen, TaTiana Cash

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

H5N1 avian flu: bird culls, food prices, Ukraine war, & cockfighting converge

March 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Waterfowl meeting mostly in the Russian Arctic infect factory farms worldwide             AMES,  Iowa––Just as the COVID-19 pandemic afflicting the world since January 2020 seems to be letting up,  the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories are warning everyone concerned about birds,  wild or domestic,  to beware of the first outbreak of High […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Central Europe, Chickens, China, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Disease, Ducks & geese, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, France, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Pigeon flying, Poultry, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: cockfighters, foie gras, Ian Brown, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Beldomenico, United Poultry Concerns

Drug money crushes Swiss proposed ban on animal use in laboratories

February 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Pharmaceutical industry tries to drive stake through the heart of the ghost of Hans Ruesch             ZURICH,  Switzerland––Voters in Switzerland on February 13,  2022 crushed a proposed national ban on biomedical research using either animal or human subjects by a margin of 21% for,  79% against. Switzerland has some of the strongest animal protection laws […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Central Europe, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Humane history, Lab animals, Mediterranean, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Switzerland Tagged With: Abbott, Bayer, Hans Ruesch, Hoffmann-La Roche, Lonza Group, Merritt Clifton, Novartis, Renato Werndli

Fauci vs. the White Coat Waste Project: did Hans Ruesch sire the conflict?

December 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

And who was auto racer, author, & anti-vivisectionist Hans Ruesch,  anyhow? The conservative-leaning anti-vivisection organization White Coat Waste Project has since August 11,  2021 issued frequent flamboyant appeals and media releases associating 37-year National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases chief Anthony Fauci,  80,  with a variety of cruel and gruesome experiments on beagles and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Isles, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Sports, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Anthony Bellotti, Anthony Fauci, Dick Seaman, Hans Ruesch, Merritt Clifton

European zoos consider killing “surplus” gorillas

November 29, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The algebra of zoo management is Harambe times X-number equals what amount of public outrage cutting into profits?             AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands––Is the European Association of Zoos & Aquaria heading full speed toward the 2016 Harambe debacle at the Cincinnati Zoo times a dozen? Or a hundred?  Or any number in between? Did someone among the 340 […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Central Europe, Conservation, Culture & Animals, DRC, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Habitat, Isles, Laws, Netherlands, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Ben Garrod, Damian Aspinall, EAZA, Harambe, Helena Horton, Ian Redmond, Kai Parret, Marius giraffe, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal

Hotter climate makes “no-see-ums” a global threat to horned, hoofed animals

October 30, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Bighorn sheep,  deer,  goats & cattle are among vulnerable species             OKANAGAN, B.C.;  BISMARCK, N.D.;  ALBANY, N.Y.;  MADRID, Spain;  LISBON,  Portugal––Hardly anyone saw “no-see-ums” coming as one of the most ubiquitous and insidious effects on animals due to global warming. Indeed,  hardly anyone saw “no-see-ums” coming even before global warming began visibly disrupting climate and […]

Filed Under: Africa, Belgium, Cattle & dairy, Central Europe, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Insects, Italy, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Portugal, Sheep & goats, Spain, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: bluetongue, EHD, epizootic hemorrhagic disease, Merritt Clifton, no-see-ums, Pablo Beldomenico

The Supremacist Syndrome, by Peter Marsh

September 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

How Domination Underpins Slavery, Genocide, the Exploitation of Women, & the Maltreatment of Animals Lantern Publishing & Media,  128 Second Place,  Brooklyn,  NY 11231;  www.lanternpm.org. Available in both Kindle and paperback editions. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Many ANIMALS 24-7 readers will remember Supremacist Syndrome author and New Hampshire attorney Peter Marsh as an occasional presenter […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Belgium, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Cats, Central Europe, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, DRC, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Germany, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Meat issues, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Adolf Hitler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Heinrich Himmler, Jane Bowdler, King Leopold II, Merritt Clifton, Peter Marsh, Raoul Wallenberg, Thomas Bowdler

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