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(Beth Clifton photos) 1. Shelter sued for rehoming pit bull who attacked woman––but NYC hires pit advocate as “community dogs program coordinator” 2. Why pit bulls will break your heart, by Beth...
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“On behalf of my suffering brothers & sisters, the insects, please help them.”
(Beth Clifton photo) Injuring invertebrates should bug the animal rights movement by A. Rosen While visiting India several years ago, I met people who practice the Jain religion. I think the Jain...
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Street dogs in the U.S.? Nathan Winograd has gone barking mad.
Former Indian street dogs found prosperity at the Visakha SPCA.(Visakha SPCA photo) by Merritt Clifton ‘There are communities in the U.S., like Dallas,” wrote No Kill Advocacy Center founder Nathan...
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Genie, the Big Cat Rescue sand cat
Genie the Sand Cat(Big Cat Rescue photo) ANIMALS 24-7 honors Genie, the beloved tiny sand cat resident of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida, who passed on December 8, 2015. Wrote Big Cat Rescue...
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NIH kills one of last legacies of vivisector Harry Harlow
Inside Stephen J. Suomi’s lab. (From NIH video obtained by PETA through the Freedom of Information Act.) Funding ended for experiments by Harlow aide Stephen J. Suomi POOLESVILLE,...
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Keeping the Horn of Africa impaled on dilemma
Domesticated in South Asia circa 4000 BCE, zebus reached the Horn of Africa circa 1000 AD. (Beth Clifton photo.) How rebuilding drought-stricken herds perpetuates starvation & poverty PARIS,...
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Wildlife contraceptive researcher Jay Kirkpatrick, 75
Developed PZP for use in 85 species Jay Kirkpatrick, 75, for more than 40 years a leading developer of contraceptive vaccines for wild horses, deer, elk, and other wildlife, died on...
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The Oregon Humane Society: more than 11,000 adoptions for sixth year in a row
Diabetic senior cat enjoys a good life at the Oregon Humane Society, but would like to have a home. (Beth Clifton photo) What a world-class humane society looks like by Merritt Clifton PORTLAND––Staff...
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Christmas baby killed by pit bulls because Miami-Dade law is not enforced
Miami-Dade Animal Services chief of shelter operations and enforcement Kathleen Labrada, a pit bull, and Miami Coalition Against Breed-Specific Legislation founder/director Dahlia Canes. (Facebook...
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David Wills: archived exposés, 1995-1999
David Wills at arraignment; court stenographer in background. by Merritt Clifton David K. Wills, 62, charged in multiple Texas counties in 2015 for alleged felonious continuous sexual abuse of a...
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“I shall return,” Ric O’Barry tells Taiji after torture
New year begins with “Blue Cove Days,” but probably not for long TAIJI, Japan––December 2015 concluded and 2016 began with 10 consecutive “Blue Cove Days,” as Dolphin Project founder Ric O’Barry...
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Ardith Eudey, 80, exposed Malaysian monkey massacres & lab traffic
Ardith Eudey (IPPL photo) Co-founded International Primate Protection League Primatologist Ardith Eudey, 80, cofounder with Shirley McGreal of the International Primate Protection League,...
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Feds move to downlist manatees despite near-record boat kills
Manatee. (Trish Conner photo) Pressured by the Pacific Legal Foundation, representing the Florida power boat lobby, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on January 7, 2016 announced at a Miami...
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The 1st Church of Animal Rights tried to launch the movement in 1921
What if..? What if the animal rights movement had launched out of the older humane movement 55 years earlier, before factory farming methods were invented, before laboratory use of animals expanded...
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Ringling to move all elephants from the circus ring into cancer research by...
Captive elephant in Florida, but not believed to be a Ringling elephant. (Trish Conner photo) Potential profits from cancer-fighting gene discovery trump show biz ELLENTON, Florida; UDAWALAWE, Sri...
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A black-and-white issue that the humane community has yet to face
Left to right: Lloyd B. Mobiley, DVM, U.S. Army Vet Corps; John Brown, DVM, first Kansas State U. black vet graduate; Theodore S. Williams, DVM, with Mobiley & Brown was among first USDA meat...
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Ringling may be illegally sending elephant blood to researchers, charges SAEN
Michael Budkie writes: Re Ringling to move all elephants from the circus ring into cancer research by May 2016, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus may be violating federal law by...
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Muzzling dolphin defender Ric O’Barry, Japanese government awakens Anonymous
Amplifies awareness of Taiji dolphin killing TOKYO, Japan––“Be careful what you wish for,” someone might have reminded the government of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Seeking to...
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Pit bulls killed 24,000 other dogs & 13,000 cats in 2015
But when pit bulls maul other animals, usually it isn’t news When man bites dog, that’s news. When pit bulls kill or disfigure other animals, increasingly often it isn’t, because such mayhem is more...
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