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“Victories” that are not, & other views of big animal groups from “The Eejit”

September 28, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Promises, promises,”  to the skirl of bagpipes Soon-to-retire longtime Animal Concern campaign director John Robins,  being a Scot who may never have seen a baseball game,  is not known to have ever used a metaphor borrowed from baseball. (See “Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland.) Robins is known,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Top, Humane history, Isles, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Compassion In World Farming, Eurogroup, John Robins, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, RSPCA, Sara Amundson

Pit bulls abroad

September 15, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Australia,  Canada,  France,  India,  Ireland,  Philippines,  South Africa,  United Kingdom Australia •  More dog attack deaths fuel alarm in South Africa, Australia, Ireland Canada •  Owner charged in Calgary pit bull death case was known to police •  Calgary asks why 86-year-old pit bull victim waited 30 minutes for ambulance •  Bans on pit bulls […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Canada, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Isles, Laws & politics, Shelters, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Animal Aid India, League Against Cruel Sports, Merritt Clifton, Montreal SPCA, NSPCA, RSPCA

The RSPCA recommends you & your pets for a pit bull’s dinner

August 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Breed Specific Legislation:  A Dog’s Dinner by the Royal SPCA of Britain (no individual author credited) Reviewed by Merritt Clifton     Free download from: https://www.rspca.org.uk/webContent/staticImages/Downloads/BSL_Report.pdf The Royal SPCA of Britain could scarcely have chosen a title more dismissive of dog attack victims,  both animal and human,  under which to try once again to dismantle […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Isles, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Barbara Kay, Jack Russell, Kellie Ann Richardson, Merritt Clifton, Patterdale, pit bull, Rottweiler, RSPCA, Veronica Lynch

Back to The Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit

July 6, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Last of a five-part series   See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan,”  Farmed animals & money talks and What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals.          LONDON,  U.K.––When Britannia ruled the waves,  when the sun never set on the British Empire,  Rudyard Kipling in 1894 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Birds, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Laws, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Scotland, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Brexit, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Ronald Orenstein, RSPCA, Rudyard Kipling

Farmed animals & money talks

July 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

U.K. farmed animal welfare laws older & weaker than many voters believe Part III of a five-part series.  See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan.”,  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) While residents of the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Turkeys, United Kingdom, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, Helmut Dungler, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Peter Stevenson, RSPCA

Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan”

July 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part II of a 5-part series   (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & money talks,  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.)          LONDON,  U.K.––Quipsters have it that Brexit,  as the June 23,  2016 choice of United Kingdom […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Organizations, Pacific rim, Pigs, Politics, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Taiwan, United Kingdom, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, CIWF, Jill Phipps, Julia Lewis, Martyn Stewart, Merritt Clifton, ProMED, RSPCA, Sean McCormack

Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?

July 1, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part I of a five-part series.   See also Part II: Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan” and Part III: Farmed animals & money talks.   Part IV:  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals. Part V:  Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.          LONDON,  U.K.––Will the June 23,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Animal Concern, David Bowles, Helmut Dungler, Janice Cox, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Peter Davies, RSPCA, Shirley McGreal, Vier Pfoten, Wim de Kok

Will vegan anti-hunters seize the RSPCA?

June 1, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Six candidates for five board seats LONDON––Ballots to elect the Royal SPCA of England & Wales ruling council are due on Tuesday, June 3, 2014.   Just under 25,000 RSPCA members are eligible to vote, down from a reported peak of about 38,600 in 2004. They will choose among six candidates for five available seats. Among […]

Filed Under: Europe, Isles, United Kingdom Tagged With: Freedom Food, Gavin Grant, Merritt Clifton, RSPCA

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