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Pit bull advocates owe Michael Vick bigtime, at victims’ expense

April 27, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Can victim advocacy restore integrity to the humane cause?          WASHINGTON,  D.C.––The 2007 conviction of football star Michael Vick for dogfighting helped hundreds of animal welfare executives and their minions to get filthy rich,  yet the animal advocacy groups pocketing the money did little,  if anything,  to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the April 20,  2007 drug […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Humane history, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, Beth Clifton, Cheryl Duffield, Dave Duffield, Emily Weiss, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Wayne Pacelle

Maddie’s Fund scraps model shelter plan

April 27, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

            PLEASANTON, California––The long-awaited state-of-the-art Maddie’s Fund teaching and training shelter turns out to be no shelter at all. Whether this reflects a change in the Maddie’s Fund thinking about how best to transition the U.S. to no-kill animal control is unclear,  but the decision to scrap the notion of building a teaching-and-training shelter comes […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Dave Duffield, Julie Levy, Kate Hurley, Maddie's Fund, Merritt Clifton, Richard Avanzino

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