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Vicky Crosetti, 66: “She was a good friend,” to animals & humans

October 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

ANIMALS 24-7 founding board member KNOXVILLE,  Tennessee––Vicky Crosetti,  for 19 years executive director of the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and a founding member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors,  died on January 22,  2020,  after a multi-year fight against lung cancer and a variety of other serious health issues. Crosetti would have […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Anna Sandhu Ray McBee, Dave Krishock, Debbie Clark, Franke Crosetti, Gladys Sargent, Jayne Vaughan, John Crosetti, Mark Siegel, Merritt Clifton, Nina L. Margetson, Tim Burchett, Victoria S. Krishock, Warren Cox

Acquittal of “open rescue” activists rattles factory farms from Utah to China

October 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung & co-defendant Paul Picklesimer were prosecuted for “stealing” two piglets left to die ST. GEORGE, Utah––Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung, defending himself, and co-defendant Paul Darwin Picklesimer, represented by veteran Salt Lake City lawyer Mary Corporon, were on October 8, 2022 acquitted by jury on all charges pertaining […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, China, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Amy Soranno, Circle Four Farms, Merritt Clifton, Nick Schafer, Paul Darwin Picklesimer, Smithfield Foods, Wayne Hsiung

Pit bull “nanny dogs” kill three children, two adults, in nine days

October 7, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Tennessee attack killed two children and left mother in critical condition              MEMPHIS,  LUBBOCK, LIVERPOOL, GQERBERHA––Five fatal pit bull attacks in nine days and three nations––the U.S.,  the United Kingdom,  and South Africa––ended September and opened October 2022. Three victims were children.  All but one of the victims were members of the households of experienced […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Laws & politics, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Ann Dunn, Colby Bennard, Hollace Bennard, Jack Looney, Kirstie Jane Bennard, Lilly Jane Bennard, Marlo Matthews, Merritt Clifton, Storm Nuku

Earth First! founder & “conservative conservationist” Dave Foreman, 74

September 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Was also “rewilding” advocate & outspoken opponent of immigration Dave Foreman,  74,  died on September 19,  2022 in Albuquerque,  New Mexico. Born in 1947,  the son of a U.S. Air Force sergeant,  Foreman spent most of his life in and around Albuquerque,  before,  after,  and during two decades of fame as the often controversial and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Christianity, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: American Wildlands, B.J. Bergman, Clif Merritt, Edward Abbey, Glen Canyon, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Morton, Paul Watson, Sierra Club, Wild Earth, Wilderness Society

Rebuilding Neptune’s Navy: Captain Paul Watson post-Sea Shepherd

September 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Build me an ark!” or at least help to buy one,  Watson tells supporters WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson on September 13,  2022 thanked Sea Shepherd France,  Sea Shepherd UK,  Sea Shepherd Brazil,  Sea Shepherd Austria,  and Sea Shepherd Tahiti for “loyal and much appreciated support for the establishment of the Captain Paul […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Jeff Hansen, Jolly Roger, Merritt Clifton, Pritam Singh

Pahrump dog breeders Platunov & Higgins allegedly starved 300 Ovarchkas

September 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Having one of the worst-ever neglect cases in Nye County,  Nevada,  is not easy PAHRUMP,  Nevada––Caucasian Ovcharka breeders Vasili Platunov and Oksana Higgins strung the authorities of Nye County,  Nevada along for years with one excuse after another for failing to comply with some of the lightest and least enforced animal care and control ordinances in the […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Police & military, Russia, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Darcy Spears, Frank Carbone, Merritt Clifton, Oksana Higgins, Vasili Platunov

Why was a sick horse, too old to work, pulling a New York City carriage?

August 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Opossum piss may have made the horse sick,  but why didn’t the 35-year driver see it?             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.–– The New York City Transport Workers Union might be said to have invoked the “Ernie Paragallo defense” on behalf of carriage horse owner/driver Ian McKeever,  54,  who during the evening rush hour on August […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Christina Hansen, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, Ernie Paragallo, Ian McKeever, Merritt Clifton, Ryder

Animal advocacy “Robin Hood” Gil Michaels dies at 80

August 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Michaels put $40 million into animal causes,  but was convicted of toner cartridge scam that netted more than $126 million,  according to the federal Department of Justice. VAN NUYS,  California––Gilbert N. Michaels,  80,  founder of the Compassion for Animals Foundation and Animal Guardians,  died on August 19,  2022,  while on compassionate release from a four-year […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Bullfighting, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Animal Guardians, Animals' Voice, Compassion for Animals Foundation, Holly LaRue, Laura Moretti, Marta Esteban, Merritt Clifton, pit-bulls, toner

“America’s rifle,” “America’s dog,” & some of America’s other most enduring fictions

August 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Promotions & defenses of the AR-15 and pit bulls are among “America’s big lies”             WASHINGTON D.C.;  KANAB, Utah––An AR-15,  as the world knows now,  dubbed  “America’s rifle,”  was on May 24,  2022 used yet again to massacre Americans,  this time 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,  Texas. (See […]

Filed Under: Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: America's cup, AR-15, Best Friends Animal Society, Mary Pickford, Merritt Clifton, Newtown, pit bull, Uvalde

Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?

August 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 88th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to conclude on August 14,  2022,  as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Bizarre as is the race itself,  down an extremely steep […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Native American beliefs, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Wild horses Tagged With: Alex Dick, Allison Williams, Claire Pentz, Karen West, Larry Lansburgh, Lillian A. Ackerman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Timiraos, Roger Harnack, Warren Cox, Will Anderson

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