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“Here they came to snuff the rooster” in Cantrell country, but SHARK saved him

June 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton Leave a Comment

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness stops yet another big cockfight STRINGTOWN, Oklahoma––”Here they came to snuff the rooster,”  to paraphrase the best known song by “Alice In Chains” guitarist Jerry Cantrell,  the most famous of the 410 residents of Stringtown,  Oklahoma. Yet more than 60 carloads of cockfighting enthusiasts barely saw any roosters snuffed on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Bonnie & Clyde, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Kobliska, Miranda Lambert, Reba McIntire, Rob Baughman, Steve Hindi, Stringtown

Is the ivory-billed woodpecker––declared extinct five times––still with us?

April 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Or have scientists just held a seance?            TALLULAH,  Louisiana––“Multiple lines of evidence indicate survival of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Louisiana,”  insist a nine-member team in a newly posted paper by that name. The lineup of co-authors,  headed by Steven C. Latta,  director of conservation at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: David Kelvian, David Luneau, Gene Sparling, Geoffrey Hill, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Steven C. Latta

Alisa Marie Mullins: longtime behind-the-scenes voice of PETA

March 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

PETA obituary understated Mullins’ role as author,  ghostwriter,  & spokesperson Alisa Marie Mullins,  59,  a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals researcher and writer for 30 years,  died on March 22, 2022 “after a 2-year battle with brain cancer,”  PETA announced. The PETA obituary announcement understated Mullins’ longtime role as author and/or ghost writer […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cats, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Barack Obama, KKK, McDonald's, Merritt Clifton, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Peter Wolf, Steve Hindi, Vox Felina

Alleged cockfighter indicted for bribery in Kentucky, others named

March 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

31 missing cockfighters becomes a presidential campaign issue in the Philippines LEXINGTON,  Kentucky;  MANILA, Philippines––The U.S. Department of Justice on March 2,  2022 disclosed the names of four more alleged cockfighters against whom sealed federal indictments were issued on February 24,  2022 in London,  Kentucky. No further information,  however,  has been forthcoming about who was […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Carlton S. Shier IV, Cruz Alejandro Mercado-Vazquez, Jerrard McVey, Jodi Cohen, Linda McVey, Millard Oscar Hubbard, Panfilo Lacson, Rodrigo Duterte, Steve Hindi, Vicente Sotto III, Walter H. Mitchell

John F. Robins of Animal Concern Scotland on fundraising & parasites

March 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“John Robins has not been following medical advice & taking things easy” Editors’ note:  John Frederick Robins,  64,  probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history,  despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,”  did not shuffle off after all,  despite the September 25,  2021 ANIMALS 24-7 headline “Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, USA Tagged With: Charity Navigator, Elena Edwards, Guidestar, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Wise Giving Alliance

Feds indict 13 Kentucky cockfighters flushed out by SHARK; more busts likely

March 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Indictments do not mention February 25,  2022 FBI raid in Whitesburg,  Kentucky             LONDON, Kentucky––Eight alleged cockfight organizers and five alleged cockfighters were indicted for federal felonies in grand jury indictments issued on February 24,  2022 in London,  Kentucky,  unsealed on March 1,  2022. Citing more than a dozen alleged specific dates of cockfights held […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Beachel Collett, Bradley Cye Rose, Dallas M. Cope, Harold “Fuzzy” Hale, Hiram Creech Jr., Jacklyn R. Johnson, John Root, Joshua Westerfield, Justin Smith, Lester Collett, Millard Oscar Hubbard, Orville D. Asher, Rickie D. Johnson, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Timothy Sizemore

FBI raids alleged Kentucky cockpit; 31 cockfighters “disappear” in Philippines

March 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But Oklahoma legislator moves to gut anti-cockfighting law WHITESBURG, Kentucky––Information is scarce about a February 25,  2022 raid by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on an alleged cockpit near Whitesburg,  Kentucky. Information is even scarcer about a rumored simultaneous raid on a second alleged cockpit west of Lexington,  Kentucky,  followed by additional raids elsewhere in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Charlie's Pit, CJ's Pit, Justin Humphrey, Laurel Creek Game Club, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Whitesburg

How to take down rodeo like a bull flipping a cowboy in 8 seconds or less

February 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The rodeo fall could be short,  with a hard landing in mud & manure by Steve Hindi Rodeos are held across North America, but have such a narrow fan base that the concerts accompanying the major U.S. rodeos routinely outdraw the actual rodeo events, often by a factor of ten-to-one or more. World Wrestling Federation […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Rodeo, Spectacles Tagged With: Professional Bull Riders, Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Red Alert,  the bull,  Schrödinger’s cat,  Mark Twain, Spartacus, & Steve Hindi

February 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Will anyone proclaim “I am Red Alert!”?             KNOXVILLE,  LOS ANGELES––One might imagine that even the Professional Bull Riders,  hostile as as they are to the humane values of mainstream society,  might shy away from thematic alignment with the disgraced Austrian-Irish Nobel Prize-winning physicist turned pederast Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961). On […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Andrew Giangola, David Gershwin, Merritt Clifton, Red Alert, Roy Honeycutt, Steve Hindi

Why was there “a long lull in KY law enforcement against cockfighting?”

January 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

by Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness “Another long lull in Kentucky law enforcement against cockfighting followed,  until the SHARK campaign debuted in 2020,”  ended the January 26,  2022 ANIMALS 24-7 article entitled Two cockfights stopped; Steve Hindi credits local opposition.             That sentence referenced the scarcity of cockfighting busts in Kentucky between a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, USA Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Beth Clifton, Charlie's Pit, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Wayne Pacelle, Will Potter

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