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Family Rottweiler raised from pup kills first dog attack victim of 2022, age 7

February 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Three nurses in the victim’s family (See also Rottweiler killing of seven-year-old brings murder charges in Virginia.)             WAYNESBORO, Virginia––Seven-year-old Olivia Grace Floyd’s mother,  Alicia Floyd,  37,  has for almost 17 years been a registered nurse at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisburg,  Virginia. Olivia Grace Floyd’s father,  Brooks Floyd,  39,  is a nurse practitioner in […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Right Tagged With: Alicia Floyd, Brooks Floyd, Chris Nitemare Kachmar, Merritt Clifton, Olivia Grace Floyd, Penny Bashlor, Stephen Christopher Kachmar

Pit bull data

August 8, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Dangerous dog data library by topic •  Pit bull body count (& other breeds too) • Pit bull statistics • Pit bulls & public safety • Pit bulls & the humane community • Voices of pit bull experience • Pit bull liability • Pit bull legislation • Pit bulls,  history,  & sociology • Pit bull […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Right, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: breed-specific, BSL, dog attack, pit bull

Humans evolved as a hunted species, discovered Robert Sussman, 74

June 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Rejected belief that humans are violent by nature  (See also Man the Hunted: Primates,  Predators,  & Human Evolution.) Evolutionary anthropologist and primatologist Robert Sussman,  74,  whose research helped to overturn the long commonly held belief that humans are violent and aggressive by nature,  died on June 8,  2016 at his home in Creve Coeur,  Missouri.  He […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Chimps & other primates, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Right, Habitat, Lab animals, Madagascar, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Dale Peterson, Donna Hart, Jack Prost, Merritt Clifton, Richard Wrangham, Robert W. Sussman

SAEN got their goats: Santa Cruz Biotech put out of animal lab work

May 22, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

USDA-APHIS case settlement comes after Santa Cruz Biotech was caught allegedly hiding goats from inspection SANTA CRUZ,  California––Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc.,  a major producer of antibodies,  was on May 19,  2016 fined $3.5 million and appears to have agreed to abandon working with live animals. Santa Cruz Biotech was in 2012 notoriously caught allegedly trying […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cloning & xenografts, Feature Home Middle Right, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Sheep & goats, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Jeremy Beckham, Merritt Clifton, Michael & Karen Budkie, Sara Reardon

Hot dogs, kids, & summer: a deadly triad

May 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Alleged hot car case perp,  facing charges, could be said to have gotten away with it because neither child nor dogs died          CHATTANOOGA,  Tennessee––Chattanooga State Community College student Shea Amber Anderson,  24,  on April 29,  2016 got away with three of the most egregious alleged crimes of neglect that a parent and petkeeper can […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Right, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Ed Hickling, Gene Weingarten, Jan Null, Janette Fennell, John Van Zante, Krista Riddell, Merritt Clifton, Michael Hammond, Robin Starr, Shannon Dominguez, Shea Amber Anderson

More to the heads of sperm whales than Moby Dick & spermaceti

April 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Brains & culture The heads of sperm whales returned to the news on April 7,  2016,  long after they were last hunted for spermaceti,  the oily substance that was once burned as the leading source of artificial light. “It took Herman Melville 135 chapters to get to the part in his 1851 classic Moby Dick,”  wrote […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Right, Humane history, Marine life, Religion & philosophy, Science, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Hal Whitehead, Herman Melville, Karin Broulliard, Mauricio Cantor, Merritt Clifton, Moby Dick, Victor B. Scheffer

Dog attack deaths bring sentences ranging from 0 to life

April 27, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Less time in cases with non-white victims          Human death resulting from dog caretaker negligence in the first third of 2016 brought or affirmed sentences of four convicted dog owners ranging from no time served to a potential life sentence. The four cases were similar,  each involving dangerous dogs either running at large or left unattended […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Right, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Alex Donald Jackson, Annie Williams, Bobbie Green, Daniel McCollum, De'Trick Johnson, Horatio Gonzalez, Jose Cruz Cazares Robles, Judge Stan Allen, Judge Stuart Friedman, Leon Morton, Merritt Clifton, Pamela Devitt, Santiago Veer

Four poachers get life for killing Costa Rican sea turtle defender

April 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Convictions for the killing of Jairo Mora Sandoval reverse 2015 acquittal          LIMÓN,  Costa Rica––Four poachers have received prison sentences ranging from 74 to 90 years for the May 30,  2013 murder of Costa Rican sea turtle defender Jairo Mora Sandoval,  26,  and the kidnapping and robbery of four volunteers who were helping Mora to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Central America, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Right, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other species, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Senegal, The Americas, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Jairo Mora Sandoval, Lindsay Fendt, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson

Kenyans rise in protest over lions shot & speared

April 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Incidents recall the Cecil case in Zimbabwe          NAIROBI,  Kenya;  JOS,  Nigeria––More than 2,000 Kenyans had signed petitions protesting the violent deaths of two lions on the outskirts of Nairobi,  the national capital,  within 48 hours of the shooting of the first lion,  Mohawk,  and 24 hours of the discovery of the remains of the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Africa, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Right, Habitat, Kenya, Nigeria, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Christa Christina Witvrouwen, Chukwunonso Daniel Ogbe, Hir Joseph, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, Shamsudeen Fagbo, Walter Palmer

Civet coffee: cruelty in a cup

March 24, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Not just a distilled load of crap DENPASAR,  HANOI––A vogue for pricy civet coffee has brought the civet farming industry back perhaps bigger than ever––and certainly in many more places,  more than a decade after China tried to bring civet farming to an end. “Liquid speed kills” China banned civet farming in 2004 because of the association […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Feature Home Middle Right, Food & agriculture, Indonesia, Southeast Asia Tagged With: civets, coffee, kopi luwak, Merritt Clifton, Tony Wild

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