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USDA proposes to cover birds under the Animal Welfare Act––sort of

April 7, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Disease outbreaks afflicting poultry producers lend regulatory urgency to protecting birds––some birds,  anyhow––that 50 years of activism did not WASHINGTON D.C.––The worst outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza on record,  ravaging European flocks both wild and domestic since 2020,  now killing birds by the million in poultry barns,  especially in the upper Midwest,  may soon help […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Pigeon flying, Poultry, Turkeys, Uncategorized, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: H5N1, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifto, pinioning, Sara Amundson, USDA-APHIS

Hearts out of place: transplants, pigs, chickens, “victories” & McDonald’s

March 10, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

If “victories” for farmed animals meant beans,  that would be a substantial improvement BALTIMORE,  Maryland;  WASHINGTON D.C.––David Bennett,  57,  who on January 7,  2022 became the first human to receive a heart transplanted from a genetically-modified pig,  died on March 8,  2022 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine hospital. “The biggest barrier to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Chimps & other primates, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, David Bennett, Henry Spira, HSUS, Humane Farming Association, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Mickey Dee, Ronald McDonald, Wayne Pacelle

Iceland fisheries minister hints she may pull the plug on whaling

February 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But whaling baron Kristján Loftsson, 80,  will not go down without a fight REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Iceland minister of food,  agriculture,  and fisheries Svandis Svavarsdottir on February 4,  2022 indicated in a guest column for the newspaper and news web site Morgunblaðið that she may pull the plug on the nearly moribund Icelandic whaling industry. But Kristján Loftsson, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Iceland, Laws & politics, Marine life, Scandinavia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Hvalur, Kitty Block, Kristján Loftsson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Svandis Svavarsdottir

“Victories” that are not, & other views of big animal groups from “The Eejit”

September 28, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Promises, promises,”  to the skirl of bagpipes Soon-to-retire longtime Animal Concern campaign director John Robins,  being a Scot who may never have seen a baseball game,  is not known to have ever used a metaphor borrowed from baseball. (See “Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland.) Robins is known,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Top, Humane history, Isles, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Compassion In World Farming, Eurogroup, John Robins, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, RSPCA, Sara Amundson

Is mink farming “too dirty to die”? Or is pending bill the coup-de-grace?

August 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Some in the U.S. mink industry see COVID-19 as a growth opportunity  WASHINGTON D.C.––Will the COVID-19 delta variant finally kill mink farming in the U.S.,  after COVID-19 in all forms has killed more than 633,000 Americans? Or will HR 4310,  dubbed the MINKS Act as acronym for “Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces Are Superspreaders Act,”  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Fur & leather, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Poland, Scandinavia, Spain, Uncategorized Tagged With: Joan Schaffner, Karen Manci, Kate Golden, Kitty Block, Meg Kinnard, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Mace, Rosa DeLauro, Sara Amundson

Project Chimps paints walls in lieu of giving chimps daily outdoor time

July 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Paint job was not “whitewashing” because Project Chimps used bright colors BLUE RIDGE, Georgia–– Humane Society of the U.S. representatives once upon a time derisively denounced as eyewash meant to impress human visitors,  not the imprisoned animals, the common zoo practice of painting scenic backdrops on bare concrete walls. Staff and volunteers at the Project […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Sanctuaries, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Crystal Alba, Donny Moss, HSUS, Kitty Block, Lindsay Vanderhooght, Merritt Clifton, Project Chimps

Credibility,  GAP?  Global Animal Partnership 10 years later

July 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Farm Forward,  a former booster,  finds GAP approach bassackward––& is scarcely alone AUSTIN,  Texas––What a difference ten years of Global Animal Partnership have not made for factory-farmed animals! Indeed,  the biggest visible change associated with Global Animal Partnership [GAP] may be that Farm Forward has split with it. A faith-linked farmed animal advocacy organization,  Farm […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Poultry, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Adele Douglass, Andrew deCoriolis, John Mackey, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

How zombies from hell ate animal protection, by Steve Hindi

May 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Zombie groups” raise funds & do little else [Video version is accessible at https://youtu.be/NleYZ6GAC8Y.] Hi folks.  I’m Steve Hindi for SHowing Animals Respect & Kindness. My friends Beth and Merritt Clifton of ANIMALS 24-7 on May 9,  2021 posted an article, Animal labs get free pass on inspections; AV groups mostly don’t notice,  that,  if anyone […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, David Grimm, Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

China keeps a promise on behalf of animals used in cosmetics testing

March 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Chinese-made beauty & personal care products were already exempt from animal testing requirements.  Now most imported beauty & personal care products are exempt as well. BEIJING––The National Medical Products Administration of China on March 4,  2021 quietly kept an eight-year-old promise on behalf of animals,  announcing that after May 1,  2021 it will no longer […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Feature Home Top, Lab animals, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Science, USA Tagged With: Casey Hall, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Mohsina Dodhiya, Sara Amundson, Tiffany Ap

Anti-vivisectionism goes to the dogs

March 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Or,  “A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy,  except in their capacity to raise funds.” WASHINGTON D.C.––Lest there be any doubt that antivivisection advocacy in the 21st century has gone to the dogs,  the White Coat Waste Project,  the Humane Society of the U.S.,  and Stop Animal Exploitation Now in recent […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Ingrid Newkirk, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Natalie Warhit, Sara Amundson

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