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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

The “Big Lick,” Tunica, & the smell of horse manure in the morning

November 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Big Lick” industry hopes to raise a defense fund at show finale brunches in center ring TUNICA, Mississippi––Tennessee walking horse “Big Lick” fanciers either love the smell of horse manure in the morning,  or,  when converging for shows at the Paul Battle Arena,  miss the odor of Sugar Ditch Alley,  the open sewer for which […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Aaron Self, Clant Seay, Merritt Clifton, Paul Battle Arena, Tennessee Walking Horse, Tom Vilsack

Excelsior Hog Farm protest leaders Soranno & Schafer get 30 days each

October 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Activist couple also get year on probation.  Factory farmers get apoplexy. ABBOTSFORD,  British Columbia,  Canada––Convicted by jury on July 12,  2022 on charges of breaking and entering and mischief for their part in exposing alleged animal abuse at the Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford,  British Columbia in April 2019,  husband-and-wife vegan activists Nick Schafer and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Adam Karp, British Colombia SPCA, Calvin Binnendyk, Fritz Verhoeven, Merritt Clifton, Roy Sasano

Acquittal of “open rescue” activists rattles factory farms from Utah to China

October 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung & co-defendant Paul Picklesimer were prosecuted for “stealing” two piglets left to die ST. GEORGE, Utah––Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung, defending himself, and co-defendant Paul Darwin Picklesimer, represented by veteran Salt Lake City lawyer Mary Corporon, were on October 8, 2022 acquitted by jury on all charges pertaining […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, China, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Amy Soranno, Circle Four Farms, Merritt Clifton, Nick Schafer, Paul Darwin Picklesimer, Smithfield Foods, Wayne Hsiung

Fourth attempted Iowa “ag gag” law fails on first glance by a judge

September 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Ag gag” falls on summary judgement             DES MOINES, Iowa––U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose on September 26,  2022 struck down the latest of four attempts by the Iowa legislature to pass an “ag gag” law prohibiting activists and journalists from producing undercover video of activities inside factory farms,  feedlots,  and slaughterhouses. Three of the four […]

Filed Under: Activism, Ag-gag laws, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Welfare Tagged With: Gary Smith, Judge Stephanie Rose, Kim Reynolds, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, Rox Laird, Temple Grandin, Terry Brandstad, Tom Miller, William Morris

Exposed in California & Illinois: the most perverse events in rodeo

September 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Wild cow milking” goes down for the count in one of last major venues,  but fight to ban steer-tailing has barely begun OAKLAND,  California––A proposed ban on wild cow milking,  the only rodeo event known to have been invented by an alleged philandering pederast,  is only a second reading from final approval by the Alameda […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Cherie Bartelt, Eric Mills, Merritt Clifton, Rowell Ranch, steer-tailing, Steve Hindi, wild cow milking

Why was a sick horse, too old to work, pulling a New York City carriage?

August 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Opossum piss may have made the horse sick,  but why didn’t the 35-year driver see it?             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.–– The New York City Transport Workers Union might be said to have invoked the “Ernie Paragallo defense” on behalf of carriage horse owner/driver Ian McKeever,  54,  who during the evening rush hour on August […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Christina Hansen, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, Ernie Paragallo, Ian McKeever, Merritt Clifton, Ryder

“Outlaw” horse racing: drugs, murder, mayhem, & not just to the horses

August 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Horses shocked & likewise the public by exposés of “bush tracks”             MILNER, Georgia––Parallel investigations by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] and the Washington Post on August 5,  2022 brought the existence of “bush track” quarter horse racing to public awareness,  but the often violent and only sometimes illegal industry has openly […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, USA, Welfare Tagged With: American Quarter Horse Association, Angela Pelzel-McCluskey, Arthur "Brutz" English IV, Carril El Tarahumara, Gus Garcia-Roberts, Merritt Clifton, Rancho El Centenario, Renault Kay, Roman Chapa, Yesinia Garza

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