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Parents try to raise children safely; pit bulls et al have other ideas

February 15, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Mourning on Valentine’s Day Having taken to heart the pit bull advocacy claim that “It’s all in how you raise them,”  young people in at least eight communities scattered among Argentina,  Britain,  and the U.S. spent Valentine’s Day 2021 in shock and mourning after eight pit bulls,  a Dogo Argentino mix,  and a Rottweiler unexpectedly […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, South America, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Brenden Wininger, Cameron Hatfield, Keira Ladlow, Lara Rebecca Agüero, Micaela Rufina Mendoza Natalia Florencia Mendoza Peirano, Mohammed Zakriyya, Nighat Khatoon, Victoria Rose LaBar, Yaser Baig

Complaining that seals cause “stress,” farm cuts gills from salmon alive

February 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

John Robins:  “Salmon farming is cruel,  plain and simple.”              STORNOWAY,  Scotland––The Danish-owned Scottish Salmon Company,  just three weeks after complaining to media about seal attacks “stressing” farmed Atlantic salmon near Portree on Skye,  has been exposed in undercover video obtained by Animal Equality U.K. for allegedly allowing routine cruelty in processing on a scale […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Abigail Penny, John A. MacInnes, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton

Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads

February 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act brought law to save seals in Scottish waters             EDINBURGH,  Scotland––Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads,  posted by Animal Concern Scotland on February 1,  2021. The reward is specifically for information leading to the first successful prosecution under a new Scottish seal protection law,  adopted on […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bakkafrost, Bernadette Jordan, Edward Kolodziej, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Tavish Scott, Zhenyu Tian

Solvang animal advocate “Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen dies at 85

December 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Mortensen was still on the job of helping animals in every way that she could             SOLVANG, California––“Hurricane” Hazel Mortensen,  85,  remembered for nearly 50 years of dynamic animal advocacy and her hearty laugh,  died at her home on September 26, 2020 from complications of heart disease. “Born on April 26,  1935 in England,  Hazel […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, United Kingdom, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Bob Mortensen, Daxton Borchardt, Fran Smith, Hazel Mortensen, Lisa Andre, Merritt Clifton, Quinn Spaulding, Rachelle Mueller

End to Irish & Greek mink farming expected after Danish & Dutch culls

November 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Irish chief medical officer calls for mink cull as “a matter of urgency”             LIMERICK, COPENHAGEN––Not even Guinness bottle caps are flipping,  let alone champagne corks popping,  in celebration of the anticipated imminent end of mink breeding in Ireland,  Denmark,  the Netherlands,  Italy,  Poland, France,  and perhaps even Greece and Spain. Mink massacres underway in […]

Filed Under: Denmark, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Scandinavia Tagged With: John Carmody, Merritt Clifton, Mette Frederiksen, Mogens Jensen, Redmond O’Hanlon, Tony Holohan

Queen Elizabeth II honors Thai street dog rescuer John Dalley

October 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Global recognition for Soi Dog Foundation             PHUKET,  Thailand––John Dalley,  co-founder and president of Soi Dog Foundation International,  was on October 10,  2020,  the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for service to animal welfare in Southeast Asia. The term “Soi […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Brian May, Clarissa Baldwin, Daphne Sheldrick, Gill Dalley, Ian Redmond, Jill Robinson, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Peter Davies, Shirley McGreal

Jan Salter, 82, mastered the arts of animal & human aid in Kathmandu

October 5, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Founded leading Nepal humane organization past age when most people retire             KATHMANDU,  Nepal––Jan Salter,  82, artist,  humanitarian, and founder of the Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre in Nepal in 2004,  died in Lyme Regis,  United Kingdom,  on April 29,  2018. Word of her death did not reach ANIMALS 24-7 until nearly 90 days later. Born Janette […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, Book & film reviews, Buddhism, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Donkeys, Europe, Feral animals, Hooved stock, Isles, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, United Kingdom, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Affandi, Christine Townend, Harka Gurung, Jaynee Moon, Merritt Clifton, Prerna Rai

Dolphin death incidents illustrate why ANIMALS 24-7 exists

August 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Finding the truth amid emotive incidents “What Have We Done to the Whale?” headlined the August 17,  2020 online edition of The New Yorker. Added the subhead,  “The creatures once symbolized our efforts to save the planet;  now they demonstrate all the ways we have devastated it.” The hand-wringing essay by Amia Srinivasan that followed also appeared […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Marine life, South America, The Americas, United Kingdom, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Amia Srinivasan, Liu Xiaoli, Merritt Clifton, Santa Teresita, Sha Xiafeng

Prince Charles, sea lice, & why salmon farming stinks

July 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Norwegian investors hope to delouse the salmon industry with new facility in Maryland BALTIMORE, Maryland––Salmon farming stinks. Business media worldwide have for weeks failed to mention that fact in amplifying a July 7,  2020 announcement that the Norwegian firm AquaCon plans to build a $300 million land-based salmon farm on the eastern shore of Chesapeake […]

Filed Under: Canada, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Marine life, Meat issues, Norway, Scandinavia, Scotland, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: John Robins, Merritt Clifton, Paal Haldorsen, Prince Charles, Rob Edwards, Yonathan Zohar

Scotland to stop shooting seals to save salmon farm profits––but not until 2021

June 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

50-year effort by Scottish seal defenders––but Humane Society of the U.S. blasts out media releases claiming credit DUMBARTON,  Scotland––Culminating a half century of effort by the Save Our Seals Fund,  and Animal Concern Scotland,  led for decades by John Robins of both organizations,  the Scottish Parliament on June 17,  2020 ratified a new Animals & Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & standards, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Don Staniford, John Robins, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Severin Carrell

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