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More predators in animal charity than remain in the wild

January 24, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

by Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Predation,  parasitism,  fraud and outright theft are enormous problems in the animal protection industry that even a 90-day wormer cannot fix. ANIMALS 24-7 in George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers,  and in a wealth of previous exposés,  has unfortunately barely rippled the scum […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Beth Clifton, George Santos, Ingrid Newkirk, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi, Will Potter

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

“We are fine;  the problem is with everyone else,” by Steve Hindi

December 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The animal cause needs an oil change & new spark plugs When I first read the title of Does guilt have a place in animal rights activism?,  the most recent ANIMALS 24-7 guest column by United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis,  I hoped it referenced the faults and failures of our side. Then I started […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Beth Clifton, Janet Enoch, Karen Davis, Merritt Clifton, Will Potter

Why give the bad guys the chance to tell the truth about animal advocacy?

August 11, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

“In today’s movement, it is easier to name organizations rife with incompetence,  laziness and in many cases outright fraud,  than not” by Steve Hindi A commenter on the recent ANIMALS 24-7 article New SHARK CharityCops site exposes Animal Charity Evaluators,  about our campaign to improve the truthfulness,  transparency,  efficiency and effectiveness of the animal rights movement,  concluded […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Beth Clifton, Merritt Clifton, Rick Berman, Steve Hindi, Will Potter

SHARK circles Alex Pacheco & “600 Million Stray Dogs Need You”

April 25, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

“600 Million Stray Dogs Need You” exposed on YouTube          POMPANO BEACH,  Florida––Most folks in Florida know enough not to attract a SHARK’s notice.  Alex Pacheco,  founder of 600 Million Stray Dogs Need You,  apparently is not one of them. Indeed,  a person claiming to be “extremely close to Mr. Pacheco”  went out of her […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, China, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Dogs & cats, Eating dogs, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Linda Ducato, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz, Will Potter

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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