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Is your allegiance to movement leadership or those you serve? by Ed Duvin

August 27, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Choose wisely,  as homeless animals have no choice.             Editor’s note:  ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist Ed Duvin began his long career in social justice movements in civil rights and anti-poverty work during the Lyndon Johnson presidential administration. He later advised animal advocacy organizations including the Humane Society of the U.S., the No-Kill Conference, and In […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Asilomar Accords, Lynda Foro, Marvin Mackie, Richard Avanzino

“No kill”: Still stumbling in the dark after all these years, by Ed Duvin

January 13, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Metrics of misery:  a flawed live release rate Editor’s note:  ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist Ed Duvin,  often called “The Father of the No-Kill Movement” for his widely distributed 1989 essay  In the Name of Mercy,  wrote in that essay,  “If our movement spent as much time soberly evaluating our policies and programs as we do […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Animal Balance, Asilomar Accords, Fibonacci of Pisa, Leonardo Bonacci, Marvin Mackie, Merritt Clifton, Robert Lewis Plumb

Retired: Bob Rohde personified “your Dumb Friends” for 45 years

February 13, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Worked his way to the top from cleaning cages DENVER,  Colorado––Possibly the longest serving executive ever of a humane society that he did not himself found,  Robert “Bob” Rohde,  68,  on February 9,  2018 turned over the presidency of the Denver Dumb Friends League to Apryl Steele,  DVM,  after nearly 45 years with the organization […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Apryl Steele, Asilomar Accords, Colorado Humane Society, Jann Rohde, Merritt Clifton, North Shore Animal League, Sharon Harmon

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