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How SHARK stole Christmas from a bar full of alleged cockfighters

December 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Who in Whoville called SHARK?  Who called the cops?  Who tipped off the cockfighters?  Who wants to know? PINE KNOT, Kentucky––Whoville,  the primary setting of the 1957 Dr. Suess fable How The Grinch Stole Christmas,  huddled beneath the abandoned Star Studying Tower on Mount Crumpit,  might almost have been modeled on the poverty-stricken former coal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Suess, Honest Abe's, Merritt Clifton, Millard Oscar Hubbard, Steve Hindi

“Good Dog Carl” books should be sold like cigarettes, with warnings

August 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Promoting “nanny dogs” is a threat to public health by Barbara Kay Very young children do not see animals as “other.” It seems natural to them that stories should feature animals who speak and wear clothing. There is no harm in that.  Babar, Curious George, Paddington Bear:  toddlers don’t actually get up close and personal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexandra Day, Barbara Kay, Dr. Suess, J. Barrie, Lilian Rant, Sandra Louise Woodward Darling

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