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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

Is mink farming “too dirty to die”? Or is pending bill the coup-de-grace?

August 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Some in the U.S. mink industry see COVID-19 as a growth opportunity  WASHINGTON D.C.––Will the COVID-19 delta variant finally kill mink farming in the U.S.,  after COVID-19 in all forms has killed more than 633,000 Americans? Or will HR 4310,  dubbed the MINKS Act as acronym for “Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces Are Superspreaders Act,”  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Fur & leather, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Poland, Scandinavia, Spain, Uncategorized Tagged With: Joan Schaffner, Karen Manci, Kate Golden, Kitty Block, Meg Kinnard, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Mace, Rosa DeLauro, Sara Amundson

Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s mother & a Dutch witness speak

July 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull owner Christophe Ellul “has to recognize that it was his dog,”  says Nathalie Pilarski.             PARIS, France––The Amiens Court of Appeal is to rule on July 23,  2021 on a petition from attorney Alexandre Novion,  representing pit bull owner Christophe Ellul,  seeking to suppress DNA evidence that Ellul’s pit bull Curtis,  and Curtis […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Training, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Benoit Blanc, Christophe Ellul, Elisa Pilarski, Merritt Clifton, Nathalie Pilarski, Sharon de Wit

The Body Shop to go “100% vegan” by 2023––but wasn’t it already?

June 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Expanding the gulf between image and reality is what the cosmetics industry is all about             LONDON, U.K.––Cosmetics and personal care industry media are abuzz with the June 1,  2021 announcement by The Body Shop that every product it offers will be 100% vegan by the end of 2023. Many consumers,  on the other hand,  […]

Filed Under: Alternatives, Animal rights & welfare, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Germany, Isles, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Anita Roddick, Anna Starostinetskaya, Body Shop, Greenpeace, Jon Entine, LiveKindly, Merritt Clifton, Vegan Society, VegNews

Did North Carolina seven-year-old die trying to stop a dogfight?

April 30, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

New British study confirms frequency of injuries to intervenors in pit bull attacks on other dogs             GARNER, North Carolina;  GLOUCESTER, U.K.––Did Jayden Belle Henderson,  age seven,  die trying to stop a dogfight? Two pit bulls on April 27,  2021 killed Henderson and severely mauled her mother,  WRAL television master controller Heather Travaskis,  39. Trevaskis,  […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Central Europe, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Laws & politics, Netherlands, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Jayden Belle Henderson, Journal of Veterinary Behavior, Merritt Clifton Heather Travaskis, Tamara Montrose

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