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“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

Starring Miyoko Schinner in “The Decline & Fall of the Dairy Empire”

March 5, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

The Romans imagine they are still in charge while the Visigoths & Ostrogoths fight over the spoils of conquest SAN FRANCISCO,  California––Imagine the U.S. dairy industry as the Roman empire,  Miyoko Schinner as Alaric the Visigoth,  who sacked Rome in 410 A.D.,  and the venture capitalists who ousted her from Miyoko’s Creamery in a recent […]

Filed Under: Ag-gag laws, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Italy, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Mediterranean, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alaric the Visigoth, Anna Starostinetskaya, Dan Buckstaff, Lisa Bloom, Merritt Clifton, Miyoko's Creamery

North Carolina “ag-gag” law fails in U.S. Court of Appeals

February 26, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Two of three judges find that the North Carolina Property Protection Act violates the First Amendment  RICHMOND, Virginia––A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on February 23,  2023 struck down the portions of the North Carolina ag-gag law most applicable to undercover investigations by animal advocates. The highly technical […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, USA Tagged With: Animal Legal Defense Fund, Judge Albert Diaz, Judge Allison Jones Rushing, Judge Henry F. Floyd, Merritt Clifton, PETA

Three members of chicken fighting Easterling family sent to the pen

December 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Now they can play with their cocks in prison              VERBENA,  Alabama––The chickens came home to roost for seven convicted gamefowl cocks-of-the-walk from the Easterling family on October 13,  2022,  November 30,  2022,  and December 6,  2022. Six Easterlings and an inlaw who was among their employees were sentenced on those three days for multiple […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Poultry, Welfare Tagged With: Amber Nicole Easterling, Brent Easterling, George William “Billy” Easterling, Jim Easterling, Kassi Brook Easterling, Merritt Clifton, Thomas Glyn “Junior” Williams, William Tyler Easterling

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

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

November 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Roasting pigs alive & smothering the state in pig manure is fine for corporate farmers,  says Iowa law,  but errant individuals will be prosecuted.  One was just convicted & sentenced.             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 […]

Filed Under: Ag-gag laws, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, 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

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

Boone County “Mexican rodeo” bucks Mexican rodeo rules

November 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

If Boone County mayhem is “Mexican culture,”  why doesn’t it follow the Mexican rulebook? BELVIDERE, Illinois––Two months of pretense by public officials in Boone County,  Illinois,  that violent abuse of steers and horses at local charreada or Mexican-style participant rodeos can be defended as part of Mexican-American culture appeared to disintegrate on November 3,  2022 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, USA, Working horses Tagged With: charreada, charro, Diane Zimmerman, Drew Bliss, Janet Enoch, Karla M. Maville, Merritt Clifton, Mexican Federation of Charreria, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness. Steve Hindi

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