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Cats will now be fixed by India’s national Animal Birth Control program

March 21, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

Response to pack attacks:  new rules also restrict where & when feeders may feed street dogs CHENNAI, India––Cats,  as of March 10,  2023,  are at last included in the Indian national Animal Birth Control program,  operating since 2003. The inclusion of cats in effect officially recognizes neuter/return as the preferred method of cat population control […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Street dogs Tagged With: Animal Welfare Board of India, Blue Cross of India, Chinny Krishna, Citizens for Animal Rights, Merritt Clifton, Rishi Dev

Dog pack killing of 4-year-old, caught on video, shows need for ABC

March 4, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

20 years of India’s national Animal Birth Control program helps to quell rabies,  but not to reduce dog attacks,  because feeders continue to concentrate dogs in problematic places HYDERABAD,  India––Video security cameras set up above a car repair garage in Amberpet,  a 250-year-old suburb of 425-year-old Hyderabad,  India,  on February 19,  2023 shocked the nation […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Breeding, Cultural, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Population control, Rabies, Street dogs Tagged With: Amberpet, Animal Birth Control, Bareilly, Chinny Krishna, Hyderabad, Merritt Clifton

Food & Justice, veg history to be proud of, & chickenshit in Kentucky

September 11, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

What Brenda Sanders & Chinny Krishna don’t have in common with Sheriff John Root BALTIMORE, Maryland;  CHENNAI,  Tamil Nadu,  India;  London, Kentucky––Some people,  like Food & Justice web video host Brenda Sanders of Baltimore,  dedicate their lives to breaking down stereotypes and expanding the horizons of everyone around them. Some people,  like longtime Blue Cross […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Population control, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA Tagged With: Brenda Sanders, Chinny Krishna, Merritt Clifton, Sheriff John Root, Steve Hindi

Miyoko court win: the world doesn’t owe Big Dairy a living

August 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Dairy industry can kiss Miyoko’s vegan butter,  says judge SAN FRANCISCO, California––Jiminy Cricket!  The world doesn’t owe the dairy industry a living,  and Miyoko’s Creamery,  of Petaluma,  California,  does not need to change its advertising and product labeling just because the dairy industry would rather play the bull fiddle in court and before legislatures than […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Amanda Zaluckyj, Chinny Krishna, LaVone Dyer, Merritt Clifton, Miyoko Schinner, Richard Seeborg

Bullfighting politics take sharp twists in India

February 22, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Bullfighting foes receive national honors even as Tamil Nadu state government drops charges against 26,450 bullfighting defenders & heads of both major national parties support  bullfights             CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India––Jallikattu,  the Tamil Nadu form of bullfighting in which mobs abuse the bulls as they run through the streets during harvest festivals,  on February 20,  […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Science Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dipak Misra, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, Prani Mitra, R.M. Kharb, Rahul Gandhi

Maneka makes waves as animal welfare minister (November 1998)

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Moved rapidly on marine mammal exhibition, cattle transport, & wild-caught bird trade NEW DELHI––Contrary to Press Trust of India and New Zealand Press Association reports of October 7,  Indian minister for social justice and empowerment Maneka Gandhi did not ban animal experiments in India effective on October 8,  1998  but she did announce draft regulations […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Birds, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashoke Chatterjee, Chinny Krishna, Guman Mal Lodha, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

India bans dolphin exhibitions

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“We will not allow dolphinariums” May/June 2013 DELHI––“We will not allow dolphinariums,”  Indian environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan on May 8,  2013 told Chetan Chahan of the Hindustan Times. “The environment ministry rejected plans to develop dolphinariums in the Noida neighborhood of Delhi,  Kochi in Kerala,  and in Mumbai,  some of which have been […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Jayanthi Natarajan, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Nanditha Krishna

COVID-19: Trump order reopening slaughterhouses was not about food

April 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

But preserving profits, “red state” votes,  and keeping workers on the job despite risk were of paramount concern             SIOUX CITY, Iowa––Risk of a U.S. food shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic had nothing to do with the April 28,  2020 decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act to keep slaughterhouses running. […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Workers Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dave Dreeszen, Donald Trump, Esther Mechler, John Tyson, Merritt Clifton, Roger Witherspoon

Heart failure fells Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) founder Helmut Dungler, 56

January 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dungler died at the Lionsrock sanctuary he founded             BETHLEHEM,  South Africa––Helmut Dungler,  56,  founder of the international animal charity Vier Pfoten (Four Paws),  died on January 5,  2020 from a sudden massive heart attack suffered on one of his frequent visits to the Lionsrock sanctuary,  among the biggest and most ambitious of the many […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Central Europe, Chickens, Croatia, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Population control, Poultry, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Street dogs, Street performers, Sub-Saharan, Ukraine, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Chinny Krishna, Helmut Dungler, Ioana Dungler, Josef Pfabigan, Merritt Clifton, Signe Preuschoft

#DontGetMilked makes a splash in the heart of hypocritical cow worship

June 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocates wean themselves from the “gaushala” dairy tradition             NEW DELHI,  India––The billboard message “#DontGetMilked.  Ditch Dairy!  Go Vegan!” posted recently in Nehru Place,  New Delhi by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations (FIAPO),  is a crowd-stopper. It might not rate a blink, let alone a shocked doubletake from visiting American and European […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Arpan Sharma, Chinny Krishna, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Varda Mehrotra

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