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Pro-cockfighting rally draws fewer participants than local cockfights

August 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Apathy thwarts “Call To Action BBQ” VERBENA, Alabama––One inept attempt to rally nationwide support for cockfighting,  convened on short notice amid a global pandemic,  scarcely means the multi-million-dollar cockfighting industry is unraveling,  protected as it is by “good old boys” in legislatures and law enforcement. But that fewer people rallied in defense of cockfighting on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Brenda Schory, Brent Easterling, Jim Collins, John Shearon, Mario Maldonado, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Stuart Chaifetz

Triple murder in Frostproof: pig hunting, cockfighting, Publix & pizza

July 23, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Doesn’t everyone order 10 double cheeseburgers at McDonald’s after killing three catfishers?             FROSTPROOF,  Florida––Brandon Rollins,  27,  Keven Springfield, 30,  and Damion Tillman,  23,  were shot to death at Lake Streety,  Florida,  on the night of July 17,  2020,  much as the three of them had cornered and killed countless feral pigs. But Rollins,  Springfield,  […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting Tagged With: Brandon Rollins, Damion Tillman, Grady Judd, Keven Springfield, Mary Whittemore, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Robinson, Robert Wiggins, Steve Hindi, Stuart Chaifetz, T.J. Wiggins

Kentucky state cops let 33 cars leave alleged cockfight before investigating

July 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness caught the “great escape” on video             PINE KNOT, Kentucky––Duane Pohlman, chief investigative reporter for the Cincinnati television station WKRC,  aired quite a scoop about cockfighting continuing in Kentucky on Monday,  July 6, 2020,  using undercover video collected by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) with Humane Farming Association Funding. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Duane Pohlman, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Stuart Chaifetz, Wayne Pacelle

Is burying pigeons alive legal in Pennsylvania?

November 17, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness video tests exemption for “shooting activities” in new anti-cruelty law          HAMBURG,  Pennsylvania––Drone video obtained by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) both during and after a November 9,  2017 pigeon shoot at the Wing Pointe gun club in Hamburg,   Pennsylvania,  shows adult “trapper boys” not only dumping wounded […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Janet Enoch, Joseph Solana, Karel Minor, Merritt Clifton, Robert Olsen, Steve Hindi, Stuart Chaifetz, Todd Stephens

Did HSUS & Humane Pennsylvania sacrifice pigeons to NRA demand?

September 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

“Libre’s Law,”  without prohibiting pigeon shoots, exempts “Shooting activities not otherwise prohibited” from criminal prosecution           HARRISBURG,  Pennsylvania––Why did the Humane Society of the U.S. and Humane Pennsylvania not tell the world that they won passage of a much touted new Pennsylvania state humane law at the cost of accepting language,  reportedly dictated by the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Birds, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: A. Nelson Lewis, Heidi Prescott, Karel Minor, Keith Mohler, Merritt Clifton, Mike Markarian, Mike Sturla, Stuart Chaifetz, Todd Stephens, Wayne Pacelle

Trump booster Senator James Inhofe halts pigeon shoot fundraisers

August 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Three-year SHARK campaign succeeds          GENEVA, Illinois––Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) on August 22,  2017 released documents obtained from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation through a Freedom of Information Act request indicating that U.S. Senator James Inhofe (Republican,  Oklahoma) will no longer hold live pigeon shoots as part of his annual summer fundraising […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Captive animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Baxter Lewallen, James Inhofe, Janet Enoch, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Stuart Chaifetz

New SHARK CharityCops site exposes Animal Charity Evaluators

August 9, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Finds ACE to be less engaged in “evaluation” than in funneling money to charities associated with the founder Nearly 30 years have passed since then-trophy hunter Steve Hindi stopped in Hegins,  Pennsylvania on his way to go shark fishing off Montauk Point,  Long Island,  to witness an internationally notorious pigeon shoot which Hindi became instrumental […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Janet Enoch, Jon Bockman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Cooney, Steve Hindi, Stuart Chaifetz

Update: Vermont Gov Scott signs HSUS bill to cut puppy mill cage sizes

June 16, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Vermont H. 218 weakens cold weather protection of farm dogs too, agree two of state’s senior animal advocates Vermont Governor Phillip B. Scott on June 16,  2017 signed into law state bill H. 218,   which reduces the cage space allocated to many dogs in breeding kennels by from half to 75%. Introduced by Hartland […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Barry Londeree, John Bartholomew, Matt Hongolz-Hetling, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Larson, Stuart Chaifetz, Sue Skaskiw, Wayne Pacelle

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