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Colorado pit bull defense lawyer charged in alleged murder-for-hire plot

February 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Edwards now has more in common with “Joe Exotic” than just initials and notoriety              EVERGREEN, Colorado––Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Reba Edwards,  43,  central to efforts to overturn and weaken Colorado dangerous dog laws,  now has more in common with the notorious “Joe Exotic” than just the “JE” initials […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Spay/neuter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Anthony Ortolani, Carole Baskin, Jennifer Emmi, Jennifer Thomadis, Joe Exotic, Kevin O'Connell, Marlene Puzak, Michelle Tippets, Vern Wagner

Four black leaders who built the humane movement

January 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

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 single colored visitor to it,”  wrote the Reverend Richard Carroll […]

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, Merritt Clifton, Richard Carroll, William Key

Will anti-show horse soring bill pull up lame through last-hurdle compromise?

December 8, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

What would Marty Irby,  Wayne Pacelle & Lamar Alexander think if weighted shoes were on their feet? UPDATE received on December 18,  2020,  from Bernard Unti,  senior policy advisor,  Humane Society of the U.S.:   “I’m pleased to share the news that the reckless attempt by an embittered faction within animal protection to swap in a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Billy Goboy, Clant Seay, Joseph Tydings, Keith Dane, Lamar Alexander, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Roy Exum, Wayne Pacelle

A Traitor To His Species:  Henry Bergh & The Birth Of The Animal Rights Movement

November 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Ernest Freeberg 322 pages,  hardcover.  $30.00. Basic Books Hachette Book Group 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104 www.basicbooks.com Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Perhaps the first question to ask about a new biography of Henry Bergh,  of whom more than 50 have reputedly been written already,  with at least four close to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Population control, Religion & philosophy, USA, Working horses, Zoos Tagged With: Carolyn Earle White, Diana Belais, Ernest Freeberg, George Angell, Henry Spira, Kit Burns, Merritt Clifton, P.T. Barnum, Thomas Edison

Race track deaths upstage notice of horses “retired” due to injury

December 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

45 horses dead on three Southern California tracks during 2019 seasons––and 39 at Belmont alone LOS ALAMITOS,  California––Two horse deaths in the first race of the next-to-last-day of the Los Alamitos Race Course on December 14,  2019 renewed attention to high injury toll in horse racing,  but upstaged the disintegration of the California Equine Retirement […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal racing, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing, Sanctuaries, Slaughter, Sports, USA

California Equine Retirement Foundation runs into deep muck

December 17, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Current leadership allegedly squandered assets & 27-year positive track record under ousted founder SAN JACINTO,  California––Among the 80-odd animal shelters,  sanctuaries,  and nonprofit rescue organizations foundering in 2019,  the California Equine Retirement Foundation (CERF) has probably run through the most money over the past five years. Along the way,  CERF blew the the best reputation […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal racing, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Donkeys, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing, Sanctuaries, Sports, USA Tagged With: Carrie L. Ard, Grace Belcoure, Helen Meredith, Josephine Italiano, Margaret Ransom, Merritt Clifton, Paul Young

Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?

August 7, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 86th annual edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to be held nightly,  August 8-11,  2019. Bizarre as the race itself is,  even more bizarre––and perplexing––is that the 12 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Native American beliefs, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Wild horses Tagged With: Alex Dick, Allison Williams, Claire Pentz, Karen West, Larry Lansburgh, Lillian A. Ackerman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Timiraos, Roger Harnack, Warren Cox, Will Anderson

Alleged pit bull starver Lueders & “rescue” horse thief Blackwood both busted

January 17, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Bully Breed Rescue president to be arraigned on February 13, 2019             BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut;  TUSKEGEE,  Alabama––Bully Breed Rescue president and alleged pit bull starver Heidi E. Lueders,  31,  can expect to face a howling mob of former donors,  volunteers,  sympathizers,  and miscellaneous other pit bull advocates when she appears for arraignment on February 13,  2019 […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mexico, Rodeo, Slaughter, Spectacles, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Benedicta "Bannie" McGrath, Fallon Danielle Blackwood, Heidi Lueders, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Anderson Lueders

U.S. & Canadian courts favor farmed animals five times in a week

January 12, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Jurisdictional issues guided four of the five decisions             WASHINGTON D.C.,  DES MOINES, Iowa,  TORONTO,  Ontario––A January 2019 blizzard of court decisions,  rendered in both the U.S. and Canada,  appear to have come down heavily in favor of improved animal welfare law enforcement on behalf of farmed animals. The effect of the U.S. decisions will […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Beliefs, Canada, Cattle & dairy, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Brett Kavanaugh, Doug Ford, James Gritzner, Joe Fassler, Merritt Clifton, Neil Gorsuch, Perry Beeman, Timothy Minnema

Did Louisiana cop Terry Yetman do the dog?  If so,  why?

December 27, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Bestiality bust just before Christmas went viral BOSSIER CITY,  Louisiana––The animal story most often read,  worldwide,  during the five days before Christmas 2018 had nothing to do,  so far as is known,  with reindeer,  and probably nothing to do with donkeys,  lambs,  or wise men on camels,  either,  though the full details are yet to […]

Filed Under: Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Police & military, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Crystal Bonvillian, Douglas Spink, Jenny Edwards, Kenneth Pinyan, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Trey Huchison

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