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A black-and-white issue that the humane community has yet to face

January 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Editorial by Merritt & Beth Clifton Two nights ago,  in advance of Martin Luther King Day, ANIMALS 24-7 posted as our lead feature Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark, profiling the lives and work of John W. Lemon and Seymour Carroll. This article followed up on,  and expanded,  Four black […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: AR 2014, AR 2015, Bill Moyer, HSUS Expo, Ku Klux Klan, Lila Miller, Lloyd Tait, Martin Luther King Jr., Merritt Clifton, Nelson Mandela, Social Movement Empowerment Project

How to stop dogfighting the quick, easy way

November 27, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Avoid the damage;  fix the dogs Animal advocates cheered on November 19,  2015 when Judge Wayne Durden of Polk County,  Florida sentenced alleged dogfighter Hewitt Grant II,  48,  to serve 20 years in prison. Convicted on 84 counts of cruelty,  Grant is to serve at least 16 years before becoming eligible for parole,  and is […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Carey H. Falwell, Hewitt Grant II, John P. Colby, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, pit bull, Queen Elizabeth I, skinheads

Echoes of the Old South in pigeon-shooting lawyer’s promotion to judge

July 8, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Shot pigeons in front of Confederate flag HARRISBURG––Neither the slave-owning South, shot-wounded pigeons, nor the practice of pigeon shooting in civilized societies are ever likely to rise again. Just the same,  the Pennsylvania State Senate Judiciary Committee on June 26, 2014 ratified the promotion of Berks County attorney Adolph Joseph Antanavage to a Court of […]

Filed Under: Birds, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Adolph Joseph Antanavage, Ku Klux Klan, Mike Kobliska, Steve Hindi, Wayne Pacelle

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