Low-cost vet care provider/funder offers another view of Rich Avanzino
Bob Christiansen. by Bob Christiansen, co-founder, The Boca Fund (See also How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession and Is the Veterinary Profession Serving...
View ArticleFirst “Pit Bull Awareness Week” 2026 fatality is Alabama three-year-old
(Beth Clifton collage) Multiple family members of the victim kept pit bulls SULLIGENT, Alabama––Three-year-old Waylon O’Mary Coronna, of Sulligent, Alabama, identified by the Otis Funeral Home as...
View ArticleWood & wine bucks allegedly bring barred owl & mule deer massacres
(Beth Clifton collage) Claim that killing barred owls & Catalina mule deer is to protect endangered species is at best questionable SALEM, Oregon; LOS ANGELES, California––Blazing gunfire...
View ArticleRich Avanzino, 84, one of the suspected “fathers” of bastardized no-kill
Richard Avanzino & Merritt Clifton in 2015.(Beth Clifton photo) Avanzino in 23 years at the San Francisco SPCA helped to create the “no kill movement,” but in 17 years as founding president of...
View ArticleWill flagrant probation violations send SHARK assailant back to prison?
(Beth Clifton collage) Dope, guns, evidence of cockfighting; why isn’t James Newcomb back behind bars now? IRONTON, Ohio––Why is alleged cockfighter James “Bubba” Newcomb, of Waterloo, Ohio, not...
View ArticleWhat do “rescued” beluga deaths signify for marine mammal captivity?
(Beth Clifton collage) Sanctuary proponents square off against captivity defenders, as both sides invoke the name & teachings of Ric O’Barry CHICAGO, Illinois––Four of the 30 belugas...
View ArticlePit bulls, the humane movement, & the elephant in the room, by Ed Duvin
Ed Duvin & the elephant in the room.(Beth Clifton collage) “A compassionate movement can’t exist in a state of intellectual & moral bankruptcy & maintain its credibility.” Editor’s note:...
View Article“March to End Animal Testing” reaches Marshall BioResources
(Beth Clifton collage) Bill to ban federally funded biomedical research on dogs & cats introduced in D.C. NORTH ROSE, New York––The human population of North Rose, New York, officially listed as...
View ArticleAlleged no-killer De Anda charged; Miranda’s Rescue back in business
(Beth Clifton collage) Bringing Rock N’ Paws to court after raid took six months. Charges still pending against Miranda’s Rescue. FORTUNA, LAKE HUGHES, California––One of the most notorious...
View ArticleInsider reveals deeper meaning of NIH & FDA animal use policy changes
(Beth Clifton collage) Insights into evolving considerations for Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee members “How do we know that learning what happens to one animal tells us what will happen...
View ArticleFDA finally moves to comply with 2022 law ending animal testing mandate
(Beth Clifton collage) Compliance with FDA Modernization Act 2.0 comes only after FDA Modernization Act 3.0, compelling compliance, has already passed U.S. Senate & House of Representatives...
View ArticleDogs & cat use in labs is up under Trump/Kennedy, says White Coat Waste
(Beth Clifton collage) Former Trump ally details new use of beagles & kittens in report MAHA Betrayed WASHINGTON D.C.––Apologists for the abysmal record of the second Donald Trump administration on...
View ArticlePit bulls in court: dead include three babies, a grandma, & a grandpa
(Beth Clifton collage) Yet another baby killed by pit bull/Akita as this article was posted VIDOR, Texas; GREENVILLE, Ohio; MARKLE, Indiana; TULLAHOMA, Tennessee––Orange County,...
View ArticlePeter Max, artist, vegetarian, & pro-animal philanthropist, dies at 88
(Beth Clifton collage) Peter & Mary Max were “a consistent presence” at New York City galas for animal causes NEW YORK CITY––Artist and pro-animal philanthopist Peter Max died in Manhattan, New...
View ArticleFive alleged cockfighters indicted; ex-NFL star convicted of dog fighting
(Beth Clifton collage) Good news from the Department of Justice on both the cockfighting & dog fighting fronts––but what took so long? BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky; MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma––September 10,...
View ArticleWhy are those men in black swinging chickens over their heads?
(Beth Clifton collage) Yom Kippur, Kapporos, & what Jewish animal advocates are doing about it NEW YORK, N.Y.––Yom Kippur, to be celebrated in 2026 from sundown on Sunday, September 20, until...
View ArticleCan 15-miles-a-day march on the Erie Canal save Marshall Farms beagles?
(Beth Clifton collage) Whatever the 207-mile trek to Marshall Farms achieves, it is different ALBANY, New York––Animal advocacy marches have historically had a history of dismal failure,...
View ArticleCatalina Island Conservancy invokes drone ban, starts killing 2,000 deer
(Beth Clifton collage) Deer cull may do more for wine-growing relatives of Catalina Island Conservancy founder than for either nature or claimed pretext of fire suppression LOS ANGELES––Henry David...
View ArticleRemembering the animal & human heroes of 9/11 twenty-five years later
(Beth Clifton collage) A quarter of a century later, recollections remain vivid & the aftershocks rumble on September 11, 2001, though it reshaped our world, is now as remote as Pearl Harbor...
View ArticleEd Duvin: “I saw the best minds of animal advocacy destroyed by madness”
(Beth Clifton collage) The no-kill movement is not yet old enough to be suffering from advanced dementia This will be a different essay than I normally write, not carefully constructed and edited, but...
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