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Wayne Pacelle resigns HSUS presidency, succeeded by Kitty Block
(Beth Clifton collage) Ousted by donor & staff rejection of board vote of confidence WASHINGTON D.C.––Kitty Block, previously president of the Humane Society of the U.S. subsidiary Humane Society...
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Steve Hindi & SHARK up the ante & call Alex Pacheco’s bluff
(SHARK Charity Cops image) Hindi bets $10,000 that Pacheco can’t prove his claim to be developing a “spay/neuter cookie.” GENEVA, Illinois––Raising $10,000 for dog-and-cat contraceptive...
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Who killed ivory trade investigator Esmond Martin, why?
Esmond Bradley Martin Jr.(Beth Clifton collage) Survived more than 30 years of work in some of the world’s most dangerous places, only to be stabbed in his bed NAIROBI, Kenya––Nairobi...
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Retired: Bob Rohde personified “your Dumb Friends” for 45 years
Bob Rohde early & late in his 41-year tenure as Denver Dumb Friends League chief executive. Worked his way to the top from cleaning cages DENVER, Colorado––Possibly the longest serving executive...
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Who is the “outlier” now?
(Beth Clifton collage) Something changed on Groundhog Day Did you ever see the film Groundhog Day, in which actor Bill Murray lived the same day over and over until he made some of the right ethical...
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SHARK fights pigeon shooters where black man was hunted for sport
Steve Hindi & friends. (Beth Clifton collage) Three drones shot down; pigeon shooters quit early EHRHARDT, S.C. ––Losing three video drones to gunfire, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness...
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Four lionesses: women who made a difference for animals
(Beth Clifton collage) Remembering Lynette Shanley, Tammy Sue Kirkpatrick, Coby Siegenthaler, and Lorraine Blake Roth Lynette Shanley, Tammy Sue Kirkpatrick, Coby Siegenthaler, and Lorraine Blake...
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More deaths in South Africa despite Pit Bull Federation warning
(Beth Clifton collage) National SPCA and U.S. counterparts continue pushing pits, heedless of consequence PRETORIA––Has South Africa learned anything, the National SPCA of South Africa in...
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Judges hit “mindboggling arrogance” in pit bull attack cases
(Beth Clifton collage) Quebec judge promises “severe, maybe even exemplary” sentence MONTREAL, MEMPHIS, RALEIGH-DURHAM, SAN ANTONIO––Convicting former pit bull and bull mastiff owner Karim Jean...
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Why the Second Amendment does not protect hunting animals
(Beth Clifton collage) The only form of “hunting” that concerned the 2nd Amendment authors was catching fugitive slaves No part of the U.S. Constitution seems better known to hunters, or is more...
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Winning for coyotes & beaver, lawyers turn to the missing lynx
Canada lynx (Big Cat Rescue photo) Cases signal that wildlife killing methods may be restrained under the Trump administration, but critical habitat will go unprotected BOISE,...
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A Perfect Day dawns for dairy cows, 7,000 years after domestication
(Beth Clifton collage) Brewing beer for 9,000 years, humans learn to brew milk without using cows or other mammals BERKELEY, California––Using fermentation to produce food and beverages...
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Daxton’s Friends, five years after trusted pit bulls killed a toddler
(Beth Clifton collage) Grieving father amplifies the voices of dog attack survivors MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin––Five years ago today, on March 6, 2013, two pit bulls raised from puppyhood in...
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Trump words had no teeth: elephant & lion trophy imports resume
African elephant, bontebok, & African lion.(Beth Clifton collage) Under current rules, Walter Palmer might have imported Cecil’s head with little fuss WASHINGTON D.C.–– In 20-20...
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Will videotaped beatings kill the last elephant polo tournament?
(Beth Clifton collage) PETA video shows mahout hit elephant on the head “approximately 15 times” BANGKOK, Thailand––The likelihood that the recently completed 16th annual King’s Cup...
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Cutting animals’ throats in New York City––who does it, who pays for it?
(Beth Clifton collage) Customs change with waves of immigration NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––Live markets and storefront slaughter are again controversial in New York City, scene of countless...
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Killing contest cancelled: hunters won’t eat crow
(Beth Clifton collage) Crow hunts “unwise, unwarranted, and cruel,” causing “harm to the morals,” said critics––and that was in 1922! WILLIAMSTOWN, Vermont––Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel...
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Pit bull death of 4-year-old underscores “March For Our Lives” messages
(Beth Clifton collage) New Alabama law increases penalties for dog attacks but does little to prevent them WASHINGTON D.C.––Dog attacks, pit bull attacks in particular, were not on March...
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Are Southern California coyotes eating 68% fewer cats than 20 years ago?
(Beth Clifton collage) Data indicates steep drop in the feral cat population LOS ANGELES, California––Southern California coyotes may be eating 68% fewer feral and free-roaming pet cats in...
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Big win over the “big lick” walking horse industry in 2018 federal budget
(Beth Clifton collage) “Big lickers” kicked, but Congress kicked back WASHINGTON D.C.––Winning increasingly often against initially steep odds, BillyGoBoy and friends opposed to soring...
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