by guest columnist Ed Boks Is it time for national animal welfare organizations to rethink their positions on pit bulls? This is the recommendation of ANIMALS 24-7, voiced several times in so many words by social media editor and photographer Beth Clifton, who is a former Miami Beach police officer, animal control officer, elementary school teacher, veterinary […]
How long would you freeze to get a good raccoon photo?
Dear friends of ANIMALS 24-7: Beth just spent the past hour freezing on our back porch in her nightgown, photographing a raccoon who came looking for cat food. I thought Beth was taking clothing out of the dryer. When I realized where Beth was, about half an hour after she vanished, I took her a […]
Beth & Merritt’s Cheap, Quick & Easy Meatless Balls
On top of spaghetti, all covered with sauce, if you don’t try our meatless balls, that’s your tummy’s loss! Serves 6+ Makes 32 balls, 1.25” in diameter Costs about 10% as much per ball as popular store-bought meatless ball brands! Mix together well: 1 pound of mashed silken tofu (other tofu styles may be substituted, […]
Helpful links for Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day
Both animal & human victims to be remembered on October 27, 2018 With “Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day,” October 27, 2018, fast approaching, including activities on behalf of both animal and human pit bull attack victims, many readers may find the Pit Stop Archive useful––a special sub-menu offered by ANIMALS 24-7 to help access our […]
“What would you say your legacy has been?”
Dear ANIMALS 24-7 readers: Beth and I, through the generosity of a donor who funded us specifically to attend, are just back from the 2018 Africa Animal Welfare Conference, held at the United Nations complex in Nairobi, Kenya. Though our daily online readership has never been greater, we have worked for half pay or less […]
Omak “Suicide Race” 2018: more dead horses & “kill the messenger”
Tribal baseball tradition much better documented than “suicide racing” OMAK, Washington––Add at least two more dead horses to the mounting toll from the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo “Suicide Race,” bringing the known toll since 1983 to 25, with many more suspected but undocumented, and no record existing of injuries and deaths from the first […]
ANIMALS 24-7: a date with the judge
A testimonial from Beth Today is our fourth wedding anniversary. Four years ago today, Merritt and I stood before a judge for all the right reasons, and were united as husband-and-wife. We are thankful for each day we have together, and thankful to be able to bring you the ANIMALS 24-7 news coverage. It is a labor of […]
What did the deer know before the deadly Carr Fire?
At least 17 fires in 170 years have swept the same canyons, but none before as big or fast-moving FRENCH GULCH, California––The Carr Fire, called a “wildfire tornado” by Cal Fire officials as it burned with enough intensity to create its own weather system, began about five miles where ANIMALS 24-7 social media editor Beth Clifton […]
The eagle has flown!
Around the Saratoga Passage in 80 days Shot through the wing by an as yet unidentified poacher, but rescued by ANIMALS 24-7, Elvis the Eagle on July 10, 2018 returned to the air after 80 days of rehabilitation. The release, by ANIMALS 24-7 photographer and social media editor Beth Clifton, was directed by Progressive Animal […]
What would you give to save an eagle?
Three grey whales watched us What would you give to see three grey whales foraging for ghost shrimp in the shallows at high tide over a mudflat, just their own body length away, scooping out feeding pits with their left flippers, their right flippers thrust skyward as if waving, pushing their huge heads forward through […]
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