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Can the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act save horse racing from itself?

March 29, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Marty Irby leaves Animal Wellness Action on a high note,  but horses are not drugged just to get them high WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Animal Wellness Action executive director Marty Irby on March 23,  2023 spoke in Oxford,  Mississippi at the “Celebration of Life” for his friend and ally Clant Seay,  founder of the Citizens Committee Against […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Top, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Sports, USA Tagged With: Bob Baffert, Kitty Block, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Santa Anita, Sara Amundson, Stewball

Cockfighters hit in four states for bribery, drugs, even “grand theft auto”

March 28, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

Multiple alleged perps with long rap sheets             LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Restauranteur and would-be cockfighting host Cruz Alejandro “Alex” Mercado-Vazquez,  of Maysville,  Kentucky,  is headed to prison for 15 months for allegedly attempting to bribe sheriff Patrick Boggs of Mason County,  Kentucky,  to ignore his cockfights. U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning sentenced Mercado-Vazquez on March 24,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Brett Kenneth Miller, Cruz Alejandro “Alex” Mercado-Vazquez, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Boggs, Randal Surber, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Bestiality & child porn bust in Bossier City, Louisiana: Terry Yetman deja vu

March 27, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

Suspect Nathan Mann held on 3,248 counts of sexual abuse of an animal             BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana––Nathan T. Mann,  35,  of Bossier,  Louisiana,  was on March 23,  2023 charged with 106 counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles and 3,248 counts of sexual abuse of an animal,  the Bossier County Sheriff’s Office announced. Mann was […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Police & military, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Humane Society of Louisiana, Jeff Dorson, Merritt Clifton, Noah Tomlin, Terry Yetman

Canned Miyoko: the ballad of Jon Blair & Miyoko Schinner

February 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Dog-eat-dog is not vegan (See also How Miyoko Schinner got the same shaft as Paul Watson.) SONOMA, California––Miyoko’s Creamery founder Miyoko Schinner,  65,  on  February 16,  2023 officially got the unceremonious boot from the vegan cheese company she started in 2014 as Miyoko’s Kitchen and built into a $260-million-per-year non-dairy food-making empire. Of course the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: James Joaquin, Jon Blair, Merritt Clifton, Miyoko Schinner, Miyoko's Creamery

More predators in animal charity than remain in the wild

January 24, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

by Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Predation,  parasitism,  fraud and outright theft are enormous problems in the animal protection industry that even a 90-day wormer cannot fix. ANIMALS 24-7 in George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers,  and in a wealth of previous exposés,  has unfortunately barely rippled the scum […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Beth Clifton, George Santos, Ingrid Newkirk, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Will Potter

Should vets report vaccination clients to pet licensing agencies?

November 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Question for ANIMALS 24-7 from a reader:  “Our local animal control agency has proposed a county-wide ordinance to require all veterinarians in the county to report the personal contact information for each person who brings a pet to be vaccinated. “This information is to be used to try to increase licensing compliance, as an attempted […]

Filed Under: Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Opinions & Letters Tagged With: licensing, Merritt Clifton, Vaccination

Rats or guinea pigs––which rodent will inherit New York City?

October 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Pending bill to ban guinea pig sales is far more likely to succeed than rat control bills passed by 44-6 margins             NEW YORK CITY–– “Legislation to prohibit New York City pet stores from selling guinea pigs has 35 co-sponsors in the New York City Council – this is incredible!” exulted Voters for Animal Rights […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Other animal fighting, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bill de Blasio, Katie Honan, Merritt Clifton, Orkin, Voters for Animal Rights

Freya the walrus: sacrificed to save Norwegian whaling, sealing, & party in power

August 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

When was the last time a wild walrus ever injured anyone? OSLO, Norway––Was Freya the walrus killed by Norwegian directorate of fisheries on August 14,  2022 in Oslo fjord to protect herself,  or to protect human swimmers and boaters,  as the Norwegian government alleges? Or was Freya really killed to protect the heavily subsidized Norwegian […]

Filed Under: Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Marine life, Seals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Frank Bakke-Jensen, Freya, Jonas Gahr Støre, Merritt Clifton, Per Espen Fjeld, Pia Ve Dahlen

Donald Trump Jr., client of alleged bear poacher, is no Teddy Roosevelt

May 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But Trump Jr.,  though not charged with poaching,  may be an idol of other bear poachers “No one in this world, so far as I know,”  observed journalist H. L. Mencken (1880-1956),  “has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.” For that reason,  it is not assured […]

Filed Under: Bears, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Eric Peterson, H. L. Mencken, Jared Baum, Merritt Clifton, Mike Fowlks, Rex Baum, Theodore Roosevelt, Wade Lemon

Garbled stories show why wolverines need a defense lawyer

April 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Rare 28-pound scavenger accused of killing a ton of sheep RICH COUNTY, Utah––A wolverine alleged to have killed 18 sheep six miles west of Randolph,  Utah was briefly jailed on March 11,  2022,  but––instead of a lynching––got off with a warning,  an escort out of the county,  and a radio collar to follow his whereabouts. […]

Filed Under: Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Fur trapping, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Predators, Sheep & goats, Wildlife Tagged With: Dakota Pray, Ellen Fike, Jim Christensen, Kyne Pyatt, Merritt Clifton, Ted Chu, USDA Wildlife Services, Vance Broadbent

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