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Waterloo denies pit bull killed baby; Tulsa ignores 2 more pit bull deaths

May 5, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Tulsa Animal Services,  police,  & media say nothing of three fatal pit bull attacks in 10 days WATERLOO, Iowa;  TULSA, Oklahoma––“Authorities are trying to determine how a beloved family pet turned into a killer,  attacking a baby in a tragedy that shook the Waterloo community,”  wrote Waterloo Courier reporter Jeff Reinitz on May 4,  2023. […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Glenna Blackwelder, John Hunter, John Reed, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton, Sherri Carrier, Tulsa Animal Welfare

Cullman County, Alabama: combatting cockfighting in a KKK stronghold

May 3, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness aims to see the sun set on one of the Ku Klux Klan’s biggest fundraising rackets in one of the most notorious of “Sundown” counties CULLMAN,  Alabama––Cockfighting,  the Ku Klux Klan,  and corruption of law enforcement came together from Georgia to Cullman County,  Alabama,  home of the Bug Tussle cockpit,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Bug Tussle, John G. Cullman, Ku Klux Klan, Merritt Clifton, Monroe Evans, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, White Caps

Dog meat farmers’ protest reflects grassroots success in South Korea

April 28, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Home-grown anti-dog meat campaign succeeds where boycotts,  petitions,  & bashing failed for 40 years             SEOUL,  South Korea––About 50 people on April 25,  2023 straggled through the streets of Seoul,  the national capital of South Korea,  in a protest about dog-eating. Animal advocates’ events often attract much bigger crowds these days. These protesters were among […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Humane history, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, South Korea, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Animal Wellness Action, cockfighting, Humane Farming Association, Kim Keon Hee, Kim Min-seok, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Yoon Suk Yeol

Joey Nelson, not prosecuted for cruelty to cattle, does triple life for murder

April 27, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

After starving nearly 1,000 calves,  Nelson shot two creditors & burned their bodies             KANSAS CITY,  Missouri––If Garland Joseph “Joey” Nelson,  28,  had been promptly prosecuted and sentenced for animal neglect and abuse committed in the name of cattle ranching more than five years ago,  he might still be in prison,  seeking parole. Nelson instead […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, USA Tagged With: Braymer, Garland Joseph Nelson, Justin Diemel, Merritt Clifton, Nick Diemel, Tomme Feil

Hitting cockfights in four states, SHARK takes on boxing champ Roy Jones Jr.

April 25, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Flies drone into Misssissipi cockpit on the way home TUPELO,  Mississippi;  BUG TUSSLE,  Alabama;  PENSACOLA,  Florida––Monday mornings at ANIMALS 24-7 tend to be a bit like show-and-tell in kindergarten.  Animal advocates from around the world check in by email,  Facebook messaging,  text messaging,  and sometimes even by telephone to let us know what they have […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Bailey Martin, Buddy Baughman, Bug Tussle, D.L. Parker, Merritt Clifton, Sheriff Jim Johnson, Steve Hindi

Does not acknowledging a fatal pit bull attack mean it did not happen?

April 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Tulsa silence is deafening TULSA, Oklahoma––How do the Tulsa Police Department and City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Department suppress rising public alarm over fatal and disfiguring dog attacks,  primarily by pit bulls? Perhaps by pretending that such attacks have not occurred? On April 19,  2023,  ANIMALS 24-7 received information relayed through a longtime trusted confidential […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Glenna Blackwelder, Klonda Richey, Mark Kumpf, Merritt Clifton, Sherri Carrier, Tulsa

How meat & dairy “won the fall,” but Tofurky kicked ass in courtroom judo

April 21, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Tofurky shareholders won “upward of $50 million” too HOOD RIVER, Oregon––Vegan judokas may particularly appreciate a recent combination of swift moves by the Toyko-based dairy company Morinaga Milk Group,  now owner of The Tofurky Company. On April 12,  2023,  Morinaga won the key points in a landmark federal case over vegan and vegetarian product labeling […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Pacific rim, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Jaime Athos, Merritt Clifton, Miyoko, Morinaga, Seth Tibbott

Cockfighters + chickenshit spreads H5N1 avian flu, killing 58.6 million birds

April 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Ignoring cockfights,  sheriffs & state troopers put whole communities at risk TUPELO,  Mississippi––One of these days Lee County,  Mississippi sheriff Jim Johnson may be forcefully reminded by agents of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that allowing cockfights to go on practically under his nose is not just a matter of ignoring state and federal law. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Disease, Eggs, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mexico, Poultry, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Buddy Baughman, H5N1, Merritt Clifton, Sheriff Jim Johnson, Steve Hindi

“Flesh & blood scattered everywhere”: Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023

April 16, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Five fatalities, the most in a week this year LANSING, Michigan––Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023 ended with the most fatal dog attacks of any week this year,  capped by one in Lansing,  Michigan, described by Sheyenne Tinges,  22,  in an appeal to the Lansing State Journal page on Facebook for “any recommendations for biohazard remediation/crime […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, South America, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Christchurch, Merritt Clifton, Rikiana Hirawani, Sheyenne Tinges

Woman killed by pit bulls where cockfighters appear to own the law

April 15, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

More animal-related mayhem along 24 miles of “quiet” country road than in many big cities WHITELY CITY,  Kentucky––Bad things involving animals happen along the 24-mile route from Slab Vanover Road,  between Honeybee and Parker’s Lake in northern McCreary County,  Kentucky,  to Honest Abe’s cockpit at 303 Low Gap Road,  two miles east of Pine Knot,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Dezmond R. Thomas Trawick, Honest Abe's, McCreary County, Merritt Clifton, Michael Soard, Stephanie E. Fields, Steve Hindi, Vinson Tucker, Wilma Lee "Polly" Ridner

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