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Exposing sadism of rodeo attracts more sadists to watch it

July 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Three rodeos hit by ad campaigns all made more money          CHEYENNE, RENO, SALINAS––Exposing the sadism of rodeo appears to just attract more sadists to watch it, 2015 attendance claims indicate. Cheyenne Frontier Days, the Reno Rodeo, and California Rodeo Salinas all reported surging paid admissions in summer 2015: an increase of almost 11,000, to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, USA Tagged With: California Rodeo Salinas, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cres Vellucci, Reno Rodeo, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Did the Gadhi Mai Temple Trust renege on deal to quit animal sacrifice?

July 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Were leading animal charities scammed?          KATHMANDU, Nepal––Could the Humane Society of the U.S., Humane Society International, and leading Indian and Nepalese animal charities all have been scammed by the July 28, 2015 alleged agreement of the Gadhi Mai Temple Trust to discontinue animal sacrifice?          Was there some misunderstanding about the nature of the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Food, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Gadhi Mai, Gadhimai, HSUS, Humane Society International, Merritt Clifton, Republica

Gadhi Mai sacrifices stopped

July 28, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

HSUS & HSI victory claims omit mention of those who won the fight          KATHMANDU, Nepal––Under pressure of a Supreme Court of Nepal injunction won on November 24, 2014 by the Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center,   “We have decided to completely stop the practice of animal sacrifice,” Gadhi Mai Temple Trust secretary Motilal Prasad […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Organizations, Other spectacles, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Slaughter, Spectacles, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Bariyarpur, Beauty Without Cruelty-India, Gadhi Mai, Gadhimai, King Gyanendra, Uttam Dahal, Wayne Pacelle

Elephant sanctuarian Carol Buckley takes up fencing

July 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Good fences make good neighbors.” ––Robert Frost Whatever became of Carol Buckley, the former circus elephant trainer who founded the world-renowned Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee,   but made a controversial exit in March 2010? “Buckley is currently in Thailand installing the country’s first solar powered chain-free corrals for captive elephants,” Elephant Aid International publicist Patricia Jones […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Other entertainment topics, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Spectacles, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Working animals, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Bannerghatta Biological Park, Boon Lott, Carol Buckley, Elephant Aid International, Merritt Clifton, Patricia Jones, Soraida Salwada, The Elephant Sanctuary

Buncombe County, NC orders moratorium on pit bull adoptions

July 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Response to child’s death ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Amanda L. Stone, assistant county manager for Buncombe County, North Carolina, on July 16, 2015 ordered the Asheville Humane Society to enforce “An immediate moratorium on the transfer of any pit bull or pit bull mix from the shelter to an adoption agency,” and to account for any and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Amanda L. Stone, Asheville Humane Society, Joshua Phillip Strother, pit bull, Tracy Elliott

Costco, General Mills, Prop 2, and HSUS: New Day – Same Problem

July 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Bradley Miller (Bradley Miller founded the Humane Farming Association,  www.hfa.org,  for which he is national director,  in 1985.) By now you have likely noticed the flow of press releases from some of the largest marketers of factory-raised meat, dairy, and eggs –– and the Humane Society of the U.S. –– announcing supposedly “game changing” animal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Pigs, Poultry, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Bradley Miller, Costco, General Mills, Proposition 2, Wayne Pacelle

U.S. consumer demand helps push pangolins toward extinction

July 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Microsoft founder Paul Allen pushed a Washington state ballot initiative to criminalize trafficking WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society International, International Fund for Animal Welfare,  Born Free USA, and the Center for Biological Diversity on July 15, 2015 petitioned the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to list pangolins as endangered under […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: and the Center for Biological Diversity, Born Free USA, Humane Society International, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Paul Allen, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wayne Pacelle

Pit bull from Asheville Humane Society kills six-year-old

July 11, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

The Asheville Humane Society has been at the forefront of pit bull advocacy & adoption promotion          ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office on July 9, 2015 confirmed that the pit bull who two days earlier killed six-year-old Joshua Phillip Strother in Hendersonville, North Carolina, had recently been adopted from the Asheville Humane Society. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Asheville Humane Society, Jennifer Brehler, Joshua Phillip Strother, Kathleen McGowan Shenar, Sarah Hess, Tracy Elliott

HSUS cat herder Nancy Peterson announces retirement

July 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

The first HSUS cat program manager “The time has come,” Humane Society of the U.S. cat program manager Nancy Peterson announced in a July 6, 2015 e-mail to friends, colleagues, and ANIMALS 24-7. “I will be retiring on July 31, 2015,” Peterson said, “after seventeen and a half years with HSUS.” The first and to […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Feral cats, Population control, Shelters, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Cat Writers Association, HSUS, Humane Society of the U.S., Nancy Peterson, Wayne Pacelle

Nine lives running out at Serenity Springs Wildlife Center

July 1, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Has taken heat from PETA          COLORADO SPRINGS––If the Serenity Springs Wildlife Center,  of Calhan, Colorado, had only nine lives, it might have been closed already. But if big cats really had nine lives, the Serenity Springs Wildlife Center might still have the 138 animals it claimed to house circa 2010, instead of the 113 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, Sanctuaries, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Big Cats of Serenity Springs, Karen Sculac, Merritt Clifton, Nick Sculac, PETA, Serenity Springs Wildlife Center

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