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Iowa belongs to Boss Hogg now. The stench? That’s money.

July 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Roasting pigs alive & smothering the state in pig manure is fine for farmers,  says Iowa law,  but errant individuals will be prosecuted             DES MOINES,  Iowa––Whatever happened to Jefferson Davis “J.D.” Hogg,  better known as Boss Hogg,  the insatiably greedy and unscrupulous villain of the 1979-1985 television series The Dukes of Hazzard? Rumor has […]

Filed Under: Ag-gag laws, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Top, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Pollution, Poultry, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Corey AGR Inc., Direct Action Everywhere, Elana Laber, Iowa Select Farms, Marina Bolotnikova, Matt Johnson, Merritt Clifton, Rembrandt Foods

Giving you one more chance: USDA-APHIS says speak now or hold the pieces

June 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton Leave a Comment

Feds want your input on Animal Welfare Act enforcement & much,  much more;  comment period extended another 30 days WASHINGTON D.C.––”In response to requests, stakeholders will have an additional 30 days to share their thoughts on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) strategic plan to guide the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Disease, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feral animals, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Poultry, Slaughter, Slaughter, Urban wildlife, USA, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare Act, Horse Protection Act, Merritt Clifton, Sharla M. Jennings, Wildlife Services

Will a Washington court make Costco treat chickens better in Nebraska & Iowa?

June 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two Costco shareholders sue the board of directors for allegedly violating humane laws              SEATTLE, Washington––Costco Wholesale Corporation,  better known as just Costco,  in 2016 introduced a novel strategy to wring profits out of the necks of chickens. Now Legal Impact for Chickens,  a recently formed San Francisco-based nonprofit,  is pursuing a novel legal strategy to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Adam Karp, Krystil Smith, Leah Garcés, Leo E. Strine, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, National Chicken Council, Tyler Lobdell

USDA-APHIS wants your 2¢ on animal-related federal law enforcement––NOW!!!

June 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Come on,  animal advocates,  let’s move fast!  Your big chance has come at last!  Want a chance to have your say?  Tell it to the USDA!”             WASHINGTON D.C.––The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS] is,  until the end of July 2022,  offering the public a unique chance to kibbitz on an “APHIS […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live transport, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, Spectacles, Urban wildlife, USA, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animal Welfare Act, Beth Clifton, BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Horse Protection Act, Merritt Clifton

Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

U.S. Supreme Court to Kansas:  Eat your ag-gag!

April 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Kansas “ag-gag” was oldest in the United States             WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Supreme Court on April 25, 2022 rejected without comment an appeal by the State of Kansas against a January 2020 verdict by the U.S. District Court of Kansas,  upheld by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,  which in effect erased the oldest […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, USA Tagged With: 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Merritt Clifton

Farmed animal product certifications “lack integrity,” investigators find

April 20, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Food In-Depth & Farm Forward find antibiotics in “antibiotics-free” meat. Farm Forward cites much else wrong with the American Humane Certified,  One Health Certified,  & Global Animal Partnership labels             SAN MATEO,  California;  PORTLAND,  Oregon––The food testing company Food In-Depth and Farm Forward,  a self-described nonprofit “team of strategists,  campaigners, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep & goats, Turkeys, USA, Welfare Tagged With: American Humane Certified, Farm Forward, Food In-Depth, Global Animal Partnership, Merritt Clifton, One Health Certified

U.K.: How hunters gutted the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill

April 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Much touted British law recognizing animal sentience amounts to forming a Parliamentary committee with no actual powers and a mandate to do nothing challenging “cultural traditions & regional heritage” LONDON,  U.K.––The 50-odd members of Better Deal for Animals,  an alliance of 50 of leading British animal welfare organizations,  lost no time congratulating themselves and declaring […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom Tagged With: Chris Sherwood, Claire Bass, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, George Eustice, James West, Jonathan Djanogly, Margarita Sachkova, Merritt Clifton, Peter Goldsmith, Sonul Badiani-Hamment

What Wildlife Services did not say about the newly released 2021 body count

March 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Only 4% of the toll of 1.76 million animals were “livestock predators,”  but 44% were “invasive” starlings             RIVERDALE,  Maryland––Released on March 22,  2022,  the USDA Wildlife Services program activity report for 2021 tells a different story from the sunny spin put on it by the accompanying media release from USDA Animal & Plant Health […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fur trapping, Hooved stock, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Reptiles, Sheep & goats, Snakes, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: APHIS, Merritt Clifton, starlings, USDA Wildlife Services

CITES doomed the vaquita, sold the elephant in the room, & worse

March 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

U.N. Environment Assembly calls for yet another report on “the interlinkages between animal welfare,  the environment and sustainable development” after ignoring a mountain of others produced at least since 1950             LYON, France––This is not just a fish story,  nor just a fish-and-elephant story,  nor even just another story about the failures and shortcomings of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Kenya, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Marine life, Meat issues, Namibia, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, USA, Welfare, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, World Tagged With: CITES, International Whaling Commission, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, totoaba, United Nations Environment Program

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