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Pit hags, rescue angels, crazy cat ladies,  dog men & chicken fighters:  what’s in a name?

May 6, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

The late linguist,  lexicographer,  and “crazy cat man” Reinhold Aman would have relished the question SONOMA,  California––Researching the etymology of the terms “pit hag,”  “rescue angel,” “crazy cat lady,”  “dog man” and “chicken fighter,”  absent from most dictionaries yet almost universally understood within the animal advocacy world,  would have fascinated Reinhold Aman,  82,   who died […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Adlai Stevenson, Ed Lowe, Gavin Ehringer, Jeff Borchardt, Jesse Sheidlower, Merritt Clifton, Reinhold Aman

England Goes to the Dogs, by Gavin Ehringer

February 11, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

The following is an excerpt from Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses by Gavin Ehringer, which explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals. Preamble,  by Jessica Case,  deputy publisher,  Pegasus Books: The little-examined, yet omnipresent act of breeding lies at the core of Gavin Ehringer’s book.  You’ll meet cows cloned from […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhounds, Hunting, Isles, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Charles Lane, Gavin Ehringer, Mary Elizabeth Thurston, Queen Victoria, W.R. Pape

Cats: Life in the Great Indoors, by Gavin Ehringer

January 22, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

The following is an excerpt from Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses by Gavin Ehringer, which explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals. Preamble,  by Jessica Case,  deputy publisher,  Pegasus Books: The domestication of animals changed the course of human history. But what about the animals who […]

Filed Under: Behavior & health, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top Tagged With: Ed Lowe, Gavin Ehringer, Jessica Case

Leaving The Wild:  The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows & Horses

December 5, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

by Gavin Ehringer Pegasus Books,  distributed by W.W. Norton & Co. 364 pages.  $27.95 hardcover.  In stores December 5,  2017. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Remember the most gripping and informative few books you ever read about dogs,  cats,  cows,  and/or horses,  by authors as thorough as the multi-time best sellers Desmond Morris,  Elizabeth Marshall Thomas,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Cats, Cattle & dairy, Central Asia, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Show, Training, USA, Uses of dogs, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Working horses Tagged With: Charles Darwin, Desmond Morris, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Gavin Ehringer, Herodotus, Merritt Clifton, Sonia Faruqi, Stanley Coren, Walt Disney

Standing Rock: Who let the dogs out?

September 7, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

With suspects identified, will the injured Sioux sue?          FORT YATES,  North Dakota––Who let the dogs out? Confronting protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation on September 3,  2016 with five to eight leashed but leaping,  lunging,  and biting dogs,  who injured at least six people and a horse,  the Dakota Access pipeline construction security […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amy Goodman, Ashley Nicole Welch, Bob Frost, David Archambault II, Gavin Ehringer, Jonni Joyce, Merritt Clifton

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