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“I can’t breathe”: stealing slogan to use for animal causes is not fighting cruelty

June 18, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Opportunistic use of phrases and imagery can come across as insensitive and insulting             MINNEAPOLIS, PHOENIX, NEW YORK CITY––“It is striking to me,”  wrote Mike Troutman in sharing with friends his first-hand account of recent events in Minneapolis,  “how three central challenges of our time––racist policing, COVID-19 and the climate crisis––all […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Opinions & Letters, Rodeo, Shelters, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Ingrid Newkirk, Joe Arpaio, Kevin Vincente, Merritt Clifton, Mike Troutman

“Animals & thugs”: horses, dogs, police & the George Floyd protests

June 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Horses & dogs used and misused by both cops & demonstrators              NEW YORK, N.Y.–– “Stop treating us like animals and thugs,  and start treating us with some respect!” fumed New York Police Benevolent Association president Mike O’Meara to a June 9,  2020 media conference. That was all O’Meara had to say about animals. The passing mention,  however,  raised […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Police & military, United Kingdom, Uses of dogs, Working horses Tagged With: Abené Clayton, Art Acevedo, Brianna Noble, Daniel Bornstein, Derek Chauvin, Emily Somers, George Floyd, Joseph Malott, Mike O’Meara, Sarah Emrick, Sydney Trent, Tom Symonds, Tyler D. Parry

Mink & pig massacres due to COVID-19 may help to kill fur & pork industries too

June 5, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Netherlands may end fur farming four years before ban takes effect LIMBURG,  Netherlands;  SIOUX CITY, Iowa––The good news,  if it could be called that,  about the scheduled massacre of as many as 30,000 ranched mink on June 6,  2020 is that it may put 10 mink farms owned by eight companies permanently out of business,  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Fur & leather, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Netherlands, Pigs Tagged With: Carola Schouten, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Glenn Greenwald, Hugo DeYoung, Merritt Clifton, Steve King

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