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How to protect yourself, others, & your dog from a pit bull attack (2022)

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Tips based on 40 years’ worth of data by Merritt & Beth Clifton The Collier County Sheriff’s Office,  in East Naples,  Florida,  recently honored school bus driver Fabian Golac for heroism in saving a woman and her poodle from a January 2022 pit bull attack that could easily have been fatal. “I picked up the kids, […]

Why was there “a long lull in KY law enforcement against cockfighting?”

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by Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness “Another long lull in Kentucky law enforcement against cockfighting followed,  until the SHARK campaign debuted in 2020,”  ended the January 26,  2022 ANIMALS 24-7 article entitled Two cockfights stopped; Steve Hindi credits local opposition.             That sentence referenced the scarcity of cockfighting busts in Kentucky between a […]

“We are fine;  the problem is with everyone else,” by Steve Hindi

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The animal cause needs an oil change & new spark plugs When I first read the title of Does guilt have a place in animal rights activism?,  the most recent ANIMALS 24-7 guest column by United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis,  I hoped it referenced the faults and failures of our side. Then I started […]

International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal, 87

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Animal advocate,  teacher, conservationist,  investigative journalist,  and beloved friend to primates,  both human and nonhuman              SUMMERVILLE,  South Carolina––“With heavy hearts,  we are informing Shirley’s many friends that she died Saturday morning,”   the International Primate Protection League posted to founder Shirley McGreal’s Facebook page on November 21,  2021. McGreal,  87,  “had been in declining health […]

Assault on SHARK investigators brings felony & misdemeanor convictions

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Sentencing for attack on Steve Hindi & Adam Fahnestock by alleged cockfighters is set for November 10             IRONTON, Ohio––James V. “Bub” Newcomb II,  54,  of Waterloo,  Ohio,  was on November 5,  2021 convicted of two felonies and one misdemeanor resulting from his January 3,  2021 attack on Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder […]

The Rottweilers in my life: that could have been me

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by Beth Clifton Listening to our friend Ann Marie Rogers describe how two family Rottweilers on September 2, 2021 killed her mother,  Sally Fredrica Rogers, 91,  was among my most emotionally troubling hours in a lifetime as former police officer,  animal control officer,  and vet tech;  animal rescuer;  and now as ANIMALS 24-7 co-editor whose […]

Cockfights: Laurel County, KY Sheriff John Root avows he won’t do his job

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Sheriff Root’s bizarre 56th birthday Facebook posting suggests he is ready for retirement             LONDON, Kentucky––In what parallel universe does a county sheriff run for re-election by boasting of non-enforcement of state laws,  pledging to continue not enforcing them,  slandering critics with demonstrably false allegations from criminal suspects facing trial, endorsing abuse of the injured […]

How zombies from hell ate animal protection, by Steve Hindi

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“Zombie groups” raise funds & do little else [Video version is accessible at https://youtu.be/NleYZ6GAC8Y.] Hi folks.  I’m Steve Hindi for SHowing Animals Respect & Kindness. My friends Beth and Merritt Clifton of ANIMALS 24-7 on May 9,  2021 posted an article, Animal labs get free pass on inspections; AV groups mostly don’t notice,  that,  if anyone […]

Seaspiracy: seas, piracy, & Cowspiracy meet fishy business

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Fishing industry screams bloody murder Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Seaspiracy,  whose title is a fusion of “seas” and “piracy,”  and a play on Cowspiracy,  the 2014 independent blockbluster documentary also produced by Kip Anderson,  on March 24,  2021 premiered worldwide on Netflix. Within 10 days Seaspiracy had become a runaway hit,  seen by […]