We are NOT the ASPCA!!! This is an exposé (and appeal) that Beth & I really did not want to have to write, but one of our faithful & reliable donors of $8.00 per month persuaded us that we had to –– because donors like her, for the most part, are paying not only for […]
ANIMALS 24-7 resigns from the Society of Environmental Journalists
Our commitment to environmental journalism continues Upon posting our resignation letter to the Society of Environmental Journalists listserv earlier tonight, September 4, 2020, Beth & I became aware that ANIMALS 24-7 appears to reach more environmental journalists, especially on animal-related news beats, than does the SEJ listserv itself. ANIMALS 24-7 certainly reaches a much more […]
“End human breeding of animals,” says Ed Duvin; ANIMALS 24-7 responds
Home-grown speciesism by Ed Duvin I have not written for publication on animal rights and animal sheltering since 1993, as I had largely achieved what I set out to accomplish and it was time for new voices to be heard. Having joined the animal rights movement in 1979, after working in the civil rights and […]
Wrestler Megan Milner is first Canadian pit bull fatality of 2020
Milner is fifth of six dog attack deaths in two weeks, four by pit bulls HALIFAX, Nova Scotia––Wrestler, martial arts expert, and experienced pit bull owner Megan Milner, 38, of Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, on the morning of June 9, 2020 became the twentieth known pit bull fatality of the year in the U.S. […]
Feral cats, TNR, & what we could learn from the fall of Rome
Video “Covid-19 & TNR for cats” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_AWoreQQ_I&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3wEMorrwskWhz6am72-SEkUQYzEeFXynGOO9kQyNZ0_HbSS1alKlTfAd0 Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Edward Gibbon, in authoring the 1776 six-volume tome The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, said nothing of feral cats, but a parallel plot outline may be developing––just out of sight and out of mind––in and around the […]
Yes, ANIMALS 24-7 is an essential service to the humane community!
You saw why just yesterday Two ANIMALS 24-7 headline articles posted just yesterday, We need to open up spay/neuter – now!, by Bryan Kortis, and Pit bull attack deaths only slightly slowed by COVID-19 stay-home orders, underscore why ANIMALS 24-7 remains on the job, as active as ever, through weeks of global shutdowns of all […]
Pogo: the Porpoise with a Purpose
A Serious Appeal to Kids for Ocean Life, Conservation, & Climate Change by Lorie Givens Available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other major online booksellers. 43 pages. Prices vary by seller and format. Reviewed by Beth Clifton Pogo, a harbor porpoise with a purpose and a message comes […]
“What can I do about it?”
Dear friends & readers: Among the questions Beth & I most often hear from occasional ANIMALS 24-7 readers, but not so much from longtime readers, after we expose yet another example of cruelty, corruption, incompetence, or institutional indifference toward an atrocity against animals, is “What can I do about it?” Some animal advocates seek links […]
Pit bulls on aircraft: ANIMALS 24-7 responds to federal proposal
To: DOT-OST-2018-0068 Docket Management Facility U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 Washington, DC 20590-0001 In response to: RIN No. 2105–AE63 Traveling by Air with Service Animals AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). From: Merritt & […]
Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2019 log
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