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

April 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

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 Top, 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

In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86

April 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Animal rights movement pioneer             SAN RAFAEL,  California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz,  DVM,  “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,”  the organization announced via Facebook on April 9,  2021,  after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other entertainment topics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Rodeo, Sanctuaries, Science, Spay/neuter, Spectacles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Barry McCabe, Bill Dyer, Bob Jenkins, Carol Noon, Doll Stanley, Ed Duvin, Frederick Coulston, Henry Spira, Joe Haptas, John Smale, Lise Giraud, Matt Rossell, Max Redfern, Pat Derby, Paul Seigel, Raymond Giraud, Sheri Speede, Sue Herndon, Terri Oyarzun, Virginia Handley, Will Tuttle

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

Law prof: more jail time for cruelty does not advance animal rights

March 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Institutional offenders remain untouched by felony cruelty penalties DENVER––“More prosecution will never lead to greater animal rights.  Longer sentences have not incrementally advanced the standing of animals in society,”  argues Sturm College of Law professor Justin Marceau in the March 20,  2021 edition of the Harvard Law Review Forum. Marceau is also the Brooks Institute Faculty […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Justin Marceau, Merritt Clifton

World Federation for Animals seeks “One ring to bind them all”

February 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But progress for animals is not achieved with “rings of power”             BOSTON, Massachusetts––Any resemblance between mild-mannered World Federation for Animals founder Wim DeKok,  a longtime exemplar of peaceful cooperation,  and Sauron,  the vengeful Satanic wizard of the Lord of the Rings trilogy authored by J.R.R. Tolkien,  would be difficult to discover. Yet there is […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Science, The Americas, Uncategorized, USA, World Tagged With: Britta Riis, Henry Salt, Jean-Claude Nouett, Merritt Clifton, Peter Davies, Reineke Hameleers, Sauron, Stephen Coleridge, William J. Piggott, Wim DeKok

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

Investigators survive ambush attack at alleged cockfight in Ohio

January 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi is bloodied & drone lost in Wayne National Forest––a federal jurisdiction             WATERLOO, Ohio––Ambushed by at least four alleged assailants while sending a Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) drone aloft to videotape the crowd at what he told ANIMALS 24-7 was by far the biggest cockfight […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Poultry, Sports, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Pinemountain Game Club, Steve Hindi, Waterloo Wonders, Wayne National Forest

Trump signs anti-race horse doping bill & $60 million gift to horse industry

December 28, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Tax break for Paycheck Protection Program loan/grant recipients appears to have been the dangling carrot that brought horse racing industry support for omnibus funding bill             WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Donald Trump on December 27,  2020 “signed H.R. 133,  an Act making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021,  providing coronavirus emergency response […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Bill Shanklin, Clant Seay, Joseph D. Tydings, Keith Dane, Lamar Alexander, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

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

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