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Why 37 chimps “retired” by NIH in 2013 are still not in sanctuaries

January 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Humane Society of the U.S. sues National Institutes of Health over outcome of “CHIMP Act” claimed as HSUS “victory”          ALAMOGORDO,  New Mexico;  SHREVEPORT,  Louisiana;  BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––“Nestled in the pines near Keithville,”  17 miles south of Shreveport,  Louisiana,  the 200-acre Chimp Haven sanctuary “even has 11 new residents as part of a $20 million […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Ingersoll, Carole Noon, Crysta Alba, Daryl Fears, Donny Moss, Francis S. Collins, Kitty Block, Lindsay Vanderhooght, Merritt Clifton, Sara Amundson

Murder along the equator: seven die defending parrots & gorillas

January 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Colombian and Congolese wildlife guardians were ambushed RONCESVALLES,  Colombia;  VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK,  Democratic Republic of Congo––Simultaneous sad reminders of the human cost of wildlife conservation came on January 10,  2021 from the Reserva Loros Andinos in southwestern Colombia and Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Reserva Loros Andinos and Virunga […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, South America, Sub-Saharan, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Gonzalo Cardona Molina, Merritt Clifton, Reserva Loros Andinos, Virunga National Park

Dog attacks: COVID-19 made 2020 the strangest year yet

January 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Forty percent of pit bull attack disfigurements not reported? Dog attack fatalities were up in 2020,  but disfiguring dog attacks were down? Pit bull attack fatalities rose to the second highest total in a year on record,  yet disfiguring pit bull attacks dropped by 62%? How could this be,  in view that fatalities are a […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: Demi Herod Killebrew, Joshua Jadusingh, Karen Wilkerson, Raelynn Larrison, Robbie Taylor, Scarlett Pereira, Skylar Headrich, Stephen Pemberton, Sterling Vermeer, Zachary Willis

Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2020 log

January 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

(Click the link below to see the complete data log,  1982-2020.) Dog attack stats with breed % 2020 final Please be aware that the data lines for years previous to 2020 may have changed as result of making updates based on new information. For example,  we occasionally learn of dog attacks not reported in the […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom

Rabbit sperm donors may be retired from service, but not rats, mice, & birds

January 22, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

And not most rabbits in laboratory use, either             WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler,  in one of his last actions before leaving office with the Donald Trump presidential administration,  “issued a January 20,  2021 directive instructing the agency to plan for the retirement of the last remaining rabbits in the EPA’s taxpayer-funded […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Andrew Wheeler, Justin Goodman, Karen Budke, Katherine Roe, Larry Carbone, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budke, Natalie Warhit, Sue Leary

Has the world-wide vegan revolution started — in Israel?

January 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The Vegan Revolution. Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism by Richard Schwartz Lantern Publishing & Media, 2020. Reviewed by Keith Akers Any other book titled The Vegan Revolution,  if one didn’t look at the subtitle,  would not necessarily seem to have anything to do especially with Judaism or Israel.  But from page 1 forward,  Richard Schwartz […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Judaism, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Keith Akers, Richard H. Schwartz

Animal Agriculture is Immoral: vegan activists respond to COVID-19

January 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Anthology edited by Sailesh Rao, Ph.D. 156 pages,  paperback.  $9.99 from Amazon.com. Reviewed by Richard Schwartz             Animal Agriculture Is Immoral is an anthology of scholarly,  insightful, thought-provoking essays from environmental, social, religious, and spiritual perspectives by leading vegan activists,  assembled in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic,  about the very negative effects of animal-based […]

Filed Under: Activism, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Brandon Burr, Dan Book, David Rosen, Duke McLeod, Hope Bohanec, Jason Glasson, Jeffrey Spitz Cohen, Judy Carman, Karen Davis, Lewis Regenstein, Richard H. Schwartz, Sailesh Rao, Shmuly Yanklowitz, Stephen Kaufman, Susan Hargreave, Victoria Moran, Will Tuttle, Yonatan Neril

Trump appointee cut deal with NRA to boost hunting on the way out the door

January 19, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But National Rifle Association declared bankruptcy two days later             WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service director Aurelia Skipwith on January 13,  2021,  a week from the end of the Donald Trump presidential administration and probably not much longer from her own replacement,  signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Rifle Association “to assist […]

Filed Under: Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Aurelia Skipwith, Clare Duffy, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, John Frazer, Josh Powell, Karl Racine, Leo Giacometto, Letitia James, Merritt Clifton, Wayne LaPierre, Wilson Phillips

A black-and-white issue that the humane community has yet to face

January 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Editorial by Merritt & Beth Clifton Two nights ago,  in advance of Martin Luther King Day, ANIMALS 24-7 posted as our lead feature Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark, profiling the lives and work of John W. Lemon and Seymour Carroll. This article followed up on,  and expanded,  Four black […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: AR 2014, AR 2015, Bill Moyer, HSUS Expo, Ku Klux Klan, Lila Miller, Lloyd Tait, Martin Luther King Jr., Merritt Clifton, Nelson Mandela, Social Movement Empowerment Project

What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

January 17, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Leading influence on rise of animal rights movement Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968, in whose honor we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, never had any visible direct involvement with animals or animal issues––but he is justly remembered among the greatest influences on the animal rights movement of our time, and the many […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Coretta Scott King, Henry Spira, Martin Luther King Jr.

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