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Rottweiler killing of seven-year-old brings murder charges in Virginia

May 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 7 Comments

Rottweiler raised from puppy by man who called himself “Nitemare” WAYNESBORO, Virginia––Waynesboro,  Virginia police officers and Augusta County Sheriff’s deputies on May 13,  2022 arrested the parents and grandparents of seven-year-old Olivia Grace Floyd,  killed by a four-year-old family Rottweiler named Ranger on January 29,  2022. The Rottweiler,  acquired by adoptive grandfather Stephen Christoper Kachmar as […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, USA Tagged With: Alicia Rene Floyd, Brooks Anthony Floyd, Chris Nitemare Kachmar, Merritt Clifton, Olivia Grace Floyd, Penny Lee Bashlor, Stephen Christoper Kachmar

Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

15 years ago Michael Vick’s pit bulls killed the humane movement

April 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And killed the no-kill movement too,  but the deaths were by suicide             WASHINGTON D.C.––National animal advocacy groups boosted by appeals playing off the 2007 arrest and conviction of former football star Michael Vick for dogfighting have so far made little mention of the 2022 fifteenth anniversary of the April 20,  2007 drug bust and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Cyrus Talkington, Erin Beach, Maria Rachel Perez, Merritt Clifton, Shawna Jo Bell

Cockatoo Rescue collapse makes case for Animal Welfare Act inspection

April 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Excessive secrecy hinted at deteriorating conditions for years STANWOOD, Washington––Lori Keene Rutledge,  66,  for thirty years often among the go-to people in parrot rescue,  was on March 14,  2022 removed from her Cockatoo Rescue & Sanctuary in a rural area southeast of Stanwood,  Washington by emergency medical services. Animal control personnel who obtained a search-and-seizure […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Dawson, Lori Rutledge, Merritt Clifton, Mira Tweti, Parrot, Roadside Zoo News, Stanwood

“Rescue” hoarding: the “Nutmeg State” becomes the “Nut Case” state

March 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“CT Pregnant Dog & Cat Rescue” bust is latest of a 20-year series             HEBRON,  Connecticut––The arrest of CT Pregnant Dog & Cat Rescue founder Joann M. Connelly,  59,  announced by the Connecticut State Police on March 26,  2022,  has disquieting echoes of previous alleged “rescue” hoarding cases that legislation passed almost a decade earlier […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Desmond's Army, Fred Acker, Heidi Lueders, Joann Connelly, Krystel Lopez, Merritt Clifton, Robbin D'Urso, Vincent D'Urso

HSUS rep Anne Hornish & husband fail to pay boarding fees for killer pit bull

March 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Anne & Neil Hornish agreed to $2 million settlement for family of pit bull victim,  but insurers contend they were not covered to keep pit bulls SUFFIELD,  Connecticut––Anne and Neil J. Hornish,  whose pit bull Dexter killed Janet D’Aleo,  95,  in their home on November 6,  2019,  have reportedly not paid Dexter’s boarding fees since […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Anne Hornish, Derek Donnelly, Heather Trevaskis, Janet D'Alea, Jayden Henderson, Joseph White, Matthew P. Knox, Merritt Clifton, Neil J. Hornish

What Wildlife Services did not say about the newly released 2021 body count

March 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Only 4% of the toll of 1.76 million animals were “livestock predators,”  but 44% were “invasive” starlings             RIVERDALE,  Maryland––Released on March 22,  2022,  the USDA Wildlife Services program activity report for 2021 tells a different story from the sunny spin put on it by the accompanying media release from USDA Animal & Plant Health […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fur trapping, Hooved stock, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Reptiles, Sheep & goats, Snakes, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: APHIS, Merritt Clifton, starlings, USDA Wildlife Services

New NACA “Guideline” on shelter intake overlooks why animal control exists

March 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Focus on keeping animals out of shelters means more dogs and cats will be left to run at large             LINDSBORG, Kansas––The words “wildlife” and “rabies,”  and the phrases “public health” and “running at large” never appear among the 1,688 words comprising the new National Animal Care & Control Association [NACA] “Guideline on Appointment-Based Pet […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Shelters, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, dogcatcher, Merritt Clifton, Mike Burgwin, National Animal Control Association

Weary (and wary) rescuers decry dangerous dogs, yet never say “pit bull”

March 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Statements otherwise echo decades of warnings from ANIMALS 24-7             DETROIT, Michigan––Kristina Millman-Rinaldi,  who in 2011 founded Detroit Dog Rescue, billed as “Detroit’s first no-kill shelter,”  rattled the overlapping “no kill” and “rescue” worlds on March 12,  2022 by posting to Facebook a critique of the prevailing “no kill” and “rescue” philosophy strikingly similar in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: ASPCA, Best Friends Animal Society, Diane Orenchuk, Humane Society of the U.S., Kristine Millman-Rinaldi, Maddie's Fund, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton

Pit bull star of 100+ Abandoned Dogs of Everglades Florida kills volunteer

February 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

125-pound pit bull who killed Pam Robb was featured in two online videos             OAKLAND PARK, Florida––Gladys,  the supersized star rescue pit bull at the Rescue House One shelter operated by 100+ Abandoned Dogs of Everglades Florida in Oakland Park,  Florida,   on the morning of February 17,  2022 killed volunteer Pamela W. Robb,  71,  of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Angie Anobile, Carmel Cafiero, Dahlia Canes, Gladys, Jan Halas Stenger, Merritt Clifton, Pam Robb, Sarah Martin

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