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David Wills, ex-Humane Society of the U.S. vice president, gets life in prison

October 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Life sentence rendered after case was before the courts for five years             CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas––David Keith Wills,  68,  former Michigan Humane Society executive director and vice president for investigations at the Humane Society of the U.S.,  was on September 22,  2020 formally sentenced to serve life in federal; prison. Wills was convicted on October 8,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Crustaceans, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Marine life, Meat issues, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: David Keith Wills, John Hoyt, Kitty Block, Maria Candalaria Losoya, Merritt Clifton, Nelva Gonzales Ramos, Paul Irwin, Wayne Pacelle

Ancestors of the Tiger King: Peter Batten & Living Trophies

March 24, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Living Trophies:  A Shocking Look at the Conditions in America’s Zoos by Peter Batten Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.,  1976.  246 pages,  hardcover.  Available from major online booksellers at prices ranging from $7.50 to $25.00. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton First aired on March 20,  2020,  the six-part Netflix documentary series Tiger King,  produced by Eric […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Marine mammals, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carol Baskin, Joe Exotic, John Hoyt, Merritt Clifton, Peter Batten, Roger Caras, Sue Pressman, Tim Stark, Wolfgang Jochle

Former HSUS vp David Wills’ co-defendant gets 15 years for sex trafficking minor

December 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Wills,  facing multiple life terms,  is yet to be sentenced             CORPUS CHRISTI,  Texas––The likelihood that former Michigan Humane Society president and Humane Society of the U.S. vice president David Keith Wills,  67,  will spend the rest of his life in a federal penitentiary appeared to increase on December 18,  2019,  when U.S. District Judge […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, USA Tagged With: David Keith Wills, John Hoyt, Kitty Block, Maria Candalaria Losoya, Merritt Clifton

One set of child sex charges vs. ex-HSUS vp David Wills is dropped

March 23, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Wills still faces charges including trafficking a minor      CORPUS CHRISTI,  Texas––Contrary to rumor,  former Michigan Humane Society president and Humane Society of the U.S. vice president for investigations David K. Wills,  63,  is still facing felony charges in Texas of continuous sexual abuse of a child and continuous trafficking of a child.      But Wills is now […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Feature Home Bottom, Fur trapping, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: David K. Wills, HSUS, John Hoyt, Maria Candalaria Losoya, Merritt Clifton, Red Lobster, Sandra LeBost

Holy cow! Humane Society of Canada loses last bid to keep tax-exempt status

March 17, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Canadian Revenue Agency finds speculating in comic books “inappropriate”          TORONTO,  Ontario––Losing a last appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada,  the Humane Society of Canada appears to be on the verge of losing tax-exempt status,  nine years after flunking a Canadian Revenue Agency audit over alleged misuse of donated funds by Michael O’Sullivan,  the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Seals, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Dominque Bellemare, John Hoyt, Merritt Clifton, Michael O'Sullivan, Paul Irwin, Stephen Harper

David Wills: archived exposés, 1995-1999

December 28, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton David K. Wills,  62,  charged in multiple Texas counties in 2015  for alleged felonious continuous sexual abuse of a child and continuous trafficking of a child, first came to my notice as an investigative subject in September 1989,  through conduct which,  unknown to him,  I personally witnessed.   As news editor at the time […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: David Wills, HSUS, John Hoyt, Merritt Clifton, Michigan Humane Society, Paul Irwin, Wayne Pacelle

Humane Society of Canada stripped of charitable status

August 21, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

President allegedly bought comic books with society money          OTTAWA––The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal on August 19,  2015 upheld a November 17,  2014 decision to revoke the charitable registration of the Humane Society of Canada,  formally called the Humane Society of Canada for the Protection of Animals and the Environment. An advocacy organization,  the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Canadian Revenue Agency, Dominic Bellemare, Humane Society of Canada, Joe Clark, John Hoyt, Merritt Clifton, Michael O'Sullivan, Paul Irwin

Jean Marx, 85, set out to reform the Michigan Humane Society and ended up reshaping the Humane Society of the U.S.

March 31, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Ousted David Wills Jean Marx, 85, died after a prolonged illness on March 26, 2015 in Waterford,  Michigan. Posted her longtime friend and Michigan Humane Society colleague Eileen Liska-Stronczer in a personal tribute, “Her devoted surrogate daughter and estate executor, Bev Steffens-Claudio,” also long involved in humane work, “was holding her hand as she peacefully […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Obituaries (human), Shelters, USA Tagged With: David Wills, Eileen Liska-Stronczer, Jean Marx, John Hoyt, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Wills bankrupt; Horse thief too?; Ex-HSUS vp Wills cops a plea

July 29, 1999 By Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton Wills bankrupt        Former Humane Society of the U.S. vice president David Wills on August 22 filed for personal bankruptcy.  Among his 17 listed creditors were HSUS,  which in October 1995 fired Wills and later sued him for allegedly misappropriating $93,000;  John Hoyt,  president of HSUS and Humane Society International from 1970 until […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: David Wills, John Hoyt, Merritt Clifton, Sandra LeBost

HSUS isn’t talking

November 1, 1995 By Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton November 1995 WASHINGTON D.C. ––At deadline the Humane Society of the U.S. had neither confirmed nor denied a report from an HSUS source that the board of directors,  responding to a petition signed by 41 staffers,  agreed over the Columbus Day weekend,  October 7-9,  to prosecute David Wills,  48,  for allegedly embezzling […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: David Wills, Deday LaRene, Gary Tiscornia, John Hoyt, Merritt Clifton, Paul Irwin, Wayne Pacelle

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