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Did Trump kill rules to protect walking horses?

January 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Horse advocates fear the worst WASHINGTON D.C.––Reports differ as to whether the Donald Trump administration has killed or just delayed new Horse Protection Act of 1970 enforcement regulations meant to protect walking horses from soring. The new regulations, introduced by the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service on January 13, 2017, just a week before […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Donald Trump, Mike Markarian, Mitch McConnell, Reince Priebus, Sonny Perdue

810 allegedly starving horses impounded from Wild Horse Annie’s charity

October 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros and Friends of Animals were leading foes of PZP for wild horses          LANTRY,  South Dakota––The International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros,  a leading opponent of contracepting wild horses,  has surrendered custody of about 810 allegedly neglected horses,  some apparently at imminent risk of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior, Beliefs, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Slaughter, USA, Welfare, Wild horses, Wildlife

Kentucky Congressman who fought for walking horses resigns

August 31, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Ed Whitfield stood against making horses goose-step          SHELBYVILLE,  Tennessee––Congressman Ed Whitfield,  a Kentucky Republican known for his attempts to reform the walking horse industry,  on August 31,  2016 gave participants in the 78th annual Tennessee National Walking Horse Celebration something extra to celebrate by announcing his resignation from Congress,  effective at 6 p.m. on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Constance Harriman-Whitfield, Ed Whitfield, Jackie McConnell, Larry Joe Wheelon, Marsha Blackburn, Merritt Clifton, Mitch McConnell

Pimlico death again raises question: why do bettors favor beaten horses?

May 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Did “a right-handed rousing” contribute to winning horse’s apparent cardiovascular collapse? BALTIMORE, Maryland––“Rallied under a right-handed rousing”  by jockey Horacio Karamanos,  according to the Pimlico Race Course chart-writer,  the official record-keeper for the race,  Homeboykris charged from behind to win the first race of the May 21,  2016 card culminating in the Preakness Stakes,  the second […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Behavior, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Racing, United Kingdom Tagged With: Dan Barry, David Evans, Homeboykris, horsewhipping, Merritt Clifton, Paul McGreevy, Pramedya, Smarty Jones, Triple Crown

Wildlife contraceptive researcher Jay Kirkpatrick, 75

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Developed PZP for use in 85 species          Jay Kirkpatrick,  75,  for more than 40 years a leading developer of contraceptive vaccines for wild horses,  deer,  elk,  and other wildlife,  died on December 16,  2015 in Billings,  Montana “from a brief but serious illness,”  family and friends said. Kirkpatrick,  originally from Bucks County,  Pennsylvania,  spent […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Animal organizations, Behavior, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other animals & science topics, Sanctuaries, Science, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, The Americas, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Colleen Bailey, Jay Kirkpatrick, Laura Leigh, Merritt Clifton, Neda Stram, Suzanne Roy

Last Chance Mustang, by Mitchell Bornstein

July 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

St. Martin’s Press (175 Fifth Ave.,  New York,  NY  10010),  2015. 300 pages, hardcover. $26.99. Reviewed by Debra J. White Chicago attorney and horse trainer Mitchell Bornstein has a history of handling difficult clients both in court and in the stable. Samson is perhaps his biggest challenge and reward. A survivor of a Bureau of […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Behavior, Book & film reviews, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Debra J. White, Mitchell Bornstein

Connecticut shelter investigated for allegedly adopting out dangerous dogs

June 9, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

            STAMFORD, Connecticut––A fatal attack on a Dachshund named Dulce by a pit bull named Banks on June 4, 2014 reminded Stamford, Connecticut that the Stamford Animal Shelter has operated on a restricted basis for nearly six weeks while three city agencies investigate allegations that it improperly adopted out dangerous dogs. Laurie Hollywood, the Stamford […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Behavior, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Bandit, Laurie Hollywood, pit-bulls, Stamford Animal Shelter, Vicki Hearne

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