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19 dead puppies & $12,000 in fines, but shelter director says he’d do it again?

October 5, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

301 code violations & losing newly transported pups to parvovirus wasn’t bad enough? CAMDEN, Delaware––That the First State Animal Center & SPCA in Camden,  Delaware recently lost 19 puppies to parvovirus is no great shock to veterans of animal care and rescue:  sometimes bloody diarrhea happens among stressed puppies brought or transported to shelters,  no […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Christina Motoyoshi, John Parana, Jon Parana, Julie Castle, Merritt Clifton, Shannon Marvel McNaught

Los Angeles Animal Services chief Brenda Barnette to retire in May 2021

April 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Took L.A. to “no kill” at cost of soaring pit bull attacks             LOS ANGELES, California––Brenda Barnette,  the third-longest-serving general manager of Los Angeles Animal Services since World War II,  has announced her retirement,  effective in mid-May 2021. The City of Los Angeles has officially not yet begun what is expected to become a nationwide […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Brenda Barnette, Ed Boks, Julie Castle, Merritt Clifton, Phyllis Daugherty, Richard Bonner

Pushing bully behavior: the ASPCA, Best Friends, & HSUS in Springfield

August 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

An open letter from Beth Clifton to: Matthew Bershadker, president,  American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Julie Castle,  president, Best Friends Animal Society; Kitty Block,  president,  Humane Society of the United States Dear Matthew,  Julie,  & Kitty: Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this letter.  My name is Beth Clifton. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Christin Atwell, Evy Atwell, Julie Castle, Kitty Block, Lane Atwell, Matthew Bershadker, Merritt Clifton

New Best Friends & HSUS execs flunk economic logic that dogs understand

April 26, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Response to “rescuers” buying from “puppy mills” was swift,  furious,  & tone-deaf             WASHINGTON D.C.––Response from the U.S. humane community to Washington Post freelance contributor Kim Kavin’s April 11,  2018 exposé “Dog rescuers, flush with donations, buy animals from the breeders they scorn” was swift,  furious,  and tone-deaf to the message screaming out of Kavin’s revelation that at […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Adam Hayes, Bernadette Juarez, Joseph "JoJo the Dog Man" O'Neill, Julie Castle, Kim Kavin, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Mike Bober, Phyllis M. Daugherty, Theresa Strader

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