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Shimon Shuchat, 22, & Dick Goddard, 89, had animal advocacy in common

August 8, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

New York City activist & Cleveland weather forecaster were each legends in their spheres             NEW YORK CITY,  CLEVELAND––One of the youngest prominent animal advocates in the Northeastern U.S.,  Shimon Shuchat,  22,  and one of the oldest,  Dick Goddard,  89,  died a week apart,  on July 28 and August 2,  2020,  in New York City […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Judaism, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alex Hershaft, Bernard Unti, Donny Moss, Karen Davis, Matthew McGowen, Mei Zheng, Nadia Schilling, Rina Deych, Vincent Di Santo

“We face a humane education crisis!” says HSUS historian Unti

April 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Orphan cause was foundation of the animal advocacy movement (See also HSUS bails out of humane education; ASPCA & AHA already did.) SEATTLE,  Washington––To see overt cruelty to animals––and humans––today,  one need only go to Facebook or search on the Worldwide Web. No sort of cruelty or misery is far from view,  despite the efforts of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Bernard Unti, Caroline Earle White, Diana Belais, George Angell, Henry Bergh, Merritt Clifton, William Alan Swallow

HSUS bails out of humane education; ASPCA & AHA already did

April 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

A bear market for humane ed? (See also “We face a humane education crisis!” says HSUS historian Unti.)          SEATTLE,  Washington––The Humane Society of the United States on April 19,  2017 confirmed the long-rumored exit of the organization from humane education. After publication of the June/July 2017 edition,  the Humane Society of the U.S. said in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Akbar the Great, Belton Mouras, Bernard Unti, Merritt Clifton, Stephanie Itle-Clark

The five muckrakes whose ideas built the Humane Society of the U.S.

November 24, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

  How five journalists helped to shape the world’s largest animal charity (First of a 3-part series.  See also Did Cleveland Amory write to Ann Landers?  Yes!  and Fierce critics Ann Cottrell Free & Henry Spira goaded HSUS to mature.)           WASHINGTON D.C.––Celebrating the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Humane Society of the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Ann Cottrell Free, Ann Landers, Bernard Unti, Cleveland Amory, Fred Myers, Henry Spira, Mel Morse, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Humane classic: Ordeal of the Animals

November 24, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

by Mel Morse Prentice-Hall Inc.,  1968.  212 pages,  hardcover. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wrote Humane Society of the U.S. senior policy advisor Bernard Unti  in June 2011,  “Mel Morse,  the HSUS president in the years 1968-1970,  wrote a book in 1968 entitled Ordeal of the Animals.  It is a nice period piece,”  Unti assessed,  “a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Unti, Cleveland Amory Mel Morse, Helen Whittier Woodward, Merritt Clifton

Dogfight over HSI/HSUS dog rescues in South Korea

October 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Did the dogs come from dog meat farms or from puppy millers, hoarders, & dogfighters? SEOUL,  South Korea––Has Humane Society International thus far in 2015 bought out three South Korean breeders of dogs for meat,  or several puppy millers breeding primarily for the pet trade,  and/or unwittingly bought a dogfighter’s culls,  and/or just bought some […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Food, Greyhound racing, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Population control, Shelters, South Korea, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bernard Unti, Humane Society International, James Hyams, Korea Observer, Lola Webber, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

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