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Investigators survive ambush attack at alleged cockfight in Ohio

January 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 7 Comments

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

Indiana ruling may help L.A. woman now in critical from adopted pit bull

November 19, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Indiana Court of Appeals reinforces shelter duty to inform adopters of dogs’ past attacks             LOS ANGELES,  INDIANAPOLIS––Reports from Los Angeles indicate that a recent Indiana appellate decision could have a multi-million dollar impact on a yet-to-be filed case in which a 70-year-old woman is reportedly in critical condition from an attack by a pit […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Shelters, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Brenda Barnette, Kenneth Phillips, Merritt Clifton, O'Gee, Phyllis M. Daugherty

Dogs replace SOB in White House. Pro-animal legislative candidates fared well too!

November 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

More than 400 legislators endorsed by animal groups were elected or re-elected on November 3,  2020  WASHINGTON D.C.––President-elect and new First Lady Joe and Jill Biden,  to be inaugurated on January 20,  2021,  will bring to the White House with them their two German shepherds,  Champ and Major,  ending the only four-year dog-less stretch in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, USA Tagged With: Ashley Biden, Don Young, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Martha McSally, Mike Markarian, Sonny Perdue

Pit bulls, wolves win in Colorado; horse racing wins in Nebraska; Hsiung loses

November 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Colorado goes to the dogs             DENVER, Colorado; LINCOLN, Nebraska;  BERKELEY, California––Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly led Republican incumbent Donald Trump at 1:45,  Pacific time,  on November 4,  2020. The three major ballot issues and one mayoral race directly involving animals appeared to have ended,  however,  with a win for pit bulls in Denver,  a […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Herndon, Dave Dreeszen, David Bernhardt, Frances Dinkelspiel, Ho-Chunk, Merritt Clifton, Michael B. Hancock, Wayne Hsiung

Animal advocates have races to watch in NYC, Denver, & Berkeley, too

November 2, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Voters for Animal rights bids for New York statewide breakout, Denver weighs repealing pit bull ban,  & Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung runs for Berkeley mayor             BERKELEY,  DENVER,  NEW YORK CITY––While the races for the U.S. Presidency,  control of the Senate and House of Representatives grip the nation on Election Day 2020,  animal […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Aidan Hill, Allie Feldman Taylor, Frances Dinkelspiel, Merritt Clifton, Michael B. Hancock, Wayne Hsiung

Horse racing fails to win, place, or show in Georgia, despite HSUS support

July 5, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Why is the Humane Society of the U.S. helping horse racing to expand into new territory? ATLANTA, Georgia––Again the perennial horse racing industry attempt to legalize pari-mutuel betting and introduce thoroughbred racing to Georgia failed during the 2020 state legislative session,  closed on July 3. Opposition to legalizing pari-mutuel betting came chiefly from religious groups […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Racing, USA Tagged With: Kitty Block, Natalie Voss, Patrick Battuello, Rick Bernthal, Valerie Pringle, Wayne Pacelle

Scotland to stop shooting seals to save salmon farm profits––but not until 2021

June 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

50-year effort by Scottish seal defenders––but Humane Society of the U.S. blasts out media releases claiming credit DUMBARTON,  Scotland––Culminating a half century of effort by the Save Our Seals Fund,  and Animal Concern Scotland,  led for decades by John Robins of both organizations,  the Scottish Parliament on June 17,  2020 ratified a new Animals & Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & standards, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Don Staniford, John Robins, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Severin Carrell

Why has Project Chimps gone ape$#!T over ex-staff complaints?

June 23, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Humane Society of the U.S. affiliate moves to enforce “ag-gag” against whistleblowers             BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––Former Project Chimps staff members Crystal Alba and Lindsay Vanderhoogt,  as well as their criticisms of the north Georgia sanctuary for chimpanzees formerly used in laboratories,  might still be almost unknown to the world,  except that Project Chimps recently sued […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Liberia, Sanctuaries, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Bruce Wagman, Crystal Alba, Donny Moss, Jenny Desmond, Jim Desmond, Kathy Guillermo, Lindsay Vanderhoogt, Merritt Clifton, Natalie Kissel

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