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Fundraising turf war brings California groups’ complaint against the ASPCA

August 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Lawsuit alleged “unfair and deceptive fundraising” EL CERRITO, California––Alleging “unfair and deceptive fundraising practices which harm local humane societies and SPCAs,”  the State Humane Association of California on May 3, 2011 filed a complaint against the American SPCA with the California Office of the Attorney General. The complaint was dropped after the Better Business Bureau […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: ASPCA, Carter Luke, Ed Sayres, Erica Gaudet Hughes, Ken White, Merritt Clifton, MSPCA

Why is the ASPCA stonewalling about the deaths of 20 dogs in transport?

June 6, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Three-week silence howls for answers             NEW YORK CITY––Twenty dogs died on May 15,  2019 aboard an American SPCA vehicle that was hauling them from one or more Mississippi shelters to Wisconsin to be offered for adoption. That could be called just a really bad accident,  except that three weeks after Emily Jacobs and Ben […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Angel Hueca, Ben Feuerherd, Beth Clifton, Ed Sayres, Elisabeth Lewyt, Emily Jacobs, John Kullberg, Larry Hawk, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Perry Fina, Roger Caras

Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council hires former ASPCA president Ed Sayres

August 25, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

           WASHINGTON D.C.––The board of directors of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, the lobbying umbrella for pet stores and breeders, on August 20, 2014 “voted to offer the positions of President and CEO to Ed Sayres,” PIJAC announced two days later. The choice of Ed Sayres to lead PIJAC was […]

Filed Under: Breeding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats Tagged With: Ed Sayres, PIJAC

Humane Society of the U.S. & codefendants pay Ringling Bros. circus $15.75 million

May 16, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Settlement cases stemming from a lawsuit brought against Ringling over the care of elephants            WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the U.S. and codefendants “have paid Feld Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, $15.75 million to settle cases stemming from a lawsuit they brought against Ringling over the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Christine Stevens, Ed Sayres, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Aftershocks ripple from SF/SPCA (December 2000)

December 27, 2000 By Merritt Clifton

And are still rippling,  20 years later SAN FRANCISCO,  PHILADELPHIA, KNOXVILLE––The San Francisco SPCA and San Francisco Animal Care & Control in calendar year 2000 together killed fewer than 2,000 cats and dogs. That was under 2.6 cats and dogs per 1,000 human residents,  15.6% of the national average,  1,001 fewer than the 1999 previous […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Brenda Barnette, Ed Sayres, Emma Clifford, Eric Hendricks, Mark Goldstein, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Richard Avanzino, Tom Hayden, Vicky Crosetti

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