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Colorado pit bull defense lawyer charged in alleged murder-for-hire plot

February 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Edwards now has more in common with “Joe Exotic” than just initials and notoriety              EVERGREEN, Colorado––Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Reba Edwards,  43,  central to efforts to overturn and weaken Colorado dangerous dog laws,  now has more in common with the notorious “Joe Exotic” than just the “JE” initials […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Spay/neuter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Anthony Ortolani, Carole Baskin, Jennifer Emmi, Jennifer Thomadis, Joe Exotic, Kevin O'Connell, Marlene Puzak, Michelle Tippets, Vern Wagner

Enforcing anti-cruelty laws proves harder than passing them

February 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Who enforces “victories” won by the Humane Society of the United States?  Stop Animal Exploitation Now, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, & the Humane Farming Association are trying.             SALT LAKE CITY,  LEXINGTON,  BOSTON––Some animal advocacy organizations with multi-million-dollar-a-year-plus incomes attract donors by the hundreds of thousands through winning passage of laws that they then […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA Tagged With: Darren Stapleton, Karen Budkie, Maura Healey, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Paul Shapiro, Robert Gibbens, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz

Geologist John Stockwell co-edited journal Between the Species

February 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Longtime advocate for animals & vegetarian living John Stockwell,  85,  an advocate for animals and vegetarian living whose involvement dated back to the very beginnings of the late twentieth century animal rights movement,  died on November 23,  2020 in Berkeley,  California,  his home off and on since 1961 and continuously since 1982. Born in Superior,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Berkeley Humane Commission, Eric Mills, Merritt Clifton, Steve Sapontzis

Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin,  25

February 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Second young activist suicide in six months raises profile of “compassion fatigue” Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin,  25,  died by suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. His death,  a shock to hundreds of family,  friends,  and acquaintances,  rekindled an ongoing discussion of depression and suicides among committed activists that had barely simmered down […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alex Hershaft, Jamie Raskin, Merritt Clifton, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Shimon Shuchat

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

Rick Collord, 72, helped lead transition from the high-kill to the no-kill era

February 5, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Headed 10 animal shelters in six states Rick Collord,  72,  a 42-year humane professional and chief executive of humane societies for most of that time,  died on January 26,  2021 in Lexington,  North Carolina,  his home since 2017. Born Irving Richard Collord III in 1948 in New Orleans,  Louisiana,  Rick Collord––no one ever called him […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Bill Garrett, Elton Gissendanner II, Judi Rogstad, Marci Biesheuvel, Merritt Clifton, Sara Whalen, Vikki Kittles

Fish farming foe Kurt Oddekalv, no bunny-hugger, dies trying to save dog

February 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The dog died too Fish farming foe Kurt Willy Oddekalv,  63,  on January 11,  2020 died from drowning and hypothermia suffered in attempting to rescue his daughter’s dog Kompis,  who had fallen through ice on a lake near their home in Kalandseidet, Bergen, Norway. The dog Kompis was found dead nearby. As a sergeant in the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Norway, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, Wildlife Tagged With: anti-vaxxer, Jens Stoltenberg, Joseph Mercola, Merritt Clifton, Vince McDonagh

Pit bulls again inflicted 90% of fatal dog-on-dog attacks in 2020

February 1, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Recurring pattern continues to elude the animal care-and-control community,  much of law enforcement,  mass media,  and the public             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic kept people and dogs home in 2020,  cutting reported dog attacks on other animals by more than half in 2020 from the annual average since ANIMALS […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Gregory Castle, Liz Marsden, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Susanne Craig, William Shakespeare

Afro-Vegan Society marks Black History Month with veg outreach

January 31, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Veguary” builds on a long,  strong tradition of African-American food ambassadors             BALTIMORE,  Maryland––“The Afro-Vegan Society will mark Black History Month with Veguary,”  announced society cofounder Brenda Sanders on January 25,  2021. Veguary,  Sanders explained,  will consist of “a series of free programs highlighting the contributions of black trailblazers,  and the many benefits of vegan […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Humane history, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: A. Breeze Harper, Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, Dick Gregory, George Washington Carver, Mary Keys Burgess, Pinky Cole, Tabitha Bonita Brown, Traci Thomas, Tracye McQuirter

ALDF United unionizing bid splits Animal Legal Defense Fund

January 29, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Earthquake rumbles along fault lines in the ALDF mission and structure              COTATI, California––The Animal Legal Defense Fund,  founded in 1979,  headquartered practically on top of the San Andreas Fault just north of San Francisco,  has never clearly decided whether it is a professional association,  a nonprofit law firm,  or an animal advocacy group. Instead,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: ALDF, Elizabeth Putsche, Joyce Tischler, Katie Barrows, Marc Gunther, Merritt Clifton, Ogiltree Deakins, Stephen Wells

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