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Lara Trump’s theme: bash China, boost Donald, in the name of dog rescue

March 15, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Donald Trump hotel gets 45% cut of expected take from Big Dog Ranch Rescue fundraiser for dogs to be brought from China PALM BEACH, Florida––Does anyone really believe former U.S. president Donald Trump just happened to show up at a fundraiser for Big Dog Ranch Rescue,  organized by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump,  held in his […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Donald Trump, Lara Trump, Lauree Simmons, Lauren Simmons, Marc Ching, Merritt Clifton, Peter Li

The minks’ jinx: is COVID-19 an exploited species’ revenge?

May 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dutch disclose second case of mink-to-human COVID-19 transmission             WAGENINGEN, the Netherlands;  WUHAN, China––“A second case has become known on one of the infected mink farms where,  most likely,  SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19]passed from mink to human,”  Dutch minister of health Hugo DeYoung and minister of agriculture Carola Schouten jointly advised the Dutch parliament on May 25, 2020. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Fur & leather, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Netherlands, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Carola Schouten, Donald Trump, Hugo DeYoung, Merritt Clifton, Peter Li, Wang Yanyi

China: Stopping dog trucks is the easy part. Saving dogs is harder.

June 30, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Some dogs die from their ordeal,  but more than 80% are saved          GUANGZHOU,  China––The hardest part of rescuing a truckload of suspected stolen dogs en route to slaughter in Guangzhou,  China on June 19,  2017 had only just began when the cages of dogs were unloaded. The cargo,  initially believed to be about 800 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Meat issues, Organizations, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Peter Li, Soi Dog Foundation

Rumored Yulin dog meat festival cancellation still unconfirmed

May 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Global media frenzy overlooks lack of official notice from China          YULIN,  China––Chinese media,  including those that usually publicize government announcements,  had through May 20,  2017 remained conspicuously silent about a purported week-long suspension of dog meat sales said to have been introduced in Yulin,  China coinciding with the annual Yulin Lychee & Dog-Eating Festival. The […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Buddhism, Cats, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Food & agriculture, Humane history, Organizations, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Amy Qin, Irene Feng, Marco Polo, Merritt Clifton, Peter Li, Qin Xianona

Two furors bring China draft standards for lab animals

March 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Lab animal standards are step toward Chinese national animal welfare act BEIJING,  China––A brief public comment period on draft animal welfare and ethics standards for Chinese laboratories closed on March 20,  2016. The draft standards were released soon after two furors erupted over the use of lab animals in China. Medical university dog use “In […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Chimps & other primates, China, Cultural, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Lab animals, Legislation, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Science, Science Tagged With: George Dvorsky, Peter Li

Chinese activists thwart Canadian hope of selling seal meat to China

April 23, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Trade deal “largely thwarted by animal rights activists”             HALIFAX,  Nova Scotia––Canadian fisheries minister Gail Shea admitted on the eve of the April 14 opening of the 2014 Atlantic Canada seal hunt that “a trade agreement to sell Canadian seal meat in China announced more than three years ago has been […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Canada, China, Food & agriculture, Marine life, Organizations, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Gail Shea, Merritt Clifton, Peter Li

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