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San Francisco considers becoming third U.S. city to ban glue traps
(Beth Clifton collage) More than a century after glue-trapping birds became illegal, glue-trapping mice persists SAN FRANCISCO, California––Coat a branch with quicklime paste to trap a bird by gluing...
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Las Vegas horse vet Shawn Frehner found. Social media victim? Suicide?
(Beth Clifton collage) Video of Shawn Frehner kicking a fractious horse was aired on local TV stations days before he disappeared PAHRUMP, Nevada––U.S. National Park Service personnel on April 18,...
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“I’m not here” says Sharon Harmon, leaving Oregon Humane after 36 years
(Beth Clifton collage) Harmon raised more money than 121 years of her Oregon Humane Society predecessors––and did much more with it PORTLAND, Oregon––More than 250 people on April 24, 2025 crowded...
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Three pit bull owners charged in deaths of two babies & a senior citizen
(Beth Clifton collage) One of the pit bull owners was already facing a murder charge HOUSTON & WICHITA FALLS, Texas; JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina; OROVILLE, Washington––Pit bull owners in two...
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Steer-tailing, “a nightmare for animals,” under Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s...
(Beth Clifton collage) Showing Animals Respect & Kindness puts Pritzker administration on notice to stop the cruelty & apparent corruption GENEVA, Illinois––“April 19, 2025 was a nightmare...
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Is NIH under Trump really replacing animal testing, or just axing research?
(Beth Clifton collage) The Trump budget cuts leave little new funding for “reduction, refinement, & replacement” WASHINGTON D.C.––Have animal advocates become part of a smokescreen for $18...
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Animal Care & Use Committees lose invisibility cloak: names must be public
(Beth Clifton collage) University of Washington faculty lose three-year court battle to keep anonymity SEATTLE, Washington––Responding to March 2025 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Western...
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“Outside dogs”& perhaps others kill six-year-old in rural Oklahoma
(Beth Clifton collage) Overcrowded shelters, hoarders, strays, & dumping contribute to regional crisis LEXINGTON, Oklahoma––Practically everyone in rural Cleveland County, Oklahoma, south of...
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Four rescue transport pilots & two animal welfare scientists noted in passing
(Beth Clifton collage) Matthew and Paul Berkovitz, 69 & 36; Seuk Kim, 49; Lee Krulisch, 80; Sheila Bolin, 65 Father and son volunteer animal rescue transport pilots Paul and Matthew Berkovitz,...
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Investigator Gail Eisnitz details her fight for farmed animals & to stay alive
(Beth Clifton collage) Out of Sight: An Undercover Investigator’s Fight for Animal Rights & Her Own Survival by Gail Eisnitz Skyhorse Publishing 307 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018...
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