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Lawyers line up to sue USDA-APHIS over law enforcement info deletions

February 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

HSUS is first to file notice          WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the U.S. appears to have been the first organization to file notice of a legal challenge to the February 3,  2017 purge of USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service law enforcement data from the USDA-APHIS web site. USDA-APHIS deleted without prior warning […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Breeding, Chimps & other primates, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Other species, Regulation, Science, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Forrest Lucas, Kimberly D. Ockene, Laura J. Fox, Merritt Clifton, Tom Vilsack, Wayne Pacelle

Why people who care about animals won’t vote for Donald Trump

November 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Hillary Clinton had 91% positive record on animal issues as U.S. Senator,  according to Humane Scorecard          WASHINGTON D.C.––If personal history,  campaign promises,  and political affiliations pertaining to animal issues decided who would be elected U.S. President on Tuesday,  November 8,  2016,  Republican candidate Donald Trump would be at risk of suffering a shutout loss. […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Ag-gag laws, Endangered species, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Poaching & trafficking, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Merritt Clifton, Mike Markarian

Do farmed animal standards mix with gin?

July 15, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Agribiz group VP becomes VP for American Humane Association WASHINGTON D.C.––What does it signify that American Humane Association chief marketing officer and vice president of communications Jack Hubbard came to that position in May 2016 after nine years as vice president of the aggressively anti-animal and habitat advocacy public relations firm Richard Berman & Company, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Adele Douglass, Jack Hubbard, Merritt Clifton, Richard Berman, Robin Ganzert, Wayne Pacelle

Raw milk,  pit bulls,  exotics & chicken poop

March 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Should the public be protected from lethal consequences of others’ lifestyle choices?          CHARLESTON,  West Virginia––Raw milk enthusiasts in the West Virginia legislature first cheered after opening a legal loophole through which unpasteurized milk may be sold,  then puked after sampling raw milk shared around by House of Delegates member Scott Cadle. Raw milk enthusiasts,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogfighting, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Allen H. Loughry II, Brent Benjamin, Merritt Clifton, Pat McGeehan, Robert Karnes, s, Scott Cadle, Tinkerbell, Wayne Pacelle

Horsewoman & horseman of the food Apocalypse

November 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Project Animal Farm:  An Accidental Journey into the Secret World of Farming & the Truth About Our Food by Sonia Faruqi Pegasus Books (80 Broad Street, 5th Floor,  New York,  NY  10004;  www.pegasusbooks.com);  390 pages,  hardcover.  $27.95.  Farmageddon:  The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery,  
CEO,  Compassion In World Farming,  with Isabel Oakeshott,  political editor, […]

Filed Under: Ag-gag laws, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Laws & standards, Malaysia, Meat issues, Pakistan, Poultry, Singapore, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Turkeys, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, Compassion In World Farming, Isabel Oakeshott, Merritt Clifton, Peter Roberts, Philip Lymbery, Ruth Harrison, Sonia Faruqi

Why did the Animal Legal Defense Fund go undercover?

September 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Were Tyson poultry-slaughtering line speeds really the focal issue? COTATI,  California––The “who,  what,  where,  when” and “how” of an Animal Legal Defense Fund undercover video exposé of alleged animal and employee abuse at a Tyson Foods chicken slaughterhouse in Carthage,  Texas were all identified in the September 14,  2015 ALDF media release announcing it. “Why,”  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Turkeys, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: ALDF, Carter Dillard, Lawrence Weiss, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, Patricia Jones, Southern Poverty Law Center, Tyson Foods

Idaho ag-gag falls, AETA does nothing, & Will Potter’s drone allegedly flew away

September 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Drone expert Steve Hindi asks Potter to account for $90,000          BOISE,  CHICAGO,  WASHINGTON D.C.––Which is the greater threat to animal advocacy:  so-called ag-gag laws that seek to prevent animal advocates from videotaping routine cruelty in agribusiness,  the much decried federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act of 2006 (AETA),  or lack of transparency and accountability on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: AETA, Ag-gag, drones, Steve Hindi, Will Potter

Will animal industries throw rotten eggs next?

September 5, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Hampton Creek & Chipotle scare agribiz Not all that long ago bigtime animal agribusiness and the fast food meat industry clamored for laws against so-called “food disparagement,”  to try to silence influential critics. Now bigtime agribusiness and allies of the fast food meat industry are doing the disparaging,  using the “check-off” funds created by Congress […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Eggs, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: American Egg Board, Dave Morris, Hampton Foods, Helen Steel, Howard Lyman, Josh Balk, Josh Tetrick, Just Mayo, Merritt Clifton, National Park Board, National Pork Producers Council, Oprah Winfrey

North Carolina “ag-gag” to take effect; legislature overturns veto

June 3, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Sixth state to pass an “ag-gag” law after undercover videos of abuses RALEIGH, N.C.––The North Carolina legislature on June 3,  2015 overturned governor Pat McCrory’s May 29, 2015 veto of an “ag-gag” bill, HB 405, passed by the state legislature 10 days earlier. Overturned by votes of 79-36 in the state house of representatives and 33-15 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Turkeys, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Ag-gag, Bettencourt Dairies, Butterball, Doug Ducey, Mercy for Animals, Pat McCrory, Wayne Pacelle

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

March 1, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Produced by Kip Andersen & Keegan Kuhn A.U.M. Films & First Spark Media documentary Animals United Movement A.U.M., 2014 85 minutes running time. $9.95 as download; $19.95 DVD; discounts available for orders of five, 10, and 25 copies at a time. Screening licenses available for $108 up. “Organizers in the US can also host a screening […]

Filed Under: Ag-gag laws, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Cowspiracy, Keegan Kuhn, Kip Andersen, Merritt Clifton

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