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

March 29, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

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

Direct action heroes for animals: Popeye, Olive Oyl, Betty Boop & Grampy

March 26, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Rescuers,  yes,  but exemplars of animal rights?  Not exactly. Eighty-eight years ago,  forty years before the dawn of the animal rights movement,  a muscular quasi-vegan sailor and his lanky girlfriend rescued animals on the silver screen,  soon joined by a sexy “flapper” who sang jazz and her aged but ever inventive grandfather. Popeye,  Olive Oyl,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Religion & philosophy, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Be Human, Be Kind to Aminals, Dave Fleisher, Max Fleischer, Merritt Clifton, Walt Disney

“Greatest anti-soring advocate of all time” Clant Seay dies at 76

March 14, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Walking horse defender BillyGoboy never slowed down in fight against the “Big Lickers”             OXFORD,  Mississippi––Citizens Committee Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay,  76,  remembered by fellow campaigner Marty Irby as “quite a character and in my opinion the greatest anti-soring advocate of all time,”  died on March 6,  2023 in Oxford,  Mississippi. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Show, USA Tagged With: Gen's Ice Glimmer, James Meredith, Keith Dane, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Ole Miss, Roy Exum, Tawny Preisner

Even the giant new Wild Horse Refuge can’t catch up to the mustang surplus

February 9, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Sanctuaries & anti-slaughter legislation address the wrong end of the problem             DENVER, Colorado––Wild horse advocates rejoiced on February 8,  2023 when the $29-million-a-year Wild Animal Sanctuary announced the purchase of 22,450 acres near Craig in northwest Colorado,  to become The Wild Horse Refuge. “Spanning 29 square miles,  a landmass larger than Manhattan,  the refuge […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Slaughter, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Bureau of Land Management, Julie Marshall, Merritt Clifton, Pat Craig, Wild Horse Refuge, William Perry Pendley

Four black leaders who built the humane movement––long before MLK!

January 14, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Long before Martin Luther King Jr. had his enduring influence,  more people recognized William Key,  John W. Lemon,  Richard Carroll,  & F. Rivers Barnwell in their own time than would have recognized ASPCA founder Henry Bergh              INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana––“I am the only colored speaker on the program,  and in fact I have not seen a […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Show, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Beautiful Jim, Frederick Rivers Barnwell, Janet M. Davis, John W. Lemon, Martin Luther King Jr., Merritt Clifton, MLK, Richard Carroll, William Key

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

Court returns Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act to the starting gate

December 7, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Newly formed Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority loses turf battle to state & industry agencies             NEW ORLEANS,  Louisiana­­––Horse advocates and the horse racing industry across the U.S. are somewhat belatedly beginning to realize that a November 18,  2022 unanimous decision by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has returned the Horseracing Integrity & […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Clant Seay, Horse Protection Act of 1970, Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority, Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, Joseph Fawbush, Merritt Clifton

Why Paddy the horse probably wishes he didn’t go to work today

November 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Timing is everything,  especially in New York City traffic NEW YORK,  N.Y.––The timing of an as yet un-apprehended and unidentified driver of an allegedly speeding SUV was clearly off at almost 10 a.m. on  the morning of November 18,  2022 when he tried to pass a horse-drawn carriage at 58th Street near 9th Avenue. The […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, USA, Welfare, Working horses Tagged With: Allie Taylor, Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages, Elizabeth Forel, Merritt Clifton, National Lawyers Guild NYC, Tamara Bedic, Voters for Animal Rights

“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

Anti-“Big Lick” soring PAST Act passes U.S. House; goes to Senate

November 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And California voters dump horse racing bail-out measure WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. House of Representatives on November 14,  2022 for the second time passed the PAST Act,  short for Prevent All Soring Tactics,  and sent it to the U.S. Senate,  where for the second time it is likely to pull up lame. But maybe not.  Before […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, Sports, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Clant Seay, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Presley, Rep. Steve Cohen, Sherry DeBoer, Tom Vilsack

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