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Kansas City Pet Project dog attack claims don’t add up
(Beth Clifton collage) Veterinary Information Network notes rising shelter dog attacks KANSAS CITY, Missouri––The numbers on two recent dog attacks furnished by the Kansas City Pet Project to Fox 4...
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Humane classic: Ordeal of the Animals
by Mel Morse Prentice-Hall Inc., 1968. 212 pages, hardcover. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wrote Humane Society of the U.S. senior policy advisor Bernard Unti in June 2011, “Mel Morse, the HSUS...
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The five muckrakes whose ideas built the Humane Society of the U.S.
Muckrake (n): synonym for crusading journalist. From right: Fred Myers, Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers), Cleveland Amory, Ann Cottrell Free, & Henry Spira. (Beth & Merritt Clifton collage) How...
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Did Cleveland Amory write to Ann Landers? Yes!
(Beth Clifton collage) Part II of The five muckrakes whose ideas built the Humane Society of the U.S. (See also Fierce critics Ann Cottrell Free & Henry Spira goaded HSUS to mature.) Did longtime...
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Fierce critics Ann Cottrell Free & Henry Spira goaded HSUS to mature
Henry Spira, left; Ann Cottrell Free, right. (Beth Clifton collage) Part III of The five muckrakes whose ideas built the Humane Society of the U.S.; see also Did Cleveland Amory write to Ann Landers?...
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Hellfire hits the Great Smokies, but 10,000 fish escape
(Merritt Clifton collage) Drought-driven fires traumatize a region that rejects global warming GATLINBURG, PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee––Animal victims of the firestorm that swept the resort...
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Quebec Court of Appeals allows Montreal pit bull ban to take effect
(Beth Clifton collage) Appellate judges overturn lower court stay on enforcement MONTREAL, Quebec––A three-judge panel from the Quebec Court of Appeals on December 1, 2016 allowed most parts...
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Speaking up wins a reprieve for mute swans in New York state
Darth Swan. (Merritt Clifton collage) Popular with the public, mute swans have few friends in high places ALBANY, N.Y. –– After vetoing bills to protect mute swans in 2014 and 2015, New York...
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Auction date set for survivors of ISPMB wild horse sanctuary meltdown
(Beth Clifton collage) Victorious Dakota Access protesters unlikely to ride to the rescue LANTRY, South Dakota––If just one Dakota Access pipeline protester in 10 could stop at the...
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How did San Diego shelters respond after a newly rehomed pit bull killed a...
Jack the Yorkie. (Beth Clifton collage) Risky adoptions continue SAN DIEGO, California––So what did the major shelters in San Diego do to improve adoption safety after a two-year-old pit...
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Near-record fine too light for SNBL labs, say SAEN, AWI, & PETA
(Beth Clifton collage) Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories rapped for deaths of 38 macaques, among other Animal Welfare Act violations EVERETT, Washington––Stop Animal Exploitation Now...
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Will more boat kills than ever stop proposal to ease manatee safeguards?
Manatee at Homosassa Springs, Florida. (Beth Clifton photo) Speeding boaters kill most since 2009, with a month of 2016 left to count MIAMI, Florida––Florida boaters have thus far in 2016 killed a...
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The Big Five: Browder helped save the Everglades, Kellert found the current...
Stephen Kellert (lower right) did sociological research bringing together topics as seemingly disparate as Joe Browder’s work to save the Everglades and pit bull proliferation. Part III of a three-part...
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Who owns “working cats”?
(Beth Clifton collage) Dogs have owners, cats have staff LOS ANGELES, California––Mass media might term a dispute underway over legal possession of the phrase “working cats” a “cat-spat,”...
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No “fake news” here –– we bring you the real deal!
Priscilla Ferret. We rescued her from a waterfront parking lot where she had apparently been dumped. And it isn’t news you’ll get anywhere else ANIMALS 24-7 a few weeks back exposed how a...
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How “Quality of Mercy” Swallowed the humane movement (part 1)
Christine Stevens, top, and Anna C. Briggs, insert. Effects of 1963 rewrite of history are still felt (See also Quality of Mercy, Part 2) Animal Welfare Institute founder Christine Stevens (1918-2002),...
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How “Quality of Mercy” Swallowed the humane movement (part 2)
1963 history sidestepped controversies that revitalized the cause (See also Quality of Mercy Part 1.) By the end of the era in humane work that William Alan Swallow most thoroughly chronicles in...
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Remembering Montana Spay/Neuter Task force founder Jean Atthowe
(Montana Spay/Neuter Task Force drawing; Beth Clifton collage) “Her techniques have been emulated around the world” JEAN ATTHOWE, believed to be about 90, died on December 19, 2016 at her home in...
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Food Fictions by Karen Davis, PhD
Farm to Fable: The Fictions of Our Animal-Consuming Culture by Robert Grillo Vegan Publishers (2016). $13.50 paperback; $5.99 eBook (PDF/epub/mobi formats) Reviewed by Karen Davis, Ph.D. Farm to...
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No Kill Conference & No-Kill Directory founder Lynda Foro, 74
(Beth Clifton collage) Foro was instrumental in turning the no-kill goal into a movement By Merritt Clifton KNOXVILLE, Tennessee––Lynda J. Foro, 74, organizer of the first six annual No...
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