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Project Chimps paints walls in lieu of giving chimps daily outdoor time

July 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Paint job was not “whitewashing” because Project Chimps used bright colors BLUE RIDGE, Georgia–– Humane Society of the U.S. representatives once upon a time derisively denounced as eyewash meant to impress human visitors,  not the imprisoned animals, the common zoo practice of painting scenic backdrops on bare concrete walls. Staff and volunteers at the Project […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Sanctuaries, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Crystal Alba, Donny Moss, HSUS, Kitty Block, Lindsay Vanderhooght, Merritt Clifton, Project Chimps

How zombies from hell ate animal protection, by Steve Hindi

May 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Zombie groups” raise funds & do little else [Video version is accessible at https://youtu.be/NleYZ6GAC8Y.] Hi folks.  I’m Steve Hindi for SHowing Animals Respect & Kindness. My friends Beth and Merritt Clifton of ANIMALS 24-7 on May 9,  2021 posted an article, Animal labs get free pass on inspections; AV groups mostly don’t notice,  that,  if anyone […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, David Grimm, Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Animal labs get free pass on inspections; AV groups mostly don’t notice

May 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Harvard law student discovers animal lab inspections have been cut short since 2019             CAMBRIDGE,  Massachusetts––The silence from a cage of dead monkeys could scarcely be more deafening. Three business days plus a weekend of apparent near-complete non-response from the animal advocacy community have elapsed since the Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Science, USA Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Brett Richey, Casey Borch, David Grimm, Justin Goodman, Katherine Meyer, Merritt Clifton

In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86

April 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Animal rights movement pioneer             SAN RAFAEL,  California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz,  DVM,  “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,”  the organization announced via Facebook on April 9,  2021,  after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other entertainment topics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Rodeo, Sanctuaries, Science, Spay/neuter, Spectacles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Barry McCabe, Bill Dyer, Bob Jenkins, Carol Noon, Doll Stanley, Ed Duvin, Frederick Coulston, Henry Spira, Joe Haptas, John Smale, Lise Giraud, Matt Rossell, Max Redfern, Pat Derby, Paul Seigel, Raymond Giraud, Sheri Speede, Sue Herndon, Terri Oyarzun, Virginia Handley, Will Tuttle

Enforcing anti-cruelty laws proves harder than passing them

February 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Who enforces “victories” won by the Humane Society of the United States?  Stop Animal Exploitation Now, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, & the Humane Farming Association are trying.             SALT LAKE CITY,  LEXINGTON,  BOSTON––Some animal advocacy organizations with multi-million-dollar-a-year-plus incomes attract donors by the hundreds of thousands through winning passage of laws that they then […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA Tagged With: Darren Stapleton, Karen Budkie, Maura Healey, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Paul Shapiro, Robert Gibbens, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz

Why 37 chimps “retired” by NIH in 2013 are still not in sanctuaries

January 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Humane Society of the U.S. sues National Institutes of Health over outcome of “CHIMP Act” claimed as HSUS “victory”          ALAMOGORDO,  New Mexico;  SHREVEPORT,  Louisiana;  BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––“Nestled in the pines near Keithville,”  17 miles south of Shreveport,  Louisiana,  the 200-acre Chimp Haven sanctuary “even has 11 new residents as part of a $20 million […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Ingersoll, Carole Noon, Crysta Alba, Daryl Fears, Donny Moss, Francis S. Collins, Kitty Block, Lindsay Vanderhooght, Merritt Clifton, Sara Amundson

How does anyone run a monkey through a washing machine by accident?

December 6, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Technicians at Oregon Health Sciences University,  Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories,  Harvard,  & Bristol-Myers Squibb have managed to do it HILLSBORO,  Oregon––An Oregon Health Sciences University internal investigation into the deaths of two rhesus macaques who were killed on August 13,  2020 when their cage was run through a cage-washing machine with the monkeys still inside […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Science, USA Tagged With: Jim Klassen, Max Egener, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Paula S. Gladue

Geoffrey Deckers & Marion Bienes brought animal rights to the Netherlands

December 3, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Holocaust survivor Bienes inspired organization builder Deckers Award founded in Deckers’ name––see Comments,  below. Geoffrey Deckers,  51,  co-founder of the Dutch animal advocacy organization Een Dier Een Vriend [An Animal, A Friend],   died suddenly on June 29,  2020. Deckers suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on November 20,  2017,  but appeared to have made a full recovery. As […]

Filed Under: Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Judaism, Lab animals, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Switzerland, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Geoffrey Deckers, Marion Bienes, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Shirley McGreal

HSUS-backed Project Chimps drops lawsuit vs. whistleblowers

September 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Defamation case settled,  defendants vow to press on for sanctuary improvements             BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––In fewer than 20 terse words,  the Project Chimps sanctuary defamation lawsuit against former chimpanzee caregivers and whistleblowers Crystal Alba and Lindsay Vanderhooght ended on August 14,  2020: “Plaintiff Project Chimps Inc.,”  said the legal paperwork,  filed in the U.S. District […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Liberia, Sanctuaries, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Brad Jakeman, Crystal Alba, Donny Moss, Lindsay Vanderhoogt, Merritt Clifton, Robert Ingersoll, Susan Atherton

Will “monkey shortage” due to COVID-19 bring new research methods?

September 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Researchers scrape the bottom of the barrel DAVIS, California––Will a purported national monkey shortage force COVID-19 researchers to develop new non-animal testing methods? Or is the alleged monkey shortage really just a ploy by the seven National Primate Research Centers to perpetuate their own existence,  taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to win more federal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Research & testing, USA Tagged With: Alpha Genesis, Matthew Block, Merritt Clifton, National Institutes of Health, Shirley McGreal, World Wide Primates

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