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Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

Chinchilla breeder fined $18,000 & loses USDA license to supply laboratories

October 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

A small animal used in labs,  but a huge step for Animal Welfare Act enforcement WASHINGTON D.C.;  ROCHESTER, Minnesota––Chinchillas are very small and soft,  so small that you could hold one in the palm of your hand,  so soft that they have been exploited for their fur for centuries,  even though from 100 to 200 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Other species, Regulation, Science, USA

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

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

Fur sales, wildlife acts, & hiding dog bite history banned in California

October 17, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Fur-bearing animals & adopters of shelter/rescue dogs win protections             SACRAMENTO,  California––The new animal-related law in California that Governor Gavin Newsom and mass media said least about,  to help protect Californians against recklessly rehomed dogs with bite history,  may in the end become the most emulated among the raft of bills sent to Newsom’s desk […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Circuses, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fur trapping, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Lab animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Other species, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Slaughter, Snakes, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Gavin Newsom, Merritt Clifton, Sherry DeBoer

Stink over conditions at skunk & ferret “fur farm”

October 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

SAEN seeks Animal Welfare Act charges against “fur farm” that appears to breed animals mostly for laboratories & the pet trade             NEW SHARON,  Iowa––If the 85-year-old Ruby Fur Farm was just a fur farm,  producing mink or fox pelts for the garment industry,  it would not be subject to unannounced visits from the USDA […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Austria, China, Denmark, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Germany, Lab animals, Netherlands, Other species, Regulation, Scandinavia, Science, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Ruby Fur Farm, SAEN

Fewer dogs & cats used in U.S. labs than ever before

June 24, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Guinea pig,  hamster,  & rabbit numbers also low, but monkey use was up. Mice & rats?  Who knows?          WASHINGTON, D.C.––Are U.S. laboratories using more animals than ever before,  or fewer,   at least of most species? Laboratory animal use data from 2016 released on June 9,  2017 shows record reported lows in use of dogs,  […]

Filed Under: Cats, Chimps & other primates, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Alka Chandna, James Boasberg, Justin Goodman, Katherine Roe, Merritt Clifton, SAEN

SAEN asks USDA to close lab that paid near-record fine

June 19, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Repeated Animal Welfare Act violations found in follow-up inspection          EVERETT,  Washington––Citing repeated and continuing alleged violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act by the Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories’ facility in Everett,  Washington,  Stop Animal Exploitation on June 19,  2017 asked USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service western regional director Robert Gibbens to terminate […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Lab animals, Other species, Pacific rim, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Robert Gibbens, SAEN, SNBL

Why is animal use in labs up, even as public moral approval is down?

May 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Anti-vivisection organizations claim victory while running on old momentum WASHINGTON D.C.–– Fewer Americans than ever before––just 51%,  barely more than half––believe biomedical research on animals is ethically acceptable,  according to 2017 Gallup polling data. Paradoxically,  total use of animals in experiments appears to have soared to an all-time high,  according to research funded by People […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Chimps & other primates, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Educational use, Feature Home Top, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mice & rats, Other species, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Dr. John Maxwell, Hans Reusch, Kenneth Cunnif, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Cunniff, Scott Plous, Sue O’Leary, Theo Capaldo, William Randolph Hearst

Lawyers line up to sue USDA-APHIS over law enforcement info deletions

February 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

HSUS is first to file notice          WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the U.S. appears to have been the first organization to file notice of a legal challenge to the February 3,  2017 purge of USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service law enforcement data from the USDA-APHIS web site. USDA-APHIS deleted without prior warning […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Breeding, Chimps & other primates, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Other species, Regulation, Science, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Forrest Lucas, Kimberly D. Ockene, Laura J. Fox, Merritt Clifton, Tom Vilsack, Wayne Pacelle

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