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Cormorant killing resumes ––why SHARK isn’t there

October 12, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

by Steve Hindi Today we learned that the cormorant slaughter off East Sand Island, on the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, has resumed.  SHARK successfully documented and exposed the killing last spring.  Although we have a “Phase 2” plan for this slaughter,  SHARK does not have the money to go forward with this or […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Culture & Animals, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Barker, Steve Hindi

How 28 pigeons survived U.S. Senator Inhofe’s shooting party

September 12, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness finds survivors two days later          ALTUS,  Oklahoma––Shot and wounded but not dispatched at a pigeon shoot fundraiser for U.S. Senator James Inhofe on September 9,  2016,   28 banded racing or show pigeons were on Sunday,  September 11,  2016 recovered alive by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) personnel from […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: James Inhofe, Janet Enoch, Merritt Clifton, Ruth Steinberger, Steve Hindi

Feds illegally shot cormorants but can keep killing, judge rules

September 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Judge holds that inability to resurrect dead fish trumps inability to resurrect dead birds          PORTLAND,  Oregon––Rendering a long-awaited verdict on the legality of killing double crested cormorants to protect salmon spawning runs on the Columbia River,  U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon on August 31,  2016 ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Meat issues, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Audubon Society of Portland, Bob Sallinger, Judge Michael H. Simon, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi

Dead shark bites New York governor Andrew Cuomo

August 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

“Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth dear, & he shows them pearly white…” LONG ISLAND,  New York––New York state governor Andrew Cuomo, and his brother,  CNN New Day morning news anchor Chris Cuomo,  on August 28,  2016 put killing sharks at the top of the news the next morning by tweeting to the world […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Chris Cuomo, Karl Mathiesen, Lewis Pugh, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Oliver Milman, Rona Kobell, Steve Hindi

Trump booster Inhofe to host live pigeon shoot & dove hunt

August 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Will Trump &/or trophy-hunting sons attend?          CHICAGO,  Illinois––Currently campaigning for Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump,  Oklahoma U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe is to host his annual live pigeon shoot political fundraiser on September 9,  2016 at a private hunting club about 10 miles from Altus,  Oklahoma,  followed by a dove hunt the next day. […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Birds, Birds, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Jim Inhofe, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi

Stampede & Frontier Days ride furiously in opposite directions

July 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

No animal deaths in 2016 in Calgary;  8 injuries in 8 days in Cheyenne  One day we rode the mountain crest and I went east & he went west. I took to law & wore a star while he spread terror near and far. ––Lorne Green, “Ringo” (1964) With two days left to run, at least 10 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Canada, Cattle & dairy, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Other animal racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Spectacles, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Calgary Stampede, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Feds kill 2,400 cormorants but claim why colony fled nests is a mystery

May 23, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Sea lions are meanwhile killed upstream          PORTLAND,  Oregon––Hiring USDA Wildlife Services to kill double-crested cormorants near the mouth of the Columbia River,  while other agencies killed sea lions beneath the Bonneville Dam,   nominally to protect chinook salmon runs on behalf of sport fishers,  the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on May 19,  2016 admitted […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Left, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Marine life, Seals, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Amy Echols, Bob Sallinger, Cassandra Profit, Dan Roby, Steve Hindi

Charges against pigeon killer recall humane & labor movement landmarks

February 27, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Boys from Bridgeton were once in the movements’ vanguard          BRIDGETON,  NJ;  PHILADELPHIA,  PA––Cruelty charges have been filed against an unnamed 17-year-old Bridgeton,  New Jersey resident for allegedly torturing pigeons wounded in live pigeon shoots at the Philadelphia Gun Club by kicking the wounded birds and throwing rocks at them. Previous cases dismissed Filed by […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Birds, Captive animals, Cruelty & neglect, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife, Working horses Tagged With: Carolyn Earle White, Cumberland Glass Works, Merritt Clifton, Philadelphia Gun Club, Samuel Gompers, SHARK, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz

Shot hits SHARK drone during Senator James Inhofe pigeon shoot

September 15, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Sheriff & state police refuse to investigate          ALTUS,  Oklahoma––An alleged participant in the 11th annual fundraising pigeon shoot hosted by U.S. Senator James Inhofe marked September 11,  2015 by shooting one of the engine covers off of an eight-engine drone helicopter operated by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi. “Senator Inhofe was […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Birds, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: James Inhofe, Merritt Clifton, pigeon shoot, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

Idaho ag-gag falls, AETA does nothing, & Will Potter’s drone allegedly flew away

September 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Drone expert Steve Hindi asks Potter to account for $90,000          BOISE,  CHICAGO,  WASHINGTON D.C.––Which is the greater threat to animal advocacy:  so-called ag-gag laws that seek to prevent animal advocates from videotaping routine cruelty in agribusiness,  the much decried federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act of 2006 (AETA),  or lack of transparency and accountability on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: AETA, Ag-gag, drones, Steve Hindi, Will Potter

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