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“Rez dogs” kill two people in two days––but likely were not born there

April 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Deaths underscore that Native American lands are no more an appropriate venue for dumping dangerous dogs than “crazy cat ladies” are for dumping kittens             SPIRIT LAKE, North Dakota;  MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT,  Iowa;  TELLICO VILLAGE,  Tennessee––Native Americans were the victims of two fatal dog attacks in two days on March 27 and March 28,  2022,  on […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Chaille Simone Morgan, Douglas Yankton, Francis Cavanaugh, Matt Henson, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger

What RU-486 means for animals

January 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

FDA decision on Mifrepristone may bring back birth control pet food––but definitely not Alex Pacheco’s “Spay and neuter cookies” (See FDA verdict on Mifrepristone upstages more nonsense from Alex Pacheco.) WASHINGTON D.C.––The pharmacological race to be first to market a safe,  affordable,  easily administered contraceptive drug for dogs,  cats,  and nuisance wildlife,  somewhat quiet of […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Carnation, Cheque Drops, Matthew Perrone, Merritt Clifton, Mifeprex, Mifrepristone, Milbolerone, RU-486, Upjohn

Public shelters: refuge for animals or not?

December 30, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

by Wendolyn Aragon,  president,  Pet Assistance Foundation Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. nearly two years ago,  in 2020,  most U.S. animal shelters adopted some variation of managed admissions,  an approach long promoted by the “no kill” movement,  only admitting animals in need of emergency care. This was concerning, since it was breeding […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: 90% live release rate, Austin Pets Alive, Best Friends Animal Society, Pet Assistance Foundation, RTF, TNR

“Spay-It-Forward” says Dr. Jeff, Rocky Mountain Vet

December 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Veterinarian Jeff Young updates an idea from Menander, Ben Franklin,  & Ralph Waldo Emerson DENVER, Colorado––Jeff Young,  DVM,  star of the reality TV show Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet,  reaching more than a million viewers per episode since 2015,  wants to sell the veterinary and humane communities on the concept he calls Spay-It-Forward. Young,  an animal control officer […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Mexico, Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Hiro Yamasaki, Jeff Young, Marvin Mackie, Merritt Clifton, Petra Mickova

Can Las Vegas really get to no-kill animal control? Don’t bet on it.

November 28, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Reality in Las Vegas is a lack of realism about the realities of the job             LAS VEGAS, Nevada––Each spin of the roulette wheel,  each toss of the dice,  each turn of the cards,  each yank of the lever on the one-armed bandit slot machines,  builds breathless anticipation,  but ends with exactly the same result,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Bryce Henderson, Christine Robinson, Darcy Spears, Dart Anthony, Kate Hurley, Mary Herro, Merritt Clifton, Richard Herro

Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts

November 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Author of Animal Rights & Human Morality and The Unheeded Cry FORT COLLINS,  Colorado––Bernard Elliot Rollin,  Ph.D.,  78,  better known as just Bernie Rollin,  died on November 19,  2021. Remembered and appreciated as an entertaining,  provocative,  and often persuasive bridge among the animal rights,  animal welfare,  academic,  veterinary,  and legal communities during his 51 years […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spay/neuter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: David DeGrazia, Fred Allison, Henry Spira, Jeff Dodge, Linda Rollin, Merritt Clifton, Rene Descartes, Richard Avanzino, Richard Bonner

How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession

October 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Diagnosis by Dr. Jeff Young, Rocky Mountain Vet, & prescription by Bob Christiansen could provide a cure-all Drawing from a million to 1.7 million viewers per episode of his reality TV show Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet,  Jeff Young might be considered the most influential veterinarian in the world. Certainly Young must be the most […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Bob Christiansen, Cesar Millan, Heidi Leuders, Jeff Young, live release, Merritt Clifton, pit bull, Steffen Baldwin

19 dead puppies & $12,000 in fines, but shelter director says he’d do it again?

October 5, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

301 code violations & losing newly transported pups to parvovirus wasn’t bad enough? CAMDEN, Delaware––That the First State Animal Center & SPCA in Camden,  Delaware recently lost 19 puppies to parvovirus is no great shock to veterans of animal care and rescue:  sometimes bloody diarrhea happens among stressed puppies brought or transported to shelters,  no […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Christina Motoyoshi, John Parana, Jon Parana, Julie Castle, Merritt Clifton, Shannon Marvel McNaught

D.C. Cat Count confirms low feral cat population, lots of free-roaming pets

September 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Birder claims about feral cats hugely exaggerated             WASHINGTON D.C.––Three years & expenditure of $1.5 million after it started,  the D.C. Cat Count results are in,  if not yet formally published in scientific media. The D.C. Cat Count findings demonstrate chiefly what ANIMALS 24-7 has argued for decades:  both birder and cat advocacy organization claims […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Alley Cat Rescue, George Fenwick, John Marbanks, Merritt Clifton, Nico Dauphine, Tyler Flockhart

Albuquerque animal shelter may lead U.S. in staff maulings

September 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department has been repeatedly spotlighted since circa 2010 for housing & rehoming high-risk dogs  ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––Yet again an Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department employee has suffered a severe dog attack on the job. Yet again observers who should know better are often looking in the wrong places for the reasons why. Reported […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Barbara Bruin, Carolyn Ortega, Chris Ramirez, Jim Ludwick, Merritt Clifton, Tim Keller

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