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The animal & human heroes & most overlooked lesson of 9/11

September 9, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Remembering national trauma Today,  September 11,  2019,  marks the eighteenth anniversary of the national trauma the U.S. experienced as result of the terrorist attacks of September 11,  2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The aftermath of those attacks brought global traumas including ongoing warfare in much of the Middle East,  Central Asia, […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Islam, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: David Charlebois, Flight 77, Flight 93, Garo Alexanian, Merritt Clifton, North Shore Animal League, Osama bi Laden, Perry Fina, Suffolk County SPCA

Retired: Bob Rohde personified “your Dumb Friends” for 45 years

February 13, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Worked his way to the top from cleaning cages DENVER,  Colorado––Possibly the longest serving executive ever of a humane society that he did not himself found,  Robert “Bob” Rohde,  68,  on February 9,  2018 turned over the presidency of the Denver Dumb Friends League to Apryl Steele,  DVM,  after nearly 45 years with the organization […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Apryl Steele, Asilomar Accords, Colorado Humane Society, Jann Rohde, Merritt Clifton, North Shore Animal League, Sharon Harmon

Adoption transport, Crazy Cat Ladies, & pyramid schemes

March 4, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

21st century versions of taking unwanted animals to Crazy Cat Lady HOUSTON, DENVER––Are adoption transport and feral cat translocation truly intelligent free-market approaches to reducing shelter killing, or just the 21st century versions of taking unwanted animals to Crazy Cat Lady? In India, cities without federally subsidized Animal Birth Control programs often covertly hire truckers […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: adoption transport, Babette Lewyt, Bette Sundermeyer, Bob Rohde, Denver Dumb Friends League, Laura Carlock, North Shore Animal League, Sean Hawkins

Humane success makes market for mixed-breed pups

June 14, 2006 By Merritt Clifton

  TACOMA–Why did the Humane Society of Tacoma & Pierce County fire one 15-year employee on May 25,  2006,  and suspend another without pay for three days,  for mistakenly euthanizing five Labrador-mix puppies? Why did Joseph P. “Jo Jo the Dog Man” O’Neill,  70,  die alone of a heart attack on June 22, 2005 aboard a train in Poland,  after 40-odd years […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Breeding, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Jo Jo the Dog Man, Merritt Clifton, North Shore Animal League, Rick Santorum

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