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Lumpy skin disease––what’s that?––hits cattle from Africa to Nepal

September 11, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Lumpy skin disease––yes,  it’s ugly––also set Australia & Indonesia at odds for months. KATHMANDU,  Nepal––Best known as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama,  the Buddha,  circa 564 B.C.,  and as the land of Mount Everest,  the world’s tallest mountain,  Nepal during the summer of 2023 gained a more sinister distinction as ground zero for arguably the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Buddhism, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Islam, Israel, Live transport, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia Tagged With: Arjun Poudel, Beduram Bhusal, Gadhi Mai, Jarod Hanson, Merritt Clifton, ProMED, Rastriya Samachar Samiti, Sneha Shrestha

Bob Barker, the voice of spay/neuter, began as voice of Rin Tin Tin

September 1, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocacy philanthropist died at 99             HOLLYWOOD HILLS,  California––Animal advocacy philanthropist and retired radio and television game show host Bob Barker might be said to have begun his rise to stardom,  and his work on behalf of animals,  as the barking voice of canine hero Rin Tin Tin,  1950-1955,  during the last five of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other entertainment topics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, Spay/neuter, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: DJ&T Foundation, Dorothy Jo Gideon, Lorin Lindner, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Burnet, Paul Watson, Performing Animal Welfare Society

Animal agribusiness on defense worldwide as U.S. Farm Bill battle looms

August 9, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Agribusiness stakes hopes on getting EATS Act into the Farm Bill WASHINGTON D.C.––From Capitol Hill corridors in Washington D.C. to the East London docks in South Africa and the fur farms of Finland,  animal agribusiness is on the defensive lately as never before,  and not just because the National Geographic web site on August 7,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Scandinavia, Sheep & goats, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: AgriPulse, Al Mawashi, Brian May, Don Pinnock, Merritt Clifton, Nazareth Appalsamy, Sarah Gold, Wayne Hsiung, Wayne Pacelle

Are animal advocates “weak & lazy,” or just at different stages of the cause?

August 3, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

“Weak & lazy,”  by Steve Hindi;  “At different stages” by ANIMALS 24-7 Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness: The rodeo issue, either Mexican or American style,  again brought to public notice by ANIMALS 24-7 in Beating a live horse: who calls rodeo performers to account for doing it?,  is just one issue demonstrating […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Bill Moyer, Ed Duvin, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Wayne Hsiung

Birds killing cats? Avian flu hits cats in Poland, FIP hits cats in Cyprus

July 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

FIP rages.  Avian flu outbreaks among cats are few,  but hint at increasing vulnerability of mammals to bird diseases NICOSIA, Cyprus;  WARSAW,  Poland;  HELSINKI Finland––Potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks hitting cats in Cyprus and Poland,  and farmed foxes in Finland,  have epidemiologists worried about emerging mutant strains of feline infectious peritonitis,  a coronavirus best known as […]

Filed Under: Behavior & health, Birds, Cats, Chickens, Disease, Dogs & Cats, Ducks & geese, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Food, Global, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Poland, Poultry, Wildlife Tagged With: Danièlle Gunn-Moore, Dinos Ayiomamitis, HPAI H5N1, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Beldomenico, ProMED, Sarah Newey

Who to blame for animal diseases killing humans? Report says it’s U.S.

July 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Harvard Law School and NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection deliver a shocker for most Americans (but not for you!) “For many Americans,  concepts such as ‘bushmeat’ or ‘wildlife farming’ seem foreign,”  opens Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States,  “but they refer to practices that are common within the United States […]

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Cell-cultured chicken wins USDA approval. Is it vegan? Does it matter?

June 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Anticipated 2023 production might save 12,500 chicken lives––or more.  It’s a start.             SAN FRANCISCO,  California––The U.S. Department of Agriculture on June 22,  2023 authorized Upside Foods of Alameda,  California,  and Good  Meat Inc.,  of Berkeley,  California,  to start selling cell-cultured,  lab-grown chicken meat produced without slaughtering animals to stores,   restaurants,  and the general public. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poultry, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Good Meat Inc., Josh Tetrick, Just Egg, Merritt Clifton, Uma Valeti, Upside Foods

Media plot to conceal cow fart contribution to global warming?

June 2, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Did you know about it?  If so,  how?  Did cow farts affect what you had for dinner? SEATTLE,  Washington––Is there a media conspiracy to suppress awareness of the contribution of animal agriculture to global warming? Considering that there are more than 3,000 newsrooms in the U.S. alone,  with nearly 100 of those newsrooms reaching a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, USA Tagged With: Faunalytics, Merritt Clifton, Sentient Media

Cheese & crackers: Miyoko Schinner & Miyoko’s Creamery settle lawsuits

May 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Schinner likely to focus on The Vegan Good Life with Miyoko SONOMA, California––Eleven months after the venture capitalists controlling the Miyoko’s Creamery board of directors in June 2022 greased the skids for founder Miyoko Schinner,  three months after the board on February 16,  2023 publicly sacked and sued her,  prompting her March 16,  2023 countersuit,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Carol Ortenberg, Dale Giali, Dot Foods, Dot Transportation, Elaine Watson, Elizabeth Crawford, Merritt Clifton

How meat & dairy “won the fall,” but Tofurky kicked ass in courtroom judo

April 21, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Tofurky shareholders won “upward of $50 million” too HOOD RIVER, Oregon––Vegan judokas may particularly appreciate a recent combination of swift moves by the Toyko-based dairy company Morinaga Milk Group,  now owner of The Tofurky Company. On April 12,  2023,  Morinaga won the key points in a landmark federal case over vegan and vegetarian product labeling […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Pacific rim, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Jaime Athos, Merritt Clifton, Miyoko, Morinaga, Seth Tibbott

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