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“Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland

September 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Transformed sleepy Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society into butt-kicking Animal Concern DUMBARTON, Scotland––John Frederick Robins,  64,  probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history,  despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,”  has announced his impending retirement after 41 years of directing pro-animal campaigns initially for Friends of the Earth,  but chiefly as campaigns manager and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Captive animals, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Isles, Laws, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Andrew Morton, Don Staniford, Elena Edwards, John Robins, Merritt Clifton, Operation Dark Harvest, Phyllis Walker, Thomas Hamilton

Behind the veil: live animal shipping & the Islamic New Year

August 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Why what goes on quietly matters more than public slaughter after Ramadan JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia;  GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa––Tonight,  August 9,  2021,  nearly two billion Muslims worldwide will quietly celebrate Hijri 1443,  the Islamic New Year,  marking 1,443 years since Muhammed led his disciples from Mecca to Medina in 622 Anno Domini on the Christian calendar. […]

Filed Under: Africa, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, South Africa, Welfare Tagged With: Al Mawashi, Marcelle Meredith, National SPCA of South Africa, Zeinab Mohammed Salih

Eaglet & redtail sacrifice: ancient defense against cannibal raiders

May 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Cruel practice is remnant of crueler history FLAGSTAFF,  Arizona––As many as 40 newly hatched golden eagles and at least as many fledgling redtailed hawks may be stolen by Hopi warriors from nests within the Wupatki National Monument north of Flagstaff this spring,  as in every spring of the 21st century,  for eventual use in sacrifices originating out […]

Filed Under: Birds, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Wildlife Tagged With: Apache, Hopi, Kit Carson, Merritt Clifton, Navajo, Pueblo

The Origins & Spread of Domestic Animals in Southwest Asia & Europe  

May 17, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Reviewed by Jim Mason Edited by Sue Colledge, James Conolly, Keith Dobney, Katie Manning, and Stephen Shennan Routledge, 2013,  https://www.routledge.com/.  354 pages hardcover,  also available in paperback and Kindle formats.  This book is an academic work, a collection of recent writings by zooarchologists (or archeozoologists) on the origins of animal domestication in the prehistoric Middle […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Pigs, Sheep & goats Tagged With: James Conolly, Jim Mason, Katie Manning, Keith Dobney, Stephen Shennan, Sue Colledge

New Zealand ends live sheep & cattle exports by sea––two years from now

April 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Export directly to slaughter banned since 2008             WELLINGTON, NZ––New Zealand agriculture minister Damien O’Connor on April 14,  2021 announced a permanent halt to live animal exports by sea,  effective in 2023. O’Connor,  though his announcement was not a complete surprise,  left New Zealand agribusiness,  the international animal welfare community,  and rival nations in the […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Poultry, Sheep & goats, Welfare Tagged With: Andrea Midgen, Damien O’Connor, Hmood Al-Khalaf, James Fyfe, Jed Goodfellow, Lynley Tulloch, Mark Harvey-Sutton, Merritt Clifton, Simone Clarke

Australian sheep export to Bahrain meets “bloody & miserable end” in Pakistan

March 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

22,000 sheep culled in secret KARACHI,  Pakistan––The Livestock Department of the state government of Sindh, Pakistan on October 20,  2012 killed the last of 22,000 sheep who were shipped from Fremantle, Australia to Bahrain on August 4,  2012 aboard the Wellard Rural Exports transporter Ocean Drover,  Malir district deputy commissioner Kazi Jan Muhammad told Ghulam […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Food, Hooved stock, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pakistan, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Welfare Tagged With: Cormo Express, Lyn White, Merritt Clifton, Ocean Drover, P.K. Livestock

Sheep & cattle stranded at sea by Suez Canal blockage are moving again

March 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

3,000-year-old livestock shipping route opened by Pharoahs is unblocked             ISMAILIA, Egypt––Tens of thousands of sheep,  cattle,  and other live animals stranded for up to six days aboard more than 20 transport vessels are moving again through  the Suez Canal,  as of March 29,  2021. Egyptian Lieutenant General Osama Rabei,  heading the Suez Canal Authority,  […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Romania, Sheep & goats, Spain, Turkey, Welfare Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Elbeik, Gerit Weidinger, Karim Allah, Lyn White, Merritt Clifton, Suez Canal

Wisconsin hunters overkill the wolf bag limit by half in just 72 hours

February 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But Spain,  with twice as many wolves in about the same amount of habitat,  puts wolves off limits to hunters             MADISON, Wisconsin;  MADRID,  Spain––Wisconsin hunters and trappers killed 216 wolves in under 72 hours during the last week of February 2021,  97 more than the “management target” of 119,  obliging the state Department of […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Predators, Sheep & goats, Spain, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: James Badcock, Merritt Clifton, Paul A. Smith, Todd Richmond, Vincent West

Ethiopian woman who saved rare Italian goat breed is raped, killed

December 31, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Happy Goat” farmer/sanctuarian Agitu Ideo Gudeta,  42,  was reportedly killed by Ghanian she gave a job VALLE dei MOCHENI,  Trentino,  Italy––Goat herder Adams Suleimani,  32,  an immigrant to Italy from Ghana,  has reportedly confessed to raping Happy Goat [La Capra Felice] farmer/sanctuarian and cheesemaker Agitu Ideo Gudeta,  42,  and bludgeoning her to death with a hammer,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Ethiopia, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Ghana, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Italy, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sheep & goats, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Adams Suleimani, Agitu Ideo Gudeta, Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, Frassilongo, Merritt Clifton, Mòcheni, Plankerhof

Mountain goat massacre begins in Grand Tetons

January 6, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Shaky science may doom mountain goats in their own habitat             JACKSON,  Wyoming––The northern and western slopes of the Cathedral Mountains in Grand Teton National Park were on January 5,  2020 closed to the public to allow air gunners flown by Baker Aircraft of Baker City,  Oregon,  to massacre as many as 100 mountain goats […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Disease, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Global, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Sheep & goats, Wildlife Tagged With: Alyson Courtemanch, Augusté "Johnny" Janisse, Cory Hatch, Jack Dempsey, John C. Fremont, Kit Carson, Merritt Clifton, Mike Koshmrl, Sarah Dewey, Steve Kilpatrick, Theodore Roosevelt, William T. Hornaday

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