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New study hits red meat, processed meat, & poultry for higher death risk

March 6, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

UK Biobank data reinforces warnings about red meat & processed meats,  & shows that white meat is NOT the “right meat,”  either             OXFORD, U.K.––Even excluding cancer risk,  eating red meat increases the meat eater’s risk of becoming dead meat,  and white meat is not the “right meat” either,  concludes a major new University of […]

Filed Under: Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Meat issues, Poultry, United Kingdom Tagged With: BMC Medicine, Denis Campbell, Keren Papier, Merritt Clifton, UK Biobank

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

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

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

“Animals & thugs”: horses, dogs, police & the George Floyd protests

June 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Horses & dogs used and misused by both cops & demonstrators              NEW YORK, N.Y.–– “Stop treating us like animals and thugs,  and start treating us with some respect!” fumed New York Police Benevolent Association president Mike O’Meara to a June 9,  2020 media conference. That was all O’Meara had to say about animals. The passing mention,  however,  raised […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Police & military, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs, Working horses Tagged With: Abené Clayton, Art Acevedo, Brianna Noble, Daniel Bornstein, Derek Chauvin, Emily Somers, George Floyd, Joseph Malott, Mike O’Meara, Sarah Emrick, Sydney Trent, Tom Symonds, Tyler D. Parry

Why Europe will not eat U.S. & Australian wild horses

May 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dutch & Danish seizures of illegally trafficked German horse meat do not mean revived demand             WASHINGTON D.C.,  BRUSSELS––Yes,  the Bureau of Land Management under Donald Trump appointee William Perry Pendley is desperately eager to dispose of as many as 45,000 wild horses in holding pens,  plus about 68,000 of the estimated 95,000 wild horses […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Live transport, Meat issues, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Slaughter, Slaughter, United Kingdom, Wild horses Tagged With: Jan Fasen, Manuel Coto, Merritt Clifton, Toby Sterling, William Perry Pendley, Willy Selten

Animals for ransom: zoos & the COVID-19 cash flow crunch

May 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Is COVID-19 really Armaggedon for zoos,  or just another funding pitch?              HONG KONG,  LONDON––Seven thousand animals at Ocean Park in Hong Kong and as many as 20,000 animals at the London Zoo and subsidiary Whipsnade Zoo are only the most politically conspicuous of thousands of menageries now at risk––and perhaps being held for ransom […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Isles, United Kingdom, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Andrew Rosindell, Edwin Wiek, Joy Marie Somers, Lawrence Anthony, Merritt Clifton, Verena Kaspari

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