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The baffling case of horse trainer Bob Baffert

May 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block slammed & damned Baffert in 2018 for allegedly drugging Triple Crown winner Justify,  praised him in 2020 for support of the Horseracing Integrity Act,  & has slammed & damned him again since then. BALTIMORE, Maryland––Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s horse National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Bob Baffert, Kitty Block, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Pimlico, Preakness, Triple Crown, Wayne Pacelle

Necropsies dominate the 2023 Kentucky Derby post-mortems

May 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

15-to-1 longshot winner Mage is barely noticed amid seven horse deaths LOUISVILLE,  Kentucky––Kentucky Derby post-mortems began in 2023 ten days before the 20-horse field walked to the starting gate,  but they were called “necropsies.” The more familiar term “autopsy” is used only when the deceased is human. The upset victory by Mage,  a horse with […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing, USA Tagged With: Kathy Guillermo, Keith Dane, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Saffie Joseph

Can the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act save horse racing from itself?

March 29, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Marty Irby leaves Animal Wellness Action on a high note,  but horses are not drugged just to get them high WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Animal Wellness Action executive director Marty Irby on March 23,  2023 spoke in Oxford,  Mississippi at the “Celebration of Life” for his friend and ally Clant Seay,  founder of the Citizens Committee Against […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Sports, USA Tagged With: Bob Baffert, Kitty Block, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Santa Anita, Sara Amundson, Stewball

“Greatest anti-soring advocate of all time” Clant Seay dies at 76

March 14, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Walking horse defender BillyGoboy never slowed down in fight against the “Big Lickers”             OXFORD,  Mississippi––Citizens Committee Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay,  76,  remembered by fellow campaigner Marty Irby as “quite a character and in my opinion the greatest anti-soring advocate of all time,”  died on March 6,  2023 in Oxford,  Mississippi. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Show, USA Tagged With: Gen's Ice Glimmer, James Meredith, Keith Dane, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Ole Miss, Roy Exum, Tawny Preisner

Walking horse industry waits for the other (weighted) shoe to drop

August 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Big Lickers” hold out hope for a Congressional reprieve SHELBYVILLE,  Tennessee––A legal showdown may be coming soon over enforcement of a new USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service rule meant to protect show horses,  but not just yet. The mood midway through the 2022 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration,  supposed to climax on September […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Religion & philosophy, Show Tagged With: BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Keith Dane, Marsha Blackburn, Marty Irby, Mitch McConnell, Roy Exum

Seven members of Alabama cockfighting family plead guilty to federal charges

August 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Exported gamecocks around the world             MONTGOMERY, Alabama––Cockfighters and gamefowl breeders Brent Easterling,  William Easterling,  and five other members of their family on August 11,  2022 pleaded guilty to federal and state of Alabama charges filed in 2021 as “conspiracy to violate federal anti-animal fighting laws,  including operating fighting pits on their properties,  possessing thousands of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Laws & standards, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Brent Easterling, L&L Game Farm, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Swift Creek Game Farm, Wayne Pacelle, William Easterling

“Big Lick” horses win in court. Can they get a break from Congress?

August 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Trump killed rule meant to stop soring WASHINGTON D.C.––Former U.S. President Donald Trump in January 2017 improperly blocked a new USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service rule meant to protect show horses from taking effect,  ruled a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on July 22,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Clant Seay, Lamar Alexander, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, PAST Act, Sara Amundson, soring, Wayne Pacelle

Will anti-show horse soring bill pull up lame through last-hurdle compromise?

December 8, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

What would Marty Irby,  Wayne Pacelle & Lamar Alexander think if weighted shoes were on their feet? UPDATE received on December 18,  2020,  from Bernard Unti,  senior policy advisor,  Humane Society of the U.S.:   “I’m pleased to share the news that the reckless attempt by an embittered faction within animal protection to swap in a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Billy Goboy, Clant Seay, Joseph Tydings, Keith Dane, Lamar Alexander, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Roy Exum, Wayne Pacelle

Wayne Pacelle & Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom celebrate returns from extinction

July 24, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Sagas of alleged giant predators turned animal rights stars             WASHINGTON D.C.––Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,  a saga of supposedly vanished giant predators,  reinvented as animal rights celebrities,  debuted to bad reviews on June 22,  2018,  yet proved to be a box office magnet,  grossing $1.2 billion in its first month. Animal Wellness Action,  a political action […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Anna West, Annie Harvilicz, David Harvilicz, Josh Balk, Kitty Block, Marc Gunther, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Mike Markarian, Paul Shapiro, Wayne Pacelle

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