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Fire, crime, shelter management & the wisdom of Warren Cox

September 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Fire is always a threat”             ORLANDO,  Florida;  FRISCO,  Texas––“We were able to save 45 cats and 26 dogs,”  the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando posted to Facebook after a late night fire on September 15,  2021. “We are heartbroken to report that we lost 13 cats and there are four still missing,”  the posting […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Behavior & health, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Other dog topics, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alex Lewyt, Elisabeth Lewyt, Merritt Clifton, Mike Arms, Pet Alliance, Steve Bardy, Warren Cox

The Ripple Effect by Marcy Eckhardt

September 9, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

A Novel Exploring the Challenges and Triumphs of Running an Animal Shelter 268 pages,  paperback ($17.99) or e-book ($7.99.) https://www.amazon.com/Ripple-Effect-Exploring-Challenges-Triumphs/dp/0615630154 Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Probably close to 100% of the ANIMALS 24-7 readership have at some point either worked or volunteered in an animal shelter.  Thus probably close to 100% will either intensely identify with […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Dena Mangiamele, Marcy Eckhardt, Merritt Clifton, Mike Arms, Phyllis Wright, Raymond Naramore

Who invented no-kill? (It wasn’t Nathan Winograd)

October 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

  Many pioneers contributed to developing the methods of today The origins of no-kill dog and cat sheltering may be traced back as far as 1858,  when Elizabeth Morris and Anne Waln cofounded the first animal shelter in the U.S. on the outskirts of Philadelphia. The Morris/Waln collaboration has two surviving direct descendants,  the Women’s Humane Society and […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alex Lewyt, Merritt Clifton, Mike Arms, No-kill

Losing in Aurora, pit bull advocates set their dogs on us, Blue Buffalo, & Home 4 the Holidays

November 7, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

34,284 voters, or 35%, favored repealing the pit bull ban; 62,953, or 65%, upheld the ban. AURORA, Colorado; RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif.––What did pit bull advocates do after losing their attempt to repeal the pit bull ban in Aurora, Colorado, by a 30% margin? They figuratively set their dogs on the messenger, ANIMALS 24-7; others […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Middle Left, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Aurora, Blue Buffalo, Helen Woodward Animal Center, Mike Arms

Remember Me Thursday 2014

November 4, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

In 2013 more than 100,000 pet lovers from 83 countries participated On Thursday, September 25,  2014,   the Helen Woodward Animal Center united with animal lovers and animal welfare organizations worldwide for the 2nd Annual Remember Me Thursday candle-lighting ceremony.  The candles, lit simultaneously around the world, honored the millions of pets who lost their […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Dogs & Cats, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Helen Woodward Animal Center, Mike Arms, Remember Me Thursday

Purina vs. Blue Buffalo food fight catches animal shelters in the middle

May 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Lawsuit alleges false advertising             ST. LOUIS, Missouri; WILTON, Connecticut; RANCHO SANTA FE, California––Purina, long the leading pet food industry sponsor of animal shelter aid programs, on May 6, 2014 sued Blue Buffalo Company Ltd., sponsor of the Home 4 the Holidays adoption program, over alleged false advertising.  Blue Buffalo countersued on May 14,  2014. […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Dogs & Cats, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Blue Buffalo, Merritt Clifton, Mike Arms, Nestle, pet food, Purina

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