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Fauci “smoking gun” points toward White Coat Waste Project

July 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Experiments on dogs were considered,  but rodents were used instead,  which would be no “victory” even if White Coat Waste Project influenced the decision NORTH BETHESDA,  Maryland­­––The right-leaning anti-vivisection organization White Coat Waste Project has finally produced a “smoking gun” document in which National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases chief Anthony Fauci,  81,  discusses […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mice & rats, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anthony Bellotti, Anthony Fauci, Ingrid Newkirk, Joni K. Ernst, Justin Goodman, Merritt Clifton, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases

USDA-APHIS wants your 2¢ on animal-related federal law enforcement––NOW!!!

June 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Come on,  animal advocates,  let’s move fast!  Your big chance has come at last!  Want a chance to have your say?  Tell it to the USDA!”             WASHINGTON D.C.––The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS] is,  until the end of July 2022,  offering the public a unique chance to kibbitz on an “APHIS […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live transport, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, Spectacles, Urban wildlife, USA, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animal Welfare Act, Beth Clifton, BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Horse Protection Act, Merritt Clifton

Why the USDA cannot effectively enforce the Animal Welfare Act

May 31, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service was designed to fail             WASHINGTON D.C.–– Responsible for federal Animal Welfare Act enforcement,  such as it is,  the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA-APHIS] on May 20,  2022 got a public butt-kicking from National Geographic writer Rachel Fobar. The […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Educational use, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Horse & livestock shows, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other animals & science topics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Uncategorized, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Earl Butz, Envigo, James R. Ebbitt, Joan Arnoldi, Kevin Shea, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Fobar, Tim McVeigh

Drug money crushes Swiss proposed ban on animal use in laboratories

February 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Pharmaceutical industry tries to drive stake through the heart of the ghost of Hans Ruesch             ZURICH,  Switzerland––Voters in Switzerland on February 13,  2022 crushed a proposed national ban on biomedical research using either animal or human subjects by a margin of 21% for,  79% against. Switzerland has some of the strongest animal protection laws […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Central Europe, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Humane history, Lab animals, Mediterranean, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Switzerland Tagged With: Abbott, Bayer, Hans Ruesch, Hoffmann-La Roche, Lonza Group, Merritt Clifton, Novartis, Renato Werndli

Robert Dole: why did Pacelle, Amundson, & Bershadker inflate his record?

December 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Robert Dole,  at best,  had a good record on animal issues for a Trumpist––but he was no Hubert Humphrey,  nor even a Richard Nixon Robert Joseph Dole,  98,  the 1996 Republican presidential nominee,  U.S. Senator from Kansas 1969-1996,  and a Kansas member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1960-1968,  died on December 5,  2021. Lauded […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Mice & rats, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Pigs, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Elizabeth Dole, Hubert Humphrey, Jesse Helms, Lyndon Johnson, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Richard Nixon, Sara Amundson, Wayne Pacelle

Soon-to-retire NIH chief Francis Collins went both ways on lab animals

October 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“We are not rats and we are not even other primates,”  Collins said,  but NIH is now using more of both WASHINGTON D.C.–– Francis S. Collins,  who both de-emphasized animal research and presided over expanded animal research during his 12 years as director of the National Institutes of Health [NIH],  on October 5,  2021 disclosed […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Science, USA Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Elias Zerhouni, Francis S. Collins, Justin Goodman, Katherine Roe, Larry Carbone, Merritt Clifton, National Institutes of Heath

The Body Shop to go “100% vegan” by 2023––but wasn’t it already?

June 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Expanding the gulf between image and reality is what the cosmetics industry is all about             LONDON, U.K.––Cosmetics and personal care industry media are abuzz with the June 1,  2021 announcement by The Body Shop that every product it offers will be 100% vegan by the end of 2023. Many consumers,  on the other hand,  […]

Filed Under: Alternatives, Animal rights & welfare, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Germany, Isles, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Anita Roddick, Anna Starostinetskaya, Body Shop, Greenpeace, Jon Entine, LiveKindly, Merritt Clifton, Vegan Society, VegNews

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

Anti-vivisectionism goes to the dogs

March 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Or,  “A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy,  except in their capacity to raise funds.” WASHINGTON D.C.––Lest there be any doubt that antivivisection advocacy in the 21st century has gone to the dogs,  the White Coat Waste Project,  the Humane Society of the U.S.,  and Stop Animal Exploitation Now in recent […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Ingrid Newkirk, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Natalie Warhit, Sara Amundson

Rabbit sperm donors may be retired from service, but not rats, mice, & birds

January 22, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

And not most rabbits in laboratory use, either             WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler,  in one of his last actions before leaving office with the Donald Trump presidential administration,  “issued a January 20,  2021 directive instructing the agency to plan for the retirement of the last remaining rabbits in the EPA’s taxpayer-funded […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Andrew Wheeler, Justin Goodman, Karen Budke, Katherine Roe, Larry Carbone, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budke, Natalie Warhit, Sue Leary

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