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BLM bans cyanide-shooting “coyote-getters,” but keeps it very quiet

November 25, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Bureau of Land Management hid the announcement––why? WASHINGTON, D.C.––Has Bureau of Land Management director Tracy Stone-Manning really banned the use of M-44 “coyote getter” cyanide-shooting traps on BLM lands? “Yes,  it’s real,”  Predator Defense Fund president Brooks Fahey assured ANIMALS 24-7 late on November 24,  2023,  providing an unpublicized link to confirmation at https://www.blm.gov/programs/fish-and-wildlife. Ducking […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: ALDF, Brooks Fahey, Canyon Mansfield, Donald Molloy, Jared Huffman, Merritt Clifton, Tracy Stone-Manning

Oregon halts wildlife killing contests; New York gov Hochul dithers

September 22, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

New York legislature passed bill to ban wildlife killing contests three months ago,  but governor has yet to sign it into law             BEND,  Oregon;  ALBANY, New York––The Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on September 15, 2023 voted unanimously to prohibit wildlife killing contests for coyotes and other species classified as unprotected mammals in the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Predators, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Deborah Glick, Gwendolyn Craig, Kathy Hochul, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Mike Finley

“Bloody hell!” Elizabeth II set poor example on hunting, but loved her dogs

September 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Corgis were almost certainly first to mourn LONDON,  U.K.–– Queen Elizabeth II,  96,  who ceremonially ruled the United Kingdom for 70 years and 214 days,  died on September 8, 2022 at Balmoral Castle,  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  one of the three royal hunting estates. The others are the 20,000-acre Sandringham estate,  in Norfolk,  England,   and Dalnadamph,  a 6,700-acre […]

Filed Under: African species, Bears, Breeding, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fur trapping, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Isles, Killing contests, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Scotland, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Prince Harry, Prince Philip, Prince William, Princess Anne, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Sandringham

Why the Second Amendment does not protect either hunting animals or self-defense

July 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The only form of either “hunting” or “self defense” that concerned the 2nd Amendment authors was catching fugitive slaves & quelling slave revolts No part of the U.S. Constitution seems better known to hunters and other gun owners,  or is more vehemently defended by pro-hunting and pro-gun organizations,  than the single sentence that is the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Sports, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Burton Newman, Carl T. Bogus, Franklin Orth, Henry David Thoreau, John Paul Stevens, Karl T. Frederick, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Henry, Thom Hartmann, Wayne Pacelle

Wisconsin hunters overkill the wolf bag limit by half in just 72 hours

February 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But Spain,  with twice as many wolves in about the same amount of habitat,  puts wolves off limits to hunters             MADISON, Wisconsin;  MADRID,  Spain––Wisconsin hunters and trappers killed 216 wolves in under 72 hours during the last week of February 2021,  97 more than the “management target” of 119,  obliging the state Department of […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Predators, Sheep & goats, Spain, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: James Badcock, Merritt Clifton, Paul A. Smith, Todd Richmond, Vincent West

Talk can’t stop pigeon-shooting psychopaths, by Steve Hindi

November 14, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Why is Showing Animals Respect & Kindness alone in fighting pigeon shoots? [Guest columnist Steve Hindi founded Showing Animals Respect & Kindness,  https://sharkonline.org/,  in 1992.] The cowardly psychopaths of the Philadelphia Gun Club,  located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, began their slaughter season on Friday the thirteenth of November 2020,  shooting emaciated,  dehydrated live pigeons tossed out […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Heidi Prescott, HSUS, Humane Society of the U.S., Philadelphia Gun Club, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz

Noted in passing: Bryant, Paulsen, Carothers, Domingues, & Weingartner

February 27, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Activist legends in U.K., New Mexico,  Texas,  Louisiana,  & California Recently deceased longtime animal advocates John Bryant of Dorset,  U.K.,  Judy Paulsen of Corrales,  New Mexico,  Randy Carothers of Rockwell,  Texas,  Rae Nell Domingues of Lafayette,  Louisiana,  and Susan Weingartner of southern California most likely never crossed paths in person,  and may never even have […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Greyhound racing, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Isles, Killing contests, Predators, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom, Urban wildlife, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: John Bryant, Judy Paulsen, Merritt Clifton, Rae Nell Domingues, Randy Carothers, Susan Weingartner

Earth Day dilemma: enviro agencies addicted to deadly chemicals

April 22, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Catherine de Medici might have considered wildlife poisoning schemes medieval Let me tell you about the birds and bees,  and the cats and the rats,  and the possums and the pigs,  and the chemical-addicted descendants of Catherine de Medici at USDA Wildlife Services,  Threatened Species Strategy of Australia,  and Zero Invasive Predators of New Zealand, […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Bees, Birds, Conservation, Dog use, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Organizations, Politics, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Catherine de Medici, Jo Pollard, Maggie Barry, Merritt Clifton, Will Harvie

Killing contests: culture war losers flip the bird

February 20, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The whole point is to be part of a gang doing the socially unacceptable To non-hunters,  little could present a worse advertisement for hunting than the photographs,  widely distributed via social media,  of the 149 corpses of coyotes hung by their tails from a barbed wire-topped chain link fence outside American Legion Post 76 in […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Feature Home Top, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Marine life, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann Landers, Cleveland Amory, Dave Pauli, Fred C. Coleman, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Robert Jackson, Robert Norton, Sam Schipani

“Shoot drones, not pigeons,” SHARK founder dares gun clubs

October 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Current drones have pigeon-like flight qualities             GENEVA,  Illinois––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi, gambling on video surveillance missions for more than a decade that he is a better drone pilot than pigeon shooters are anti-aircraft gunners,  on October 2,  2018 formalized the contest in a video entitled Drone Challenge for Cruel, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Birds, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Bob Tobash, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi

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