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Jail break for Colombian owl monkeys; hippos remain on the lam

July 12, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Arbitrarily assigned conservation status protects owl monkeys,  but designates hippos Public Enemy Numero Uno. CALI,  Colombia––What a difference 15 million years makes! The most distant ancestors of Colombian owl monkeys,  a subspecies of night monkey,  are believed to have floated across the then much narrower South Atlantic ocean circa 30 million years ago on logs […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Latin America, Poaching & trafficking, South America, The Americas, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: IPPL, Merritt Clifton, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Pablo Escobar, PETA, Sócrates Herrera

What Charles River Laboratories has in common with Al Capone

June 7, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Monkey business,  secret labs,  & the French Canadian connection MONTREAL,  Quebec,  Canada––The liquid monkey business flowing across the 3,987-mile U.S./Canadian border these days is literally about liquid monkey parts:  blood,  guts,  spinal fluid,  and other internal organs pureed in a blender for use in biomedical research. A century ago,  from the introduction of Prohibition with […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Canada, Chimps & other primates, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Southeast Asia, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Action for Primates, Anthony L. Delgado, Beth Clifton, Charles River Laboratories, Christopher Nardi, Merritt Clifton, Nedim Buyukmihci, PETA, Vanny Bio Research

Supreme Court split verdict on California pig law sets up another round

May 12, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

California “wins” right to enforce ban on sale of pork from pigs kept in gestation stalls,  but Justice Kavanaugh tells agribusiness how they might reverse the decision WASHINGTON D.C.––Rendering a decision split more ways than a pork belly by a supermarket butcher,  with little consideration of pig suffering but a great deal of attention to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Brett Kavanaugh, Farm Bureau Federation, Humane Farming Association, Humane Society of the U.S., National Pork Producers Council, Neil Gorsuch, PETA, United Egg Producers

Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?

March 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify             HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories,  the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,  and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Anna Schecter, Born Free USA, Charles River Laboratories, Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, PETA, Primarily Primates

Charles River Labs sending bootlegged macaques back to traffickers

March 16, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals & Born Free USA sanctuary offer snubbed HOUSTON, Texas––If 1,000 juvenile long-tailed macaques held in Houston at this writing by Charles River Laboratories had the rights of humans,  they would either be returned to their homes in the wild in Cambodia or be granted asylum as refugees. If […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Pacific rim, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Born Free USA, Kathy Guillermo, Lou Griffin, Merritt Clifton, PETA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

North Carolina “ag-gag” law fails in U.S. Court of Appeals

February 26, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Two of three judges find that the North Carolina Property Protection Act violates the First Amendment  RICHMOND, Virginia––A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on February 23,  2023 struck down the portions of the North Carolina ag-gag law most applicable to undercover investigations by animal advocates. The highly technical […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, USA Tagged With: Animal Legal Defense Fund, Judge Albert Diaz, Judge Allison Jones Rushing, Judge Henry F. Floyd, Merritt Clifton, PETA

The Envigo beagle case: loose ends & lessons for animal advocates

July 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Bad as the Envigo kennels are,  many animal shelter facilities are no better CUMBERLAND, Virginia––Much of the attention of the animal advocacy world,  as this is written,  is focused on the impending evacuation of 4,000-odd beagles from the Envigo kennels,  formerly the LabCorp kennels,  formerly the Covance Kennels. (See 4,500+ beagles freed from laboratory use […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Breeding, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Religion & philosophy, Science, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Covance, Humane Society of the U.S., Jill Cheshire, Merritt Clifton, PETA, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

4,500+ beagles freed from laboratory use by judge’s order

July 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Stop Animal Exploitation Now,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness,  PETA,  National Geographic, & Humane Society of the U.S. all assist in bringing beagles to freedom and breeder to justice RICHMOND, Virginia––Running out of patience with the laboratory animal supply company Envigo,  U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon late on July 1,  2022 ordered Envigo […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Humane Society of the U.S., Judge Norman Moon, Merritt Clifton, National Geographic, PETA, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Stop Animal Exploitation Now

And right on cue, here come the parasites, by Steve Hindi

March 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Parasites will be parasites.” Everyone at Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] and the Humane Farming Association knew it would happen,  because parasites will be parasites. It wasn’t a matter of “if,”  it was just a matter of “when,”  and “when” did not take long.  But even though it was anticipated,  when it happened it […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Animal Wellness Action, ASPCA, cockfighting, HSUS, PETA, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Wayne Pacelle, Whitesburg

HSUS to spend up to $20 million on Project Chimps & then kick it loose

January 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Seeks “peace with honor” & withdrawal after whistleblower campaign BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––The Humane Society of the United States on January 10,  2022 committed $20 million––at least in a media release––to making material improvements at the HSUS-funded Project Chimps sanctuary in Blue Ridge,  Georgia. The HSUS pledge,  observed Their Turn founder Donny Moss of New York […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Liberia, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Bruce Wagman, Crystal Alba, Donny Moss, HSUS, Lindsay Vanderhoogt, Merritt Clifton, PETA, Project Chimps

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