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Wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines & right whales sacrificed to Trump re-election bid

October 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Handouts to hunters, fishers, loggers, miners, & the oil and gas extraction industries             BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota––U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on October 29,  2020 announced that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection throughout the Lower 48 states. The wolf delisting is widely seen as a blatant […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Predators, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Sweeney, Craig McLean, David Bernhardt, Donald Trump, Erik Noble, Jennifer Bjorhus, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Frazin, Sara Amundsen

NYC pet store fined $3.9 million; probe finds “rescues” are the new “puppy millers”

October 19, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Nebraska deputy ombudsman reports extensive non-enforcement of anti-“puppy mill” law             NEW YORK, N.Y.;  LINCOLN, Nebraska––A $3.9 million fine levied against the owners of the long closed Chelsea Kennel Club pet store in New York City grabbed the headlines on October 16,  2020,  but a more meaningful action against abusive dog suppliers came quietly on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Carl Eskridge, Carol Wheeler, Jonathan Jiminez, Julia Hudson, Kandice Bremer, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Rick Herchenbach, Yardena Derraugh

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

Kamala Harris: long record on animal issues, including pit bull attacks

October 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Prosecuted two dog attack fatalities, enforced pit bull sterilization ordinance, but favors adoptions of fighting dogs             SAN FRANCISCO––U.S. Senator Kamala Harris,  named vice presidential running mate to Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden on August 11,  2020,  brings to the election campaign both a strong record on animal protection and a mixed record in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Chickens, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Population control, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Aiden Cook, Diane Whipple, Kenneth Phillips, Kitty Block, Marjorie Knoller, Merritt Clifton, Nicholas Faibish, Robert Noel, Sara Amundson, Wayne Hsiung, Wayne Pacelle

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

Amazon et al may sell foie gras to Californians despite state ban, rules judge

July 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

2004 law prohibits sale but not purchase of product from tortured waterfowl LOS ANGELES, California––Foie gras,  an oily spread made from the diseased livers of force-fed ducks and geese,  may be legally purchased by Californians,  but a 2004 state law prohibits selling it within California,  Los Angeles U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson ruled on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Jill Mountjoy, Kamala Harris, Kitty Block, Linda Zavoral, Marcus Henley, Merritt Clifton, Stephen V. Wilson, Wayne Pacelle

Horse racing fails to win, place, or show in Georgia, despite HSUS support

July 5, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Why is the Humane Society of the U.S. helping horse racing to expand into new territory? ATLANTA, Georgia––Again the perennial horse racing industry attempt to legalize pari-mutuel betting and introduce thoroughbred racing to Georgia failed during the 2020 state legislative session,  closed on July 3. Opposition to legalizing pari-mutuel betting came chiefly from religious groups […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Racing, USA Tagged With: Kitty Block, Natalie Voss, Patrick Battuello, Rick Bernthal, Valerie Pringle, Wayne Pacelle

Scotland to stop shooting seals to save salmon farm profits––but not until 2021

June 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

50-year effort by Scottish seal defenders––but Humane Society of the U.S. blasts out media releases claiming credit DUMBARTON,  Scotland––Culminating a half century of effort by the Save Our Seals Fund,  and Animal Concern Scotland,  led for decades by John Robins of both organizations,  the Scottish Parliament on June 17,  2020 ratified a new Animals & Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & standards, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Don Staniford, John Robins, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Severin Carrell

“That touch of mink” & COVID-19: Dutch outbreak hints mink may be host

May 14, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Fur farming to end in The Netherlands by 2024 WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands––The discovery that ranched mink can become infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus may lend momentum to the Dutch national plan to phase out mink farming entirely by 2024. Concern that mink themselves might become a COVID-19 reservoir may also dampen Chinese enthusiasm for rebuilding […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, China, Denmark, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Live markets, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Science, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Carola Schouten, Doris Day, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Soren Alexandersen, Teresa Telecky

Add to COVID-19 toll expanded hunting on U.S. Wildlife Refuges

April 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Trump administration appointees open more federal refuges to hunting than last three administrations combined             WASHINGTON D.C.––Opponents of hunting might imagine that Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service chief Aurelia Skipwith waited until the public was distracted by soaring daily death tolls from the COVID-19 global pandemic to announce the biggest-ever […]

Filed Under: Birds, Birds, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Malta, Mediterranean, Predators, Wildlife Tagged With: Al Gore, Anna Seidman, Aurelia Skipwith, Bill Clinton, David Bernhardt, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Sara Amundson, Steve Hindi

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