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Calgary asks why 86-year-old pit bull victim waited 30 minutes for ambulance

June 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

City should also ask why Calgary Animal Services continues history of promoting pit bull proliferation             CALGARY, Alberta, Canada––Scrambling for answers under intense media scrutiny,  Alberta Health Services and Calgary Police Services on June 7,  2022 released preliminary findings from an investigation as to why Betty Ann “Rusty” Williams,  86,  fatally injured by a neighbor’s […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Betty Ann "Rusty" Williams, Bill Bruce, Candy Speck, Jerry Aschenbrenner, Merritt Clifton

“America’s rifle,” “America’s dog,” & some of America’s other most enduring fictions

May 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Promotions & defenses of the AR-15 and pit bulls are among “America’s big lies”             WASHINGTON D.C.;  KANAB, Utah––An AR-15,  as the world knows now,  dubbed  “America’s rifle,”  was on May 24,  2022 used yet again to massacre Americans,  this time 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,  Texas. (See […]

Filed Under: Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: America's cup, AR-15, Best Friends Animal Society, Mary Pickford, Merritt Clifton, Newtown, pit bull, Uvalde

Reptiles invade Canada––but not by their own choice

May 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Inhospitable habitat,  even if herps are kept indoors              EDMONTON, Alberta,  Canada––Reptile breeder John Makaryshyn,  31,  was on May 10,  2022 hit with 37 charges under Canadian federal law and 89 counts of allegedly violating the Animal Protection Act of Alberta in connection with the deaths of 674 reptiles and amphibians whose remains were discovered […]

Filed Under: Canada, Constrictors, Crocodilians, Feature Home Bottom, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Snakes, The Americas, Turtles, Venomous, Wildlife Tagged With: Connor Barthe, Drumheller, Jean Claude-Savoie, John Makaryshyn, Merritt Clifton, Noah Barthe, Poikilo Exotics, Riverfront Aquariums, Royal Tyrell

“Trapping defender” Proulx explains why all fur trapping is cruel

May 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Mammal Trapping,  Wildlife Management,  Animal Welfare & International Standards Edited by Gilbert Proulx Alpha Wildlife Research & Management Ltd. 287 pages.  Free download from: https://cwbm.ca/product/mammal-trapping-e-book/ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wildlife biologist Gilbert Proulx,  68,  of Sherwood Park,  Alberta,  may know more about the technology of trapping animals than anyone else who ever lived. Having spent […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Fur trapping, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Predators, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Charles D. Niven, Clara Van Steenwyk, Frank Conibear, George Clements, Gilbert Proux, Merritt Clifton

Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg

April 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull ban would have been replaced by “one free bite” WINNIPEG, Manitoba––Rejecting both of the leading pet-keeping fads of the past two decades,  both often covers for animal fighting and organized crime,  the Winnipeg city council by identical 9-7 votes on April 28,  2022 upheld reputedly the oldest pit bull ban in Canada and […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Canada, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, The Americas Tagged With: Brian Bowman, Brittany Semeniuk, Malathi Raghavan, Merritt Clifton, Sam Samson, Shawn Nason, Winnipeg Humane Society

Will bird flu cut the U.S. appetite for chicken, eggs, ducks, & turkey?

April 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Public notices eagle deaths & higher prices             CHICAGO,  Illinois––Soaring egg prices,  bald eagles dropping from the skies in at least 14 states,  and 200 dead birds found at Baker Lake in the Forest Preserves of Cook County,  forty miles northwest of Chicago,  in mid-April 2022 began to bring the mainstream mass media spotlight to […]

Filed Under: Birds, Canada, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Poultry, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Big Red Farms, Brome Lake Ducks, Cook County Forest Preserves, Grady Ferguson, Gro Intelligence, Merritt Clifton, Michael Foods, Nick Hytrek

Marineland of Canada & Mystic Aquarium in hot water over beluga deaths

April 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two of five “healthy” beluga whales sold by Marineland to Mystic in 2021 have died & a third is reportedly ill MYSTIC,  Connecticut;  NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario––Two of the longtime most controversial marine mammal exhibition venues in North America are taking heat––again––after the deaths of two out of five beluga whales who were transferred from one […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Canada, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animal Welfare Institute, Becky Robertson, John Holer, Liam Casey, Merritt Clifton, Vancouver Aquarium

Ghost of seal hunt haunts Canadian trucker blockades over COVID-19 testing

February 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Former seal hunt defender Brian Peckford,  79,  makes political last stand at expense of cattle,  pigs,  & public health OTTAWA, Canada––Canadian cattle and pigs fed grain from the United States are going hungry.  Some cattle and pigs en route from Canada to finishing and slaughter in the U.S. may be stuck aboard trucks. Entering a […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Marine life, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Mulroney, Brian Peckford, Joey Smallwood, John Crosbie, Maggie Parkhill, Merritt Clifton, Newfoundland, Robin Levinson-King

McDonald’s McPlant: can it save the world from becoming McToast?

January 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

McPlant will save animals from becoming Big Macs––millions?  Billions? CHICAGO,  Illinois––Sixty years after the first McDonald’s attempt to introduce a meatless burger became perhaps the most notorious flop in fast food history,  the company appears poised to try again––and not a moment too soon for animals and the earth. Beginning on Valentine’s Day 2022,  600 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Anna Starostinetskaya, Beyond Meat, Dee-Ann Durbin, heme, Henry Spira, Hula Burger, Maxwell Rabb, Merritt Clifton

Pit bulls, greenhouse gases, & poop: the solution is not dilution

November 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Or,  pit bull breeding kennels & the Tower of Babel VAUGHAN, Ontario;  CAERPHILLY, Wales;  DURBANVILLE,  South Africa;  OKLAHOMA CITY,  Oklahoma––“The solution to pollution is dilution,”  industrial polluters frequently persuaded politicians,  back in the early days of the environmental movement,  long before either pit bull attacks or greenhouse gases became a hot public issue. In the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Breeding, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Caerphilly, Doug Ford, Goedemoed, Jack Lis, Merritt Clifton, Muhammad Almutaz Alzghool, Staffordshire, Tommy Chang

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