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The Six Million Dollar Chimps

June 3, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Will $6 million be enough to provide lifetime care to as many as 66 chimps abandoned in Liberia by the New York Blood Center?             NEW YORK CITY,  WASHINGTON D.C.––Response from animal advocates was mixed after Humane Society of the U.S. president Wayne Pacelle on May 30,  2017 announced a $6 million commitment from the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Lab animals, Liberia, Sanctuaries, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Jane Goodall, Kaleigh Rogers, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Richard Wrangham, Wayne Pacelle

How multi-state effort to save the pit bull Blue led to Code Blue for Margaret Colvin

June 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Reportedly surrendered for biting a child,  Blue was routed through five rescue programs in six months before killing 90-year-old          VIRGINIA BEACH,  Virginia––Fatally mauled by a pit bull named Blue just six hours after Forever Home Rescue & Rehabilitation delivered him to her daughter Linda Colvin Patterson at their home in Virginia Beach,  Virginia,  Margaret […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Training, USA Tagged With: Amber Patterson, Jamie Cochran, Linda Colvin Patterson, Margaret M. Colvin, McLovin, Merritt Clifton, Toni Enright

“Ban white tigers & lion/tiger hybrids,” sanctuarians beg feds

May 22, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Petition seeks rulemaking under Animal Health Protection Act & Animal Welfare Act             WASHINGTON D.C.––Nearly 200 years of entrepreneurs speculatively breeding white tigers and lion/tiger hybrids are enough,  say a coalition of animal advocacy organizations and several leading sanctuaries where “tigons,”  “ligers,”  and “liligers” have lived out their days after proving no longer profitable for […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Bhagavan Antle, Big Cat Rescue, Edward Maruska, Joe Schreibvogel, Lions Tigers & Bears, Merritt Clifton, Siegfried & Roy, William Conway

Wolf hybrids

April 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Wolf hybrids • Child gives an arm to pet a wolf hybrid • The Wolf in Dog’s Clothing,  by Margaret A. Cleek, Ph.D Please donate to support our work:  http://www.animals24-7.org/donate (We need your help!)

Filed Under: Animal control, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Margaret Anne Cleek, Merritt Clifton

Child gives an arm to pet a wolf hybrid

April 14, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Wolf hybrids are still as deadly as ever––and maybe more so          OLYMPIA,  Washington––A three-year-old boy lost an arm on April 3,  2017,  after apparently trying to pet a wolf hybrid through a fence at a breeding compound belonging to family members in rural Thurston County,  Washington. The attack was a vivid reminder that attacks […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Angie Nickerson, Annie Andrews, Beth Duman, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Carpenter, Wendy Spencer

One million readers!

March 27, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

(Beth Clifton collage) What making our first million means ANIMALS 24-7,  in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday,  March 26,  2017,  reached our one millionth reader,  three weeks short of the third anniversary of our online debut on April 12,  2014. We have no idea who our millionth reader was,  or where,  or […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Humane history, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA

“Rescue hoarding” cases horrify Iowa

March 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Iowa cases exemplify national trend          DES MOINES,  Iowa––Arrested on February 13,  2017,  Bully Breed Miracle Networking & Rescue founder Lindsey Morrow,  41,  is awaiting trial in Warren County,  Iowa,  on five counts of animal torture,  five counts of animal neglect,  second-degree theft,  second-degree fraudulent practice and ongoing criminal conduct. Alerted to conditions of severe […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Kim Norvell, Lindsey Morrow, Merritt Clifton, Natalie Finn, Nathan Winograd, Nicole Marie Finn, Richard Avanzino, Sarah Mervosh, Whitney Smither

Settlement of alleged neglect case at ISPMB could set up a repeat

February 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros is allowed to keep & breed horses          LANTRY,  South Dakota––The fate of the remaining horses at the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros ranch straddling the Dewey and Ziebach county lines in north-central South Dakota was on January 27,  2017 “settled” on […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA, Wild horses Tagged With: Elaine Nash, Fleet of Angels, Karen Sussman, Merritt Clifton, Return to Freedom, Seth Tupper, Velma Johnston

No Kill Conference & No-Kill Directory founder Lynda Foro, 74

December 28, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Foro was instrumental in turning the no-kill goal into a movement By Merritt Clifton          KNOXVILLE,  Tennessee––Lynda J. Foro,  74,  organizer of the first six annual No Kill Conferences,  1995-2001,  died on December 27,  2016 in Jefferson City,  Tennessee,  her home of the past several years during a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Early years […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Bonney Brown, Christine French, Gwen Foro, Lynda J. Foro, Merritt Clifton

Auction date set for survivors of ISPMB wild horse sanctuary meltdown

December 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Victorious Dakota Access protesters unlikely to ride to the rescue          LANTRY,  South Dakota––If just one Dakota Access pipeline protester in 10 could stop at the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros premises en route home from the multi-month vigil that kept the pipeline from crossing the Missouri River by passing under Lake […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Novak, Colleen Marie Burns, Darci Adams, Jay Kirkpatrick, Karen Sussman, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Feral

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