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Orphans abandoned: Prodigal Pets by Susan K. Houser

August 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

A History of Animal Sheltering in America & the Origin of the No Kill Movement 228 pages,  2018. Free download from: https://outthefrontdoor.com/prodigal-pets/ Prodigal Pets,  offered as a free download by “Out The Front Door” blogger Susan K. Houser,  is the best bargain in books that anyone could hope to discover,  if interested in how animal […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Ed Duvin, Elisabeth Lewyt, Flora Kibbe, Lynda Foro, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Phyllis Wright, Sydney Coleman

How the ASPCA cooked 26 dogs in a truck: source comes forward

February 6, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Driver coming from Mississippi left the heat on?!             LITTLE ROCK,  Arkansas––Eight months after 26 dogs reportedly died aboard an American SPCA vehicle said to have been hauling them from one or more Mississippi shelters to Wisconsin to be offered for adoption,  an informed source has come forward to tell ANIMALS 24-7 what he understands […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Ben Feuerherd, Emily Jacobs, Gabrielle Fonrouge, Kate Murphy, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Skip Lunders

Why is the ASPCA stonewalling about the deaths of 20 dogs in transport?

June 6, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Three-week silence howls for answers             NEW YORK CITY––Twenty dogs died on May 15,  2019 aboard an American SPCA vehicle that was hauling them from one or more Mississippi shelters to Wisconsin to be offered for adoption. That could be called just a really bad accident,  except that three weeks after Emily Jacobs and Ben […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Angel Hueca, Ben Feuerherd, Beth Clifton, Ed Sayres, Elisabeth Lewyt, Emily Jacobs, John Kullberg, Larry Hawk, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Perry Fina, Roger Caras

Why Nathan Winograd disciple Doug Rae won’t be Canonized

May 24, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Humane Society of Fremont County director Rae was would-be savior of Pueblo no-kill experiment while his own shelter allegedly went to hell             CANON CITY,  Colorado––Five weeks after Humane Society of Fremont County executive director Doug Rae told Pueblo Chieftan reporter Tracy Harmon that he knew how to “turn around” the Pueblo Animal Services shelter,  following […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Doug Rae, Kelly Ramos, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Taylor Staton, Tony Kovaleski

“No-kill” debacle: will Pueblo bring “responsible sheltering” into vogue?

April 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

90% “live release” mandate failed catastrophically in less than 90 days             PUEBLO,  Colorado––“You can’t manage an animal shelter to a number,”  Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region president Jan McHugh-Smith told Pueblo Chieftan reporter Anthony A. Mestas,  hours after her organization returned to running the Pueblo Animal Services shelter on April 9,  2019,  […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Doug Rae, Elisabeth Lewyt, Jan McHugh-Smith, Jeff Young, Lynda Foro, Marvin Mackie, Nathan Winograd, Richard Avanzino

Diane Whipple died for the sins of dangerous dog advocacy

February 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Murder-by-dog convict Marjorie Knoller is denied parole SACRAMENTO––The California Board of Parole Hearings on February 7,  2019 denied parole to Marjorie Knoller,  64,  convicted of murder-by-dog for the January 26,  2001 death of St. Mary’s College lacrosse coach Diane Whipple,  33,  at the door to her San Francisco apartment. Knoller will be allowed to seek parole […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Dale Bretches, Diane Whipple, Jean Donaldson, Marjorie Knoller, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Paul "Cornfed" Schneider, Richard Avanzino, Robert Noel, Sharon Smith

Stray:  A Shelter Veterinarian’s Reflection on Triumph & Tragedy

September 9, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Dena Mangiamele, DVM, MPVM, MFS https://www.doctordena.com/ Kindle edition:  $9.99;  paperback $14.99;  color edition $30.82. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Stray:  A Shelter Veterinarian’s Reflection on Triumph & Tragedy,  by Dena Mangiamele,  is only the third fully realistic book about animal sheltering to come my way in more than half a century of reading everything I […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Screen industry, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Dena Mangiamele, Gretchen Wyler, Jacqueline Bissett, James Herriot, Marcy Eckhardt, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Patricia Curtis, Tony Curtis

End of Debi Day for Nathan Winograd follows Charlottesville debacle

August 17, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Winograd tries to distance himself from Day,  who tries to distance herself from herself          OAKLAND,  California––No Kill Advocacy Center founder Nathan Winograd on August 15,  2017 distanced himself from No Kill Nation founder Debi Day,  his longtime leading funder and prominent ally in pit bull advocacy. Winograd acted four days after photos and video […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Ammon Bundy, Cliven Bundy, Debi Day, Douglas Anthony Cooper, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Ryan Bundy

What was No Kill Nation founder Debi Day doing in Charlottesville?

August 15, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Photographed & videotaped among the alt-right in New Orleans,  too          CHARLOTTESVILLE,  Virginia––No Kill Nation founder and pit bull advocate Debi Day appears to have been among the self-described “Freedom Keepers,”  neo-Nazis,  Ku Klux Klansmen,  and other “alt-right” participants in “Unite the Right” protests held on August 11 and 12,  2017 against the removal of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, USA Tagged With: Aaron Mesh, American Freedom Keepers, Debi Day, Johnny Dale Mcclung, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd

Bulldogs, bullying & bravado: the heart of pit bull advocacy

April 4, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Beth Clifton What do pit bulls have in common with other dogs?  Not much actually,  besides the obvious four legs,  fur,  two ears,  and a tail––unless the ears have been cropped to make the pit bull look more dangerous. To deny that pit bull genetics predisposes them to kill other living beings,  and that […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Entertainment, Laws & politics, Opinions & Letters, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Ledy VanKavage, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Richard Avanzino

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