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4,500+ beagles freed from laboratory use by judge’s order

July 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

Stop Animal Exploitation Now,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness,  PETA,  National Geographic, & Humane Society of the U.S. all assist in bringing beagles to freedom and breeder to justice RICHMOND, Virginia––Running out of patience with the laboratory animal supply company Envigo,  U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon late on July 1,  2022 ordered Envigo […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Top, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Humane Society of the U.S., Judge Norman Moon, Merritt Clifton, National Geographic, PETA, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Stop Animal Exploitation Now

Giving you one more chance: USDA-APHIS says speak now or hold the pieces

June 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton Leave a Comment

Feds want your input on Animal Welfare Act enforcement & much,  much more;  comment period extended another 30 days WASHINGTON D.C.––”In response to requests, stakeholders will have an additional 30 days to share their thoughts on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) strategic plan to guide the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Disease, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feral animals, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Poultry, Slaughter, Slaughter, Urban wildlife, USA, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Welfare Act, Horse Protection Act, Merritt Clifton, Sharla M. Jennings, Wildlife Services

“Here they came to snuff the rooster” in Cantrell country, but SHARK saved him

June 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness stops yet another big cockfight STRINGTOWN, Oklahoma––”Here they came to snuff the rooster,”  to paraphrase the best known song by “Alice In Chains” guitarist Jerry Cantrell,  the most famous of the 410 residents of Stringtown,  Oklahoma. Yet more than 60 carloads of cockfighting enthusiasts barely saw any roosters snuffed on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Entertainment, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Bonnie & Clyde, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Kobliska, Miranda Lambert, Reba McIntire, Rob Baughman, Steve Hindi, Stringtown

Tribal tradition of silence favors dog owners over dog attack victims

June 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

Belief that the dead should never be mentioned by name inhibits investigation,  reportage,  & victim advocacy HOTEVILLA, Arizona;  WITCHEKAN FIRST NATION,  Saskatchewan––Two hundred years ago and longer,  the Cree land now called the Witchekan First Nation and the Hopi tribal village today called Hotevilla marked the northern and southern ends of the great annual bison […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Cree, Giselle Thomas, Hopi, Hotevilla, Noel Thomas, Witchekan First Nation

Will a Washington court make Costco treat chickens better in Nebraska & Iowa?

June 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two Costco shareholders sue the board of directors for allegedly violating humane laws              SEATTLE, Washington––Costco Wholesale Corporation,  better known as just Costco,  in 2016 introduced a novel strategy to wring profits out of the necks of chickens. Now Legal Impact for Chickens,  a recently formed San Francisco-based nonprofit,  is pursuing a novel legal strategy to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Adam Karp, Krystil Smith, Leah Garcés, Leo E. Strine, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, National Chicken Council, Tyler Lobdell

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

Busted again: the secret life of “Tiger King” Kevin “Doc” Antle on the lam from Iowa

June 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges? Charged with money laundering mucho bigtime MYRTLE BEACH,  South Carolina––Kevin Antle,  62,   self-styled as “Bhagavan” and “Doc” Antle,  was late on June 3,  2022 reportedly apprehended by agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Antle and alleged accomplice Andrew Jon Sawyer,  52,  also known […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Barbara Fisher, Carole Baskin, Christian Dall’Acqua, Don Elroy, Ellen Dahnke, Jack Hanna, Joe Exotic, John Weinhart, Keith Wilson, Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle, Merritt Clifton, Sue Pressman, Tawny Antle, Tilakum Antle

Humane Society of the U.S. secrets exposed by court order––some of them

June 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But why were they ever secrets in the first place? WASHINGTON D.C.–– Former Humane Society of the United States policy analyst Jeff Thomas on May 25,  2022 won what is apparently the first round to go before a judge in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit brought by Thomas against eight other current and former HSUS staff. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Amanda Hungerford, Becky Branzell, Jeffrey Thomas Jr., Kate Karl, Merritt Clifton, Mike Markarian, Rebecca Cary, Sara Amundson, Sara Marshman, Wayne Pacelle

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

Erika Brunson, 86, animal advocate, actress, interior decorator, & furniture maker

May 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Rose from rough start in life to philanthropic success Animal advocacy and spay/neuter philanthropist Erika Devore Brunson,  86,  died in Los Angeles,  California on May 17, 2022. Maria Erika Knab,  her original given name,  was born on September 4, 1935,  “in the small fishing town of Konigsberg in East Prussia,”  according to an October 16,  2013 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Russia, USA Tagged With: Erika Devore, Erika Knab, Erika Peters, Jack Webb, Jolene Blalock, Merritt Clifton, Sy Devore

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