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About robotic sex dolls & gadgets to help people talk to their dogs
(Beth Clifton collage) Amazon.com bets on profits in plug-in relationships SEATTLE––The Amazon.com folks, with revenue of $136 billion a year, know a thing or two about sales and...
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Animal advocacy cases in the forefront of defense of civil liberties
(Beth Clifton collage) Buffalo Field Campaign won relevant precedent just one day before U.S. Senate fracas WASHINGTON D.C.––Legal precedents won by animal advocates are among the most...
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Ex-HSUS vp David Wills’ co-defendant pleads to child sex charge
(Beth Clifton collage) Sentencing on child sex trafficking plea set for November 16, 2017 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Maria Candelaria Losoya, 55, of Brownsville, Texas, co-defendant with former...
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“Good Dog Carl” books should be sold like cigarettes, with warnings
(Beth Clifton collage) Promoting “nanny dogs” is a threat to public health by Barbara Kay Very young children do not see animals as “other.” It seems natural to them that stories should feature animals...
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New SHARK CharityCops site exposes Animal Charity Evaluators
(Beth Clifton collage) 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...
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Pit Stop Archive
Pit bull statistics Pit bulls & public safety Pit bulls & the humane community Voices of pit bull experience Pit bull liability Pit bull legislation Pit bulls, history, & sociology Pit...
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AVMA insight: cats are not dogs, so “Fix felines by five months”
(Beth Clifton collage) Early-age sterilization, already widely practiced, is on pace to win full AVMA compliance by the year 2100 SCHAUMBERG, Illinois––Having realized that a cat is not...
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Why give the bad guys the chance to tell the truth about animal advocacy?
Steve Hindi “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...
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Fate of crabs & great whales intertwined by global warming & nylon ropes
(Beth Clifton collage) Entanglements in crabbing equipment double Afflicted by common oceanic hazards including deadly domoic acid releases from algal blooms and other apparent effects of...
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What was No Kill Nation founder Debi Day doing in Charlottesville?
Debi Day among alt-right marchers.(Facebook photos) Photographed & videotaped among the alt-right in New Orleans, too CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia––No Kill Nation founder and pit bull...
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End of Debi Day for Nathan Winograd follows Charlottesville debacle
No Kill Nation founder Debi Day, right; No Kill Advocay Center founder Nathan Winograd, left. Winograd tries to distance himself from Day, who tries to distance herself from herself OAKLAND,...
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When cyberspace ain’t big enough for sanctuarians & their critics
From top: Renee King-Sonnen, Mary Cummins, anonymous bat, Amanda Lollar, Sujatha Ramakrishna. (Beth Clifton collage) Texas apparently wasn’t big enough for them, either HOUSTON,...
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Cat rescuer & advocate AnnaBell Washburn, 90, had global influence
(Beth Clifton collage) Pioneer of neuter/return transformed & healed wounds within the animal advocacy community AnnaBell Leinbach Washburn, 90, “seen as the matriarch of an entirely new way of...
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Trump booster Senator James Inhofe halts pigeon shoot fundraisers
U.S. Senator from Oklahoma James Inhofe releasing pigeon under pressure from SHARK.(Beth Clifton collage) Three-year SHARK campaign succeeds GENEVA, Illinois––Showing Animals Respect and...
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Dick Gregory, 50 years a vegan activist, dies at 84
Lillian & Dick Gregory. (Beth Clifton collage) Had record of advocacy for non-violent food nearly as long as careers in comedy and civil rights Dick Gregory, 84, remembered by most media as “a...
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Hurricane Harvey: who is doing what for animals?
(Beth Clifton collage) Forty days & 40 nights of high water expected Editor’s note: We are at work on an update, to be posted as rapidly as possible. HOUSTON, Texas––Will torrential...
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Tropical Storm Harvey: helping animals caught in harm’s way
The Cooper’s hawk was photographed by Houston taxi driver William Bruso after taking refuge in his cab.(Beth Clifton collage) Harvey the Wallbanger busts some animals out of confinement, traps others...
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Brian Davies puts $49,562 toward Harvey animal rescue, challenges others to...
(Pastel drawing by Dena Mangiamele, DVM, from Stray: A Shelter Veterinarian’s Reflection on Triumph & Tragedy [2016]) International Fund for Animal Welfare founder reaches out from...
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Which Hurricane Harvey animal relief charity took the Labor Day weekend off?
St. Francis oversees the Harvey rescue efforts.(Beth Clifton collage) How far north will torrential rains and flooding be felt? HOUSTON, TEXAS––Having scourged the length of the Texas coast,...
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Hurricane Harvey: how horses, cattle, lab & zoo animals fared
(Beth Clifton collage) Many still need help HOUSTON, Texas––How have horses, cattle, and animals kept in laboratories and zoos fared through Hurricane Harvey and aftermath? Soggy doggies and cats...
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