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Alleged game farm money-laundering may oust South African president

December 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Cyril Ramaphosa raised animals to hunt,  purportedly had $580,000 stashed in his sofa,  & was suspected of taking a bribe linked to $42 million scam by David Wills,  former Humane Society of the U.S. exec doing life for child sex trafficking             JOHANNESBURG––Win or lose a confidence vote at the African National Congress convention beginning on […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Cattle & dairy, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, South Africa, Wildlife Tagged With: Ankole, Cyril Ramaphosa, David Wills, Gavin Watson, Hazim Mustafa, Merritt Clifton, Phala Phala

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

Sea pen fish farming ordered to cease along entire U.S. west coast

November 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Washington forced shutdown follows bans in California,  Oregon,  & Alaska OLYMPIA,  Washington––Sea pen fish farming––if Cooke Aquaculture complies with a November 18,  2022 order from Washington state public lands commissioner Hilary Franz––is within two weeks of abolition along the entire west coast of the United States. The Franz order,  unfortunately,  may not be a win […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cooke Aquaculture, Hilary Franz, Hope Island, Merritt Clifton, Rich Passage

More Than a Meal: Thanksgiving, turkeys, tradition & Karen Davis

November 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

First condemned,  then pardoned,  without a statement of rights  WASHINGTON D.C.­­––Perhaps nothing could underscore the role of turkeys as Thanksgiving sacrificial victims than the annual ritual at which U.S. President Joe Biden on November 21,  2022 “pardoned” the 46-pound and 47-pound turkeys Chocolate and Chip on the South Lawn of the White House. For what […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Turkeys, USA Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Henry Spira, Jim Mason, Joe Biden, John Kullberg, Karen Davis, Merritt Clifton, Ronald Reagan

The “Thanksgiving” turkey:  object of sentimentality, sarcasm, & sacrifice

November 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Each year a litany of sarcasm accompanies the sentimentality of Thanksgiving by Karen Davis, Ph.D.,  president, United Poultry Concerns   “Nothing so unites us as gathering with one mind to murder someone we hate, unless it is coming together to share in a meal.” – Margaret Visser, The Rituals of Dinner, p. 33.   The […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, Turkeys Tagged With: Eli Sagan, Karen Davis, Margaret Visser, Matt Novak

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

Smelling rats after alleged major mink release in Van Wert, Ohio

November 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The numbers & time frame don’t add up,  & neither does the money VAN WERT, Ohio––Something happened at a mink farm here.  What it is ain’t exactly clear,   despite saturation coverage by both local and national media. Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach announced on November 15,  2022 that his office “is investigating a […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Netherlands, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Allison Aye, Beatriz Gandara, Challis Hobbs, Leeyen Group, Lion Farms USA, Merritt Clifton, Pierre Leeijen, Rien Leeijen, TaTiana Cash

“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

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