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Martha Lillard, 73 years in an iron lung, warned against vaccine resistance

July 14, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Martha Lillard worked on behalf of beagle rescue,  & to encourage vaccination of both dogs and humans SHAWNEE,  Oklahoma––Martha Lillard,  78,  a longtime Pottawatomie County Humane Society online volunteer,  a strong advocate for vaccination of both people and dogs,  and the last known U.S. polio victim to spend most of her life in an iron […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Rabies, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Baha Salh, Cindy Marabito, Cindy McVey, Martha Lillard, Merritt Clifton, Natasha Teasley, Paul Alexander

Do Hurricane Harvey animals need “Best Friends” like these?

September 5, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull advocates defame the Houston SPCA & Beaumont animal rescue center          BEAUMONT,  Texas––The foulest murky depths in Beaumont,  Texas a week after Hurricane Harvey were not those left by the storm itself,  but rather by an ad hoc coalition of pit bull advocates whetting old grudges against the Houston SPCA,  possible dog thieves […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Cindy Marabito, Crystal Holmes, Emily Fawcett, Julie Kuenstle, Kayla Sanchez, Merritt Clifton, Patti Mercer, Tawneee Preisner

American Pit Bull Examiner flunks examination

February 19, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

While “Sudden Random Unprovoked Violent” blogger retires with distinction AUSTIN,  BOSTON,  SEATTLE––Two of the most widely read blogs about pit bulls came almost simultaneously to an end in February 2016,  under strikingly different circumstances. On or about February 6,  2016,  the online news-and-commentary host Examiner.com,  claiming 20 million readers worldwide,  delisted American Pit Bull Examiner […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Left, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Cindy Marabito, Darla Napora, Donna Reynolds, IMediaEthics, Katie Kausch, Merritt Clifton, Reunion Rescue, Rhonda Roland Shearer, Thomas Mair

Pit bull advocates

December 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull advocates •  Absence of pit bull advocacy remorse prevents resolving the pit bull issue •  Too hot transport, dog attack death, & unaccountable rescues all in one case •  Pit bull pusher Steffen Baldwin gets 15.5 years on 32 felony counts •  Trainer of pit bull “service dogs” for veterans faked just about […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Screen industry, Training, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Branwny Finch, Cesar Millan, Cindy Marabito, Merritt Clifton

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