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“End human breeding of animals,” says Ed Duvin; ANIMALS 24-7 responds

August 6, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Home-grown speciesism by Ed Duvin I have not written for publication on animal rights and animal sheltering since 1993, as I had largely achieved what I set out to accomplish and it was time for new voices to be heard. Having joined the animal rights movement in 1979, after working in the civil rights and […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Breeding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Cleveland Amory, Elijah Cummings, John Lewis, Kathleen Marquardt, Merritt Clifton, Susan K. Houser, Wayne Pacelle

Slaughter workers, animals, & advocates: can there be justice for all?

July 28, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Not all social justice interests are compatible by Karen Davis, Ph.D., president, United Poultry Concerns “It really does something to your mind when you stand there in all that blood, killing so many times, over and over again.” – Virgil Butler, former Tyson chicken slaughterhouse employee  If I see or hear the word “meatpacking” one […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Workers Tagged With: Karen Davis, Laura Alexander, Martha Rosenberg, Virgil Butler

We need to open up spay/neuter – now!

April 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats When the shutdowns in our country began due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,  in early March 2020,  the animal welfare field reacted quickly.  Shelters were closed to the public,  services were curtailed to the bare minimum,  and cages were emptied through adoptions and recruitment […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Shelters, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: Bryan Kortis, Jeff Young

COVID-19: animal shelter “experts” circle back toward pet overpopulation

April 2, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Ruth Steinberger Founder, Spay FIRST A dear friend once shared the adage,  attributed to Herman Wouk,  “When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.” Never has a better example of this adage been seen than in the current movement by so-called shelter management experts to support a return to intact […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Breeding, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Jeff Young, Patty Epstein

How COVID-19 and pit bulls show we are in pain

March 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Roderick Balt Despite not being evidently more dangerous than a heavy flu,  which can kill tens of thousands of the most vulnerable people without sparking panic,  and did as recently as the 2018-2019 flu season,  the COVID-19 virus has terrified much of the public worldwide,  resulting in disproportionate measures being taken to manage the […]

Filed Under: Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Netherlands, Opinion, Opinions & Letters Tagged With: Roderick Balt

“Joe Exotic” tried to kill me: Carole Baskin tells her own story

January 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Carole Baskin, founder, Big Cat Rescue In “Joe Exotic” gets 22 years in a cage for murder plot,  reporting how Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage,  also known as Joe Exotic and formerly known as Joseph Schreibvogel,  age 57,  came to be serving a possible life sentence in federal prison for plotting to kill me,  ANIMALS 24-7 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Sanctuaries, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Amanda Green, Andy Farabow, Beth Corley, Bonnie Sue Boon, Carney Anne Nassar, Carole Baskin, Frank Allen Glover, Howie Baskin, James Garretson, Jeff Lowe, Joe Exotic, Joseph Maldonado, Joseph Schreibvogel, Lisa Sparks, Marcia Davis, Matt Bryant, Robert Engessor

Plane crashes & slaughterhouses: who suffers more?

January 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Helpless in a cage by Karen Davis,  Ph.D.,  president,  United Poultry Concerns On January 8,  2020,  passenger flight 752, headed from the Iranian capital of Tehran to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev,  was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran, killing all 176 occupants,  including 167 passengers. The jet continued flying for […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: John Woolman, Karen Davis, Mark Slouka, Peter Singer, United Poultry Concerns

Protecting purity from pollution, or protecting pollution from purity?

November 26, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The Golden Age, Garden of Eden, and Thanksgiving Myth of Origin by Karen Davis Ph.D.,  president, United Poultry Concerns (See also Turkeys: Sympathy, Sensibility, and Sentience and The “Thanksgiving” turkey:  object of sentimentality, sarcasm, & sacrifice.) “The question before us is, which images of the universe, of power, of animals, of ourselves, will we represent […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Turkeys, USA Tagged With: Carol J.Adams, Elizabeth Peck, James W. Loewen, Karen Davis, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

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

November 23, 2019 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

Turkeys: Sympathy, Sensibility, and Sentience

November 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Plus Social Dancing and Driving Off Predators by Karen Davis, PhD,  president, United Poultry Concerns Turkeys express social sympathy An emotional behavior in turkeys that has been said to “defy logic” is “the great wake” they will hold over a fallen companion.  In one episode,  cited by A.W. Schorger in The Wild Turkey: Its History […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, Turkeys Tagged With: A.W. Schorger, Everette M. Prosise, Joe Hutto, John James Audubon, Karen Davis

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