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Los Angeles rodeo clowns hide behind girls riding sidesaddle

December 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And behind anyone else who ever once rode a horse or trained a dog LOS ANGELES––Why are macho cowpokes and bull-riders,  many with Confederate flags on their pickup trucks,  abruptly playing up what they term in campaign literature “the rich cultural history of California rodeo”? To translate,  rodeo promoters and participants are suddenly hiding behind […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Rodeo, Spectacles Tagged With: Bill Pickett, charreada, escaramuza, Merritt Clifton, Protect The Harvest, Steve Hindi, Western Justice, Western Sports Industry Coalition

Alleged game farm money-laundering may oust South African president

December 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Cyril Ramaphosa raised animals to hunt,  purportedly had $580,000 stashed in his sofa,  & was suspected of taking a bribe linked to $42 million scam by David Wills,  former Humane Society of the U.S. exec doing life for child sex trafficking             JOHANNESBURG––Win or lose a confidence vote at the African National Congress convention beginning on […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Cattle & dairy, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, South Africa, Wildlife Tagged With: Ankole, Cyril Ramaphosa, David Wills, Gavin Watson, Hazim Mustafa, Merritt Clifton, Phala Phala

“Cultural” defenses for charreada & cockfighting crumble

November 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two charreada promoters busted in Boone County,  Illinois;  Burmese cockfighting ring busted in Wells County,  Indiana;  Los Angeles close to banning bucking straps & prods GENEVA,  Illinois––Suspecting persons involved in an October 23,  2022 charreada rodeo had been charged with cruelty,  but previously unable to obtain the details,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on November […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Cockfighting, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Poultry, Rodeo, Spectacles, Welfare Tagged With: Aung Myint, Jackie Cota, Jose Luis P. Ramirez, Kan Lay, Kitty Block, Ma Nyun Sun, Merritt Clifton, Mexican Federation of Charreria, Steve Hindi, Suzanne Rustaff

Boone County “Mexican rodeo” bucks Mexican rodeo rules

November 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

If Boone County mayhem is “Mexican culture,”  why doesn’t it follow the Mexican rulebook? BELVIDERE, Illinois––Two months of pretense by public officials in Boone County,  Illinois,  that violent abuse of steers and horses at local charreada or Mexican-style participant rodeos can be defended as part of Mexican-American culture appeared to disintegrate on November 3,  2022 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, USA, Working horses Tagged With: charreada, charro, Diane Zimmerman, Drew Bliss, Janet Enoch, Karla M. Maville, Merritt Clifton, Mexican Federation of Charreria, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness. Steve Hindi

Latest animal care updates from Hurricane Ian disaster area

October 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Finding some light amongst the darkness”             FORT MYERS,  Florida––Four days after Hurricane Ian roared across Florida from southwest to northeast,  and two days after Ian turned at sea to hook into South Carolina,  reports of human and animal casualties are still trickling in from animal care agencies. (See also How 60+ Florida animal care […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Disasters, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County, CROW Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wlldlife, Florida Rottweiler Rescue Ranch, Grand Strand Humane Society, Horry County Animal Care, International Primate Protection League, Madison County Sheriff's Office Animal Services, Merritt Clifton

Fourth attempted Iowa “ag gag” law fails on first glance by a judge

September 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Ag gag” falls on summary judgement             DES MOINES, Iowa––U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose on September 26,  2022 struck down the latest of four attempts by the Iowa legislature to pass an “ag gag” law prohibiting activists and journalists from producing undercover video of activities inside factory farms,  feedlots,  and slaughterhouses. Three of the four […]

Filed Under: Activism, Ag-gag laws, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Welfare Tagged With: Gary Smith, Judge Stephanie Rose, Kim Reynolds, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, Rox Laird, Temple Grandin, Terry Brandstad, Tom Miller, William Morris

Exposed in California & Illinois: the most perverse events in rodeo

September 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Wild cow milking” goes down for the count in one of last major venues,  but fight to ban steer-tailing has barely begun OAKLAND,  California––A proposed ban on wild cow milking,  the only rodeo event known to have been invented by an alleged philandering pederast,  is only a second reading from final approval by the Alameda […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Cherie Bartelt, Eric Mills, Merritt Clifton, Rowell Ranch, steer-tailing, Steve Hindi, wild cow milking

Asha’s Farm Sanctuary founder charged with felony cattle theft

August 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Rustling is still a hanging offense.”  ––Judge Adam Fenton,  Hang ’em High! NEWFANE, New York––The New York State Bureau of Criminal Investigation on August 2,  2022 arrested Asha’s Farm Sanctuary founder Tracy A. Murphy,  59,  for third degree felony grand larceny,  specifically the alleged theft of two cattle,  a cow and a steer,  from the nearby […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Gene Baur, Lois Baum, Merritt Clifton, Patty Marks, Scott Gregson, Susan Costen, Tamara Ci Thayne, Tracy A. Murphy, Wayne Hsiung

Activists who exposed pig farm abuse to be sentenced on August 26

July 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two of the “Excelsior Four” face up to 10 years in prison ABBOTSFORD,  British Columbia,  Canada––Convicted by jury on July 12,  2022 on charges of breaking and entering and mischief for their part in exposing alleged animal abuse at the Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford,  British Columbia in April 2019,  vegan activists Nick Schafer and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Ag-gag laws, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Other, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Amy Sorrano, Cesar Alonzo, Excelsior Hog Farm, Geoff Regier, Merritt Clifton, Nick Schafer, Roy Sasano

Hoofed animals worldwide put at risk by foot-&-mouth outbreak in Indonesia

June 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fatwa allowing Eid-al-Adha slaughter of “mildly ill” animals spares some from slaughter,  but may expose thousands more  JAKARTA, Indonesia––Simultaneous foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks among cattle in Aceh and Java provinces,  1,650 miles apart,  have just about everyone in the cattle,  sheep,  goat,  and pig industries worried that a global foot-and-mouth disease pandemic may be just ahead. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indonesia, Islam, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, South Korea, Southeast Asia Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Eid al Adha, Indonesian Ulema Council, Merritt Clifton, ProMED

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