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Darlene Wohler Larson,  78,  mentored generation of animal care workers

October 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Best known for long tenures with the National Animal Control Association & ASPCA Darlene Wohler Larson,  78,  died on October 17,  2022. “She had entered hospice after extended hospital care following surgery,”  longtime friend Bob Marotto announced via Facebook. “Darlene was an extraordinary and beloved person of great professional accomplishment,”  Marotto said,  but “never forgot […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Bob Marotto, Dave Pauli, Merritt Clifton, Mike Burgwin, NACA, Phil Arkow, Warren Cox

Bush vet Eric Jayne, 61, who survived wilds of Alaska, killed by truck

July 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Jayne spent career providing vet care to remote & indigenous communities             GRAND FORKS, North Dakota–– “Eric Jayne,  DVM,  lost his life this morning in a multi-vehicle accident near Grand Forks,  North Dakota,”  Humane Society of the U.S. senior state director Lisa Kauffman informed friends and colleagues at mid-day on July 2,  2021. “The North […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dog racing, Dog sledding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Craig Medred, Dave Pauli, Eric Davis, Freddy Jordan, Julie Clements, Kathleen WoodenKnife, Lisa Kauffman, Lori Gossard, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger, Sally Cooper Smith

30-year ASPCA rep Julie Morris, 1955-2019: The paradox of “St. Julie”

August 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Morris mostly told the humane community what it wanted to hear             NEW YORK, N.Y.––Julie Morris,  63,  an American SPCA staff member since 1990,  and a 41-year veteran of humane work,  died on August 3,  2019 after a multi-year battle with cancer. Among the best-liked and most recognized people in animal welfare,  Morris was widely […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Anita Kelso Edson, Dave Pauli, David Wills, Mark Schleifstein, Merritt Clifton, Pam Bondi, Rachael Ray, Scotlund Haisley

Killing contests: culture war losers flip the bird

February 20, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The whole point is to be part of a gang doing the socially unacceptable To non-hunters,  little could present a worse advertisement for hunting than the photographs,  widely distributed via social media,  of the 149 corpses of coyotes hung by their tails from a barbed wire-topped chain link fence outside American Legion Post 76 in […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Feature Home Top, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Marine life, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann Landers, Cleveland Amory, Dave Pauli, Fred C. Coleman, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Robert Jackson, Robert Norton, Sam Schipani

Hurricane Maria: St. Croix Animal Welfare Center welds the door shut

October 1, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Whatever didn’t blow away was stolen ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands––“It is with a very heavy heart that we were forced to weld the door to our clinic closed today,”  the St. Croix Animal Welfare Center posted to Facebook on September 28,  2017. Even before Hurricane Maria crushed the U.S.,  Dutch,  and British Virgin Islands, […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Cats, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Donkeys, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Pigs, Sanctuaries, Sheep & goats, Shelters, Street dogs, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Aleida Tolentino, Dave Pauli, Jenny Teed, Karen Corbin, Katie Block, Merritt Clifton, Ryan Moore, Sali Gear, Wayne Pacelle, Zifforah Tyrell

Brian Davies puts $49,562 toward Harvey animal rescue, challenges others to match it

August 31, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

International Fund for Animal Welfare founder reaches out from semi-retirement  (See also Hurricane Harvey: who is doing what for animals? and Tropical Storm Harvey: helping animals caught in harm’s way.)          HOUSTON,  Texas––Five days into the Hurricane-turned-tropical-storm Harvey crisis,  the largest transfer of funds to local animal relief announced by outside organizations remains the $49,562 sent to […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Brian Davies, Dave Pauli, Leslie Easterwood, Merritt Clifton, Nicole Forsythe, Patti Mercer, Paul Seigel, Robin Jones, Sara Varsa, Sharon Harmon, Tam Garland

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