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Bestiality & child porn bust in Bossier City, Louisiana: Terry Yetman deja vu

March 27, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Suspect Nathan Mann held on 3,248 counts of sexual abuse of an animal             BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana––Nathan T. Mann,  35,  of Bossier,  Louisiana,  was on March 23,  2023 charged with 106 counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles and 3,248 counts of sexual abuse of an animal,  the Bossier County Sheriff’s Office announced. Mann was […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Police & military, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Humane Society of Louisiana, Jeff Dorson, Merritt Clifton, Noah Tomlin, Terry Yetman

Direct action heroes for animals: Popeye, Olive Oyl, Betty Boop & Grampy

March 26, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Rescuers,  yes,  but exemplars of animal rights?  Not exactly. Eighty-eight years ago,  forty years before the dawn of the animal rights movement,  a muscular quasi-vegan sailor and his lanky girlfriend rescued animals on the silver screen,  soon joined by a sexy “flapper” who sang jazz and her aged but ever inventive grandfather. Popeye,  Olive Oyl,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Religion & philosophy, USA, Working horses Tagged With: Be Human, Be Kind to Aminals, Dave Fleisher, Max Fleischer, Merritt Clifton, Walt Disney

Pit bull kills rescuer trying to stop a fight; third fatal dog attack in six days

March 25, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

What you don’t know about a pit bull will kill you––and so will what you think you do know TULSA, Oklahoma;  VISALIA, California;  CENTRE TOWNSHIP;  Pennsylvania––“Try to find out some background,  try to find out some other things before you actually take this dog into your home,”  advised Sergeant Brian Collum of the Tulsa Police […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Brad Metzner, Brian Collum, Don Gibson, Gena Carter, Jack & Jeff's, Mateo Lucas Salvador, Merritt Clifton

Soi Dog Foundation shuts down a Vietnamese cat slaughterhouse

March 24, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Slaughterhouse operated in open defiance of 1998 cat meat ban             HO CHI MINH CITY,  Vietnam––“In a ground-breaking victory against the dog and cat meat trade in Vietnam,  a cat slaughterhouse has been forced to cease operations,”  announced Soi Dog Foundation director of international advocacy Rahul Sehgal in a March 23,  2022 appeal to potential donors. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Four Paws, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Rahul Sehgal, Vier Pfoten

Why didn’t Jasper County, Texas sheriff bust a big alleged cockfight?

March 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Alleged host of cockfight previously characterized by law enforcement as a “career criminal” BUNA,  Texas––“On March 12, 2023,”  disclosed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness in a video posted to Facebook ten days later,  “a SHARK drone located an active cockfight in Buna,  Texas,  in Jasper County. “The cockfight pit,”  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Buna, Christopher Glenn Stimits, Cristi Ruso, Merritt Clifton, Mitchel Newman, Steve Hindi, Steve Stewart

U.K. House of Commons votes to ban imports of hunting trophies

March 22, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Ban still must clear the House of Lords and gain Royal Assent,  but these formalities are more likely to delay than prevent enforcement LONDON, U.K.––The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill cleared the House of Commons on March 17,  2023 by unanimous voice vote. The silence of pro-trophy hunting opponents,  however,  scarcely means that the bill […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Bears, Captive animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Isles, Laws, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Charles III, Eduardo Goncalves, House of Commons, House of Lords, Merritt Clifton, trophy hunting

Miyoko’s Creamery had no “true trade secrets,” testifies Miyoko

March 20, 2023 By Merritt Clifton Leave a Comment

“Denies that the company had proprietary recipes” in response to lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO,  California––Vegan cheesemaker Miyoko Schinner,  in her newly filed response to the Miyoko’s Creamery lawsuit against her for allegedly stealing trade secrets,  “denies that the Company has any true ‘trade secrets,”  and “denies that the company had ‘proprietary recipes.’” Fired in June 2022 […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Recipes, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: James Joaquin, Lisa Bloom, Merritt Clifton, Miyoko Schinner, Miyoko's, Rene Weber

Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?

March 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify             HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories,  the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,  and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Anna Schecter, Born Free USA, Charles River Laboratories, Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, PETA, Primarily Primates

One African-American journalist’s view of John James Audubon

March 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

by Roger Witherspoon (Roger Witherspoon,  a member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors,  has reported about environmental issues for more than 50 years;  developed the global Save The Tiger program for the Exxon Corporation;  and cofounded the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists,   the first chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.) John James […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Beliefs, Birds, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forest, National Audubon Society, Roger Witherspoon, Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Elliot Smith

Audubon: brand recognition trumps what J.J. Audubon actually did

March 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

National Audubon Society squirms against truth that J.J. Audubon bought & sold slaves,  robbed graves,  shot birds with no thought of conservation,  & was a scientific fraud NEW YORK CITY––The National Audubon Society board of directors on March 15,  2023 voted to retain the Audubon name,  but the vote scarcely ends nearly two years of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: abolitionists, Ann Fabian, George Bird Grinnell, Gregory Nobles, Merritt Clifton, National Audubon Society, Peter Matthiessen

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