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Animal deaths at Primarily Primates were not “acts of God”

February 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Why was Primarily Primates less ready for the Texas freeze than a pizza parlor?             SAN ANTONIO,  Texas––“After 4 days without power, we finally have electricity back at the sanctuary!” Primarily Primates posted on the morning of February 19,  2021. “Due to the tenuous situation here in Texas,”  the posting added,  “we will be using […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry Kent MacKay, Brooke Chavez, Carroll Soo-Hoo, Lynn Cuny, Merritt Clifton, Nicole Rivard, Priscilla Feral, Vernon Weir, Violet Soo-Hoo, Wally Swett

Wild horse problem needs 15 years, $5 billion, says acting BLM chief

October 22, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

“I’m not going to speculate on what Congress is going to do about money,”  Pendley adds.             FORT COLLINS,   Colorado;  CALGARY,  Alberta––Returning the U.S. wild horse population to the officially estimated sustainable level of about 27,000,  without mass roundups for  slaughter,  will take 15 years and $5 billion of investment,  acting Bureau of Land Management […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, USA, Wild horses Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Astrid Kodric-Brown, Erick Lundgren, Erik Molvar, Merritt Clifton, Monty Irby, Priscilla Feral, Scott Sonner, Wayne Pacelle, William Perry Pendley

Four schemes to save 70,000 wild horses from a BLM Apocalypse

April 27, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

What the Trump administration plans & what wild horse advocates hope to do about it             WASHINGTON D.C.––The infamous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,  riding a white horse,  red horse,  black horse,  and pale horse to sow Pestilence,  War,  Famine,  and Death,  are prophesied to come galloping at wild horses in the guise of Oil,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Sheep & goats, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Chris Stewart, Donald Trump, Kitty Block, Laura Leigh, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Feral, Sara Amundson, Suzanne Roy

“Natural” horse herd control advocate Sussman loses ranch

September 26, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros is sued for unpaid rent             EAGLE BUTTE,  South Dakota––Attorney,  author,  and marine biologist John Christopher Fine,  of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,  on August 29,  2018 sued the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros and society president Karen Sussman,  “seeking nearly $135,000 in delinquent rent,”  reported Seth Tupper […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA, Wild horses Tagged With: Colleen Marie Burns, Elaine Nash, Karen Sussman, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Feral, Seth Tupper, Velma Johnston

Auction date set for survivors of ISPMB wild horse sanctuary meltdown

December 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Victorious Dakota Access protesters unlikely to ride to the rescue          LANTRY,  South Dakota––If just one Dakota Access pipeline protester in 10 could stop at the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros premises en route home from the multi-month vigil that kept the pipeline from crossing the Missouri River by passing under Lake […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Novak, Colleen Marie Burns, Darci Adams, Jay Kirkpatrick, Karen Sussman, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Feral

“Can’t fix wild horses? Kill ’em,” say BLM advisors

September 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Recommendation to kill horses came after advocates blocked multiple fertility control proposals Part II of a two-part series.  See also:  Is BLM advisory board threat to kill 45,000 mustangs a wild bet? The BLM National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board frustratedly recommended that the 45,000 horses in holding facilities be killed only hours after […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA, Welfare, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Ginger Kathrens, Holly Hazard, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Feral, Willis Lamm, ZonaStat-H

Suspension of PZP test means more people could eat a horse

May 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Friends of Animals blocks contraceptive project in the Pine Nut Mountains of Nevada. Part III of a three-part series examining winter,  wildlife,  & livestock.  See also If “your ass is grass,”  ranchers lost their butts in 2015-2016,  and Winter policy favors feeding elk but starving bison.          RENO,  Nevada––Even a quick glance at satellite photos suggests that the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, USA, Welfare, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Byron Clark, Clark Gable, Deniz Bolbol, Ed Counts, Friends of Animals, Marilyn Monroe, Merritt Clifton, Michael Harris, Priscilla Feral, Velma Johnston, Willis Lamm

Court finally puts Angel’s Gate out of its misery

October 8, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Eight-year struggle          DELHI,  New York––More than eight years of investigation and three years of litigation over the management of the former Angel’s Gate hospice in Delhi,  New York,  appeared to end with the dissolution of the charity on October 2,  2015 by Otsego County Court Judge John F. Lambert. The verdict may end one […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Denise Flaim, Marc Jurnove, New York State Humane Association, PETA, Priscilla Feral, Susan Marino

Sex, drugs, & wild horses

May 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Friends of Animals tries to stop use of PZP          WASHINGTON D.C.––Friends of Animals on May 20, 2015 asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to “consider new scientific evidence demonstrating the need to cancel the registration of porcine zona pellucida (PZP) for population control of America’s wild horses and burros, which was issued to the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, USA, Wild horses Tagged With: Holly Hazard, Jay Kirkpatrick, porcine zona pellucida, Priscilla Feral, PZP, Willis Lamm

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