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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

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

U.K. Dangerous Dogs Act exempts the two breeds most likely to kill

May 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two-year-old & 17-month-old are two latest victims of legal omission WORCESTERSHIRE,  United Kingdom––A pre-inquest review of the March 28,  2022 fatal Rottweiler mauling of two-year-old Lawson Bond,  now set for August 31,  2022 in Stourport,  is likely to investigate every aspect of Bond’s death except the obvious:  that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991,  supposed to […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bella-Rae Birch, Joseph Broady, Kieran Gair, Lawson Bond, Merritt Clifton, Rod Liddle, Rottweiler, Staffordshire

U.K.: How hunters gutted the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill

April 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Much touted British law recognizing animal sentience amounts to forming a Parliamentary committee with no actual powers and a mandate to do nothing challenging “cultural traditions & regional heritage” LONDON,  U.K.––The 50-odd members of Better Deal for Animals,  an alliance of 50 of leading British animal welfare organizations,  lost no time congratulating themselves and declaring […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom Tagged With: Chris Sherwood, Claire Bass, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, George Eustice, James West, Jonathan Djanogly, Margarita Sachkova, Merritt Clifton, Peter Goldsmith, Sonul Badiani-Hamment

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

Banning U.S. imports of Russian fish could help Ukraine & help the fish too

March 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why was the U.S. still buying Russian fish while boycotting Russian oil,  gas,  coal,  & even vodka? WASHINGTON D.C.––Fish were the last major category of U.S. imports from Russia not yet embargoed by the U.S. government in protest of the February 24,  2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden on March 8,  2022 […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Russia, Scotland, Southeast Asia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Dan Sullivan, Ed Markey, Lisa Murkowski, Merritt Clifton, Tim Gallaudet, Vladimir Putin

John F. Robins of Animal Concern Scotland on fundraising & parasites

March 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“John Robins has not been following medical advice & taking things easy” Editors’ note:  John Frederick Robins,  64,  probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history,  despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,”  did not shuffle off after all,  despite the September 25,  2021 ANIMALS 24-7 headline “Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, USA Tagged With: Charity Navigator, Elena Edwards, Guidestar, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Wise Giving Alliance

Cane Corso:  A pit bull by any other name

February 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Cane Corso history is not what the “dog literature” says OAKLAND PARK, Florida––Was Gladys,  the star rescue dog who killed volunteer Pam Robb on February 17,  2022,  really a Cane Corso and not,  as ANIMALS 24-7 reported,  a “supersized pit bull”? Or is “Cane Corso” really just a sanitized and gentrified name for a common […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cart dogs, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Italy, Mediterranean, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amber Miller, Amy Roman Daniello, John P. Colby, Klonda Richey, Merritt Clifton, Pam Robb, Tony Ahrens, Will Judy

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