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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

Tyson executive bust upstages three dog attack fatalities in a week

November 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Mauling death of child just a few miles away gets less coverage than John Tyson’s pants             SPRINGDALE,  Arkansas––The November 6,  2022 arrest of Tyson Foods chief financial officer John Tyson,  32,  might be said to have upstaged the Tyson Foods slaughter of 155,000 cows, 461,000 pigs,  and 45 million chickens during the next week,  a […]

Filed Under: Chickens, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poultry, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Donald Wayne Abner, Dwight C. Jones, Evangeline Brooks, John Tyson, Melissa D. Wolke, Merritt Clifton

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

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

Horse defenders ask, “Where are the Cheshire cats of equine advocacy?”

October 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Barn-sour big groups leave the hard work to Lone Rangers Fighting the horse’s rear ends promoting the horse racing industry,  rodeo,  and “Big Lick” horse exhibition,  Political Animals founder Sherry DeBoer,  Action for Animals founder Eric Mills,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi,  and Citizens Campaign Against “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty founder Clant […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Show, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Action for Animals, Citizens Campaign Against “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty, Clant Seay, Eric Mills, Merritt Clifton, Political Animals, Sherry DeBoer, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Patty Bonney, 92, quietly did more for animals than most activists

October 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Behind-the-scenes person for ANIMALS 24-7,  & that was perhaps the least of all she did Patricia “Patty” Bonney,  92,  suffered terminal heart failure on October 22,  2022 at the converted stable in Beaverton,  Oregon,  that was her home since 1960. Never known or self-described as an activist,  Patty nonetheless contributed endless volunteer effort throughout her […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Recipes, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alan Bonney, Beth Clifton, Bill Bonney, Carolyn Woodard, Chief Joseph, Francis Haines, Keith Woodard, Kenny Woodward, Merritt Clifton, Regina Bonney

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

How the ghosts of Elvis Presley & Tom Parker help to fight “Big Lick” soring

October 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Parker made Elvis,  Elvis gave Priscilla Presley a voice,  & Priscilla Presley stood up for the horses MEMPHIS, Tennessee––The clock appears to have just about run out on efforts to pass the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act,  or PAST Act,  in the 117th Congress. Priscilla Presley,  77,  retired actress and former wife of the late […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, Show, USA Tagged With: BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Craig Pittman, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Presley, Tampa Humane Society

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

Hurricane Ian & Pakistan “super flood” compete for aid & sympathy

October 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Animal agriculture made Pakistan crisis worse FORT MYERS, Florida;  ISLAMABAD,  Pakistan––With Hurricane Ian storm water still receding in Florida and South Carolina,  the human body count rising over 100,  and animal casualties only just beginning to be estimated,  Julien Harneis,  United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Pakistan,  might be said to have picked an awkward time to appeal to the […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Pakistan Tagged With: Abid Hussain, Antonio Guterres, Farah Naureen, Julien Harneis, Merritt Clifton, Shehbaz Sharif, Thomas Frank

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