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Cat killer “Doctor Quack” paid well by East Bay Regional Park District

April 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments

Shotgun-wielding biologist took home $182,951,  left dead cats in dumpsters             OAKLAND, California––East Bay Regional Park District biologist David “Doctor Quack” Riensche may have been paid more per feral cat he allegedly killed than the $3,000 that “Joe Exotic” paid to Frank Allen Glover in his foiled plot to murder Big Cat Rescue founder Carole […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Cecilia Theis, David “Doctor Quack” Riensche, Edward Howe Forbush, Joe Exotic, Laura Anthony, LittleBuddytheCat, Merritt Clifton, Nico Dauphine Arcilla

Study of misreported dog attack deaths affirms ANIMALS 24-7 findings

April 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 6 Comments

Investigation of unreported multiple causes of death finds totals & “proximate cause” numbers very close to ours             RALEIGH,  North Carolina––Marilyn Goss Haskell,  DVM,  and Ricky Lee Langley, M.D.,  both also holders of master’s degrees in public health,  may never have heard of ANIMALS 24-7 and our log of fatal and disfiguring dog attacks in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Marilyn Goss Haskell, Merritt Clifton, Ricky Lee Langley

In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86

April 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 6 Comments

Animal rights movement pioneer             SAN RAFAEL,  California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz,  DVM,  “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,”  the organization announced via Facebook on April 9,  2021,  after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other entertainment topics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Rodeo, Sanctuaries, Science, Spay/neuter, Spectacles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alka Chandna, Barry McCabe, Bill Dyer, Bob Jenkins, Carol Noon, Doll Stanley, Ed Duvin, Frederick Coulston, Henry Spira, Joe Haptas, John Smale, Lise Giraud, Matt Rossell, Max Redfern, Pat Derby, Paul Seigel, Raymond Giraud, Sheri Speede, Sue Herndon, Terri Oyarzun, Virginia Handley, Will Tuttle

Ed Duvin on Elliot Katz: “I had a unique relationship with Elliot.”

April 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 6 Comments

“Had a front-row seat for four decades with this larger-than-life man.” In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz passed away on March 24,  2021,  at age 86,   his former wife told me,  survived by their two daughters,  a grandchild,  and his brother. I had a unique relationship with Elliot.  It wasn’t merely that I was […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Ed Duvin, Elliot Katz

Dog Bite Prevention Week: payouts for dog attacks up 21% in three years

April 11, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Fewer claims in 2020,  but more damage             NEW YORK CITY––National Dog Bite Prevention Week is back for April 11-17,  2021,  focused as usual since 1956 on “educating people about preventing dog bites.” Again in 2021 there is no mention in the Dog Bite Prevention Week literature distributed by American Humane,  American Veterinary Medical Association,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Aziz Ahmed, Megan Fisher, Merritt Clifton, Victoria Stilwell, Yolanda Ciccone

“Tiger Baby Playtime” promoter Tim Stark meets stark reality in court

April 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Stark threatens to euthanize himself INDIANAPOLIS,  Indiana––Former Wildlife In Need exotic animal park owner/operator Tim Stark was late on April 8,  2021 “taken into custody despite not facing any criminal charges,”  WDRB-TV reported from Louisville,  Kentucky. ” Scott Maples, chief deputy of the Clark County Sheriff’s Department,”  in southern Indiana,  “couldn’t elaborate Thursday about the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Billy Kobin, Judge Channing Strother, Judge David Dreher, Lucas Aulbach, Merritt Clifton, Tim Stark, Wildife In Need

Wolves,  bison,  grizzly bears,  and pumas: Montana moving backward

April 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Big wildlife persecuted as surrogates for change             HELENA, Montana––Wolves,  bison,  grizzly bears,  and pumas scare the staunchly Republican ranching,  hunting,  logging,  oil,  gas,  and mining establishments of Montana,  but what scares them the most appears to be the prospect of becoming more like Colorado and New Mexico,  where Democratic-leaning Hispanic and Native American voters […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Dog use, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Andrea Zaccardi, Greg Gianforte, Jason Blevins, Jim Robbins, Marcia Krieger, Merritt Clifton, Michael Robinson, Michelle Lujan Grisham

Seaspiracy: seas, piracy, & Cowspiracy meet fishy business

April 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Fishing industry screams bloody murder Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Seaspiracy,  whose title is a fusion of “seas” and “piracy,”  and a play on Cowspiracy,  the 2014 independent blockbluster documentary also produced by Kip Anderson,  on March 24,  2021 premiered worldwide on Netflix. Within 10 days Seaspiracy had become a runaway hit,  seen by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Sea turtles, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Turtles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Ali Tabrizi, Beth Clifton, Don Staniford, George Monbiot, Kip Anderson, Lucy Tabrizi, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry, Sylvia Earle

Increasing the survival rates of kittens

March 29, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

by Nancy Peterson & the National Kitten Coalition (with some kibbitzing from ANIMALS 24-7) Five years ago––six years ago in July 2021––I retired after 18 years as first and still only national cat program manager for the Humane Society of the United States. Having a national and even sometimes international platform to help animals,  especially […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Louise Holton, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Peterson, Rebecca Robinson, Rosemarie Crawford, Susan Spaulding

Aloha Rodeo: animal advocates, Disney, & Cheyenne showdown

March 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Will forthcoming film “glorify steer roping” & help to revive rodeo,  or help to finish it? CHEYENNE,  Wyoming––Walt Disney Inc.,  Cheyenne Frontier Days,  and a coalition of animal advocacy groups headed by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] may be headed toward the highest-profile showdown at the 123-year-old Frontier Days rodeo since Hawaiian paniolos Eben […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Archie Kaaua, Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, David Wolman, Eben Parker “Ben” Low, Gavin Ehringer, Glenn Close, Ikua Purdy, Julian Smith, Lane Frost, Merritt Clifton, Roy Edward Disney, Walt Disney

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