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Cruelty charges filed against Aussie live sheep shippers––a first!

August 1, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Shipping company already lost live export license             PERTH,  Australia––Cruelty charges were on July 31,  2019 filed against two former directors of the live animal shipping company Emanuel Exports over the August 2017 deaths of more than 2,400 sheep from heat stress aboard the Awassi Express.             The sheep were in transit to slaughter in […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Live transport, Meat issues, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats Tagged With: Calla Wahlquist, Graham Daws, Merritt Clifton, Mike Stanton, Nicholas Daws

Will feral pigs eat Hong Kong before Hong Kong eats the pigs?

May 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Feral pigs may be poached as African swine fever & trade war cut off pig imports              HONG KONG––A three-way collision among African swine fever,  feral pigs,  and the global pork industry,  U.S. interests included,  may be only days away in Hong Kong. Whatever the outcome,  pigs––both factory-farmed and living free––are already the big net […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, China, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Judaism, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alice Su, Karthi Martelli, Merritt Clifton, Paolo Martelli, Roni Wong, Tam Garland

Live animal markets in New York City: a cut-throat business at best

August 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Customs change with waves of immigration             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Escaping the Iranian Revolution with her parents at age 6,  artist Sara Rahbar as an adult has produced an internationally recognized portfolio on themes often involving human and animal suffering. Yet Rahbar found herself wholly unprepared for the misery she met close to hand on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Judaism, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pollution, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Turkeys, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Alex Felsinger, Andrew Zollman, Anne Barnard, Christian Zhang, Clarence Birdeye, Heather Greenhouse, Lore Croghan, Patty Lee, Tom Embury-Dennis

The poop on live transport, whaling, & Ramadan 2018

May 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Old ships,  ancient customs             FREMANTLE,  Australia––Seventy thousand Australian sheep aboard the 38-year-old livestock carrier Al Messilah,  or anyhow those who survive the journey,  are due to reach Kuwait on May 14,  2018,  according to VesselFinder.com. The voyage continues a trade that Animals Australia likens to whaling in terms of cruelty and obsolescence,  but which […]

Filed Under: Africa, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Egypt, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, North Africa, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Welfare Tagged With: David Littleproud, Glenys Oogjes, Lyn White, Merritt Clifton, Natalie Kotsios, Victoira Laurie

Beyond sentience: will Brexit halt live animal exports from the U.K.?

December 14, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Minister for Agriculture & Rural Affairs confirms her government is “considering options to control live animal exports”             LONDON,  U.K.––British cabinet ministers,  after the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union,  called “Brexit” for short,  “must have regard to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings in formulating and implementing government policy,”  according to draft […]

Filed Under: Animal sentience & intelligence, Cattle & dairy, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Claire Horton, David Bowles, Jon Craig, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Phillip J. Lymbery, Theresa Villiers, Therese Coffey

Are politicians sentient? British animal advocates wonder

November 28, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Nothing yet on animal sentience in U.K. law             LONDON,  U.K.–– “Sentient,”  a word seldom used by mass media and little recognized by the public before a much decried vote of the British Parliament on November 15,  2017,  is overnight at the center of debate raging throughout the United Kingdom. Who is sentient?  What is sentience?  […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, United Kingdom, Zoos Tagged With: Andrew Griffin, Caroline Lucas, David Bowles, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Philip J. Lymbery, Rowena Mason

How phantoms spooked agribusiness into failed Krajnc case against watering pigs

May 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Slaughter industry remains haunted by ghosts of vegan campaigns past          BURLINGTON,  Ontario––Winning the May 4,  2017 acquittal of Toronto Pig Save cofounder Anita Krajnc on charges of criminal mischief originating from giving bottled water to pigs through the slats on a livestock truck,  defense attorney Gary Grill likened her actions and prosecution to those of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Anita Krajnc, Eric Van Boekel, Jeffrey Veldjesgraaf, Jill Phipps, Justice David Harris, Merritt Clifton, Ralph Hahnheuser, Toronto Pig Save

Thumbing nose at lawsuits, USDA-APHIS hides more info

March 15, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Deletes documents posted in response to Freedom of Information Act requests WASHINGTON D.C.––Hit with a second lawsuit,  draft legislation,  and letters from 119 members of Congress demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture restore web sites including Animal Welfare Act enforcement information,  the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service has instead thumbed its collective […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Food, Food security, Global, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Live transport, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Carole and Howard Baskin, Delcianna Winders, Lee & Mike McGartland, Michael Budkie, Natalie Lima, Russ Kick, Russ Rector

Under the Skin: How ejiao threatens the common ass

March 10, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

The Donkey Sanctuary saddles up Free download from https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/under-the-skin/full-report Reviewed by Merritt Clifton          BEIJING––Can demand for a commodity that constitutes only one ten-thousandth of the global market for traditional Chinese medicine really pose what Donkey Rescue World blogger David C. Duncan calls “an existential threat” to barnyard animals as abundant worldwide as donkeys? This is […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Donkeys, Europe, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Fur & leather, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pakistan, Slaughter, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom Tagged With: David C. Duncan, Given Sigauqwe, Govan Whittles, Merritt Clifton, P. Naveen, Savanna Myszka

Farmed animals & money talks

July 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

U.K. farmed animal welfare laws older & weaker than many voters believe Part III of a five-part series.  See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan.”,  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) While residents of the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Turkeys, United Kingdom, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, Helmut Dungler, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Peter Stevenson, RSPCA

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