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Wildlife Friends to evacuate Phuket Zoo; PETA did zip but claims credit

December 31, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Notorious as one of the world’s worst zoos for 25 years PHUKET, Thailand––The first good-news animal story of 2022,  if all goes according to plan,  may be the impending evacuation of 11 tigers and two bears from the defunct Phuket Zoo,  a target of animal advocacy protest almost from the day it opened in 1996. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Edwin Wiek, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Saengdueab Lek Chaillert, Sharmaine Sanders, Shirley McGreal

Horsemeat, dog meat, & how “angel” Marc Ching fell from grace

October 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Donors ignored years of warnings about convict turned “rescue” celebrity LOS ANGELES––Marc Ching,  who in November 2018 offered to sell the city of Los Angeles vegan food for impounded dogs at a substantial discount,  is reportedly to be arraigned in December 2020 on one misdemeanor count each of practicing veterinary medicine without a license,  false advertising,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cambodia, China, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses, Indonesia, Meat issues, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Uses of dogs, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alene Tchekmedyian, George Knowles, Jeffrey Beri, John Dalley, Marc Ching, Martyn Stewart, Merritt Clifton, Paul Pringle, Phyllis Daugherty

Queen Elizabeth II honors Thai street dog rescuer John Dalley

October 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Global recognition for Soi Dog Foundation             PHUKET,  Thailand––John Dalley,  co-founder and president of Soi Dog Foundation International,  was on October 10,  2020,  the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for service to animal welfare in Southeast Asia. The term “Soi […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Brian May, Clarissa Baldwin, Daphne Sheldrick, Gill Dalley, Ian Redmond, Jill Robinson, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Peter Davies, Shirley McGreal

Are animal charity donors at risk from the Blackbaud data security breach?

September 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Consequences of the data security failure are still just coming to light CHARLESTON, South Carolina––How many animal charity donors’ personal information may be at risk from a four-month security breach at the fundraising,  data management,  and financial services firm Blackbaud? The number may be in the tens of thousands,  or even the millions,  but even […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Erica Heffner, Jessica Davis, Jessica Haworth, John Dalley, Ken Stone, Kitty Block, Lindsay McKenzie, Merritt Clifton, Patti Mercer, Paul Clolery, Phil Hill, Ruth McCambridge

COVID-19: India feeds stray dogs; ASPCA says “don’t fix them”

April 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

ASPCA advice to shelters could increase puppy & kitten litters by about half a million  While pet keepers in the developed world fret about the apparently infinitesimally small risk of pets and humans infecting and reinfecting each other,  following the discovery of COVID-19 infecting one cat in Liege,  Belgium,  and two dogs and a cat […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, China, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Isles, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: David Semple, Emmanuel Andre, Janice Girardi, John Dalley, Marjorie Pollack, Merritt Clifton, Steven Van Gucht, Varda Mehrotra, William F. Harvey

From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”

November 25, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Dismissing dangerous dog behavior––or blaming the victims––disregards public trust             SPRINGFIELD,  Missouri;  PHUKET,  Thailand––Superficially,  the dog-versus-human conflicts raging in Springfield,  Missouri,  where breed-specific legislation is at issue,  and in Phuket,  Thailand,  where few dogs have any evident breed-specific traits,  could scarcely look more different. Pit bull attacks are the problem in Springfield:  38 in three […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Organizations, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Training, USA Tagged With: Anjali Sharma, Anna Cotter, Daxton Borchardt, Ian Dunbar, John Dalley, Ken McClure, Kristi Fulnecky, Ledy Van Kavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton

Soi Dog Foundation & Indian Ocean tsunami heroine Gill Dalley, 58

February 28, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Lost legs rescuing a dog in 2004          PHUKET,  Thailand––“It is with profound regret and unfathomable sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Dalley,”  the Soi Dog Foundation announced on February 13,  2017. “The inaugural winner of the Canine Hero of the Year award at the 2011 Animals for Asia conference in Chengdu, China, […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cambodia, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laos, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Gill Dalley, John Dalley, Leone Cosens, Margot Homburg Park, Merritt Clifton, Tim Cosens

Largest dog and cat meat market in South Korea set to close by May

December 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Cages and slaughtering facilities coming down now          SEOUL,  South Korea––The Seongnam city government and the vendors’ association of Moran Market, representing 22 dog and cat meat dealers whose stalls occupy four short blocks on one side of the marketplace,  on December 13,  2016 jointly announced plans to start removing their cages and slaughtering facilities […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Pacific rim, South Korea, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Jang In-young, John Dalley, Lee Jae-myung

Dog meat trade spreads rabies in Vietnam

June 8, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

            YEN BAI, Vietnam––Closing the Vietnamese border to imports of dogs for human consumption as a rabies control measure may have come two years too late for Yen Bai province, high in the ethnic Hmong region of the north. At least 1,900 Yen Bai residents were bitten by suspected rabid dogs during the first five […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Rabies, Southeast Asia, Vietnam Tagged With: Hmong, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Soi Dog Foundation, Yen Bai

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