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COVID-19: Trump order reopening slaughterhouses was not about food

April 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

But preserving profits, “red state” votes,  and keeping workers on the job despite risk were of paramount concern             SIOUX CITY, Iowa––Risk of a U.S. food shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic had nothing to do with the April 28,  2020 decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act to keep slaughterhouses running. […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Workers Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dave Dreeszen, Donald Trump, Esther Mechler, John Tyson, Merritt Clifton, Roger Witherspoon

$5 for a cat head: True stories of animal welfare,  with hands-on tips for helping animals

April 28, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Linda Chitwood Director,  The Homeless Animals Relief Project 200 pages,  $29.00,  c/o HARP, POB 371, Senatobia, MS  38668;  https://homelessanimalsreliefproject.org/index.html. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Describing herself as “eighty percent of the way to dead,”  longtime Memphis nurse anesthetist Linda Chitwood relocated forty miles south to Senatobia,  Mississippi in 1996,  apparently expecting to spend a lot […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Linda Chitwood, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton

Feline Fix by Five: the F-word campaign

October 4, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

One simple change can have profound results by Philip A. Bushby, DVM, MS, DACVS The Veterinary Task Force on Feline Sterilization for Age of Spay and Neuter Surgery was convened in January 2016 to review issues surrounding the overpopulation of cats and the standard recommendation that ovariohysterectomy and castration of cats be delayed until cats are […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Marian's Dream, Philip A. Bushby

AVMA insight: cats are not dogs, so “Fix felines by five months”

August 11, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Early-age sterilization,  already widely practiced,  is on pace to win full AVMA compliance by the year 2100             SCHAUMBERG,  Illinois––Having realized that a cat is not a dog,  following the advice of an expert panel issued in July 2016,  the American Veterinary Medical Association board of directors in July 2017 “endorsed a document recommending that […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior & health, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, J.C. Flynn, Jeff Young, Leo L. Lieberman, Merritt Clifton

We cannot adopt, warehouse or rescue our way out of dog & cat overpopulation!

July 24, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Jeff Young,  DVM          My name is Jeff Young.  I have been a veterinarian for more than 25 years.          I have been on numerous humane society boards,  was an animal control officer before I became a veterinarian,  and I speak and consult on companion animal overpopulation issues all over […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Jeff Young, Planned Pethood Plus, Spay/USA

Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool

July 22, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Seeking a better solution for reservations than culling Part III of a three-part series. See also:  12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations and Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”:  fatal dog attacks triple “The solution,” to dog attacks on Native American reservations, “is to cull the dog population, and provide spay/neuter services […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Jeff Young, Josiah Teller, Judith Samson-French, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger, Sergeant Preston

No-Kill: the “Mission Accomplished” movement?

December 12, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Esther Mechler The so-called “NoKill” movement needs to be renamed the “Mission Accomplished” movement in honor of the “Mission Accomplished” speech delivered by U.S. President George W. Bush on May 1, 2003 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.  Bush stated in the speech that the war in Iraq was finished. That was over […]

Filed Under: Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control Tagged With: Esther Mechler

“Fix Felines by Five Months” — Spay/USA founder Esther Mechler

February 15, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Spay delay has been as bad an influence (especially for cats) as lack of resources.” Thanks so much for putting out the great article on “The Queen,” by Marvin Mackie, DVM. It seems that a large number of people including too many vets are fuzzy about the topic – I know I was. As you […]

Filed Under: Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Population control Tagged With: Esther Mechler, Marvin Mackie

Beat The Heat

July 28, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Fix female cats before their first heat! For several years now we at Marian’s Dream have been promoting the idea of fixing cats prior to their first heat.  If just 35% more people would do this we could balance the number of potential homes and kittens born each year.  We could get close to true […]

Filed Under: Cats, Dogs & Cats, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Population control Tagged With: AVMA, Esther Mechler, Marian's Dream

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