Jan Salter, 82, mastered the arts of animal & human aid in Kathmandu
Jan Salter (Beth Clifton collage) Founded leading Nepal humane organization past age when most people retire KATHMANDU, Nepal––Jan Salter, 82, artist, humanitarian, and founder of the...
View ArticleWill Springfield, Missouri, vote on August 7, 2018 to ban pit bulls?
(Beth Clifton collage) First time for a proposed pit bull ban to go before voters prior to taking effect SPRINGFIELD, Missouri––Opens Question 1 on the August 7, 2018 primary election...
View ArticleWhat does the Omak Suicide Race owe to a horse massacre & the KKK?
The first Omak “Suicide Race,” running right to left, and a more recent edition, running left to right. (Beth Clifton collage) Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK,...
View ArticlePushing bully behavior: the ASPCA, Best Friends, & HSUS in Springfield
(Beth Clifton photos) An open letter from Beth Clifton to: Matthew Bershadker, president, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Julie Castle, president, Best Friends Animal...
View ArticleANIMALS 24-7: a date with the judge
(Beth Clifton photo) A testimonial from Beth Today is our fourth wedding anniversary. Four years ago today, Merritt and I stood before a judge for all the right reasons, and were united as...
View ArticleThe Fort Polk horses: last stand of the U.S. cavalry
(Beth Clifton collage) Wild horses on military land are not protected FORT POLK, Louisiana––Fifty-four miles south of Zwolle, Louisiana, where the last cavalry-against-cavalry battle...
View Article“We can still save them”: wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz, 65
Alan Rabinowitz & friends.(Beth Clifton collage) The “Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation” was an optimist in a field dominated by doom-and-gloom NEW YORK CITY––Wild cat...
View ArticlePit bull victims sue the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society
(Beth Clifton collage) First shelter to pay out for a fatal dog attack is sued again FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida––Thirty years after becoming the first animal shelter known to have been sued...
View ArticleLive animal markets in New York City: a cut-throat business at best
(Beth Clifton collage) Customs change with waves of immigration NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––Escaping the Iranian Revolution with her parents at age 6, artist Sara Rahbar as an adult has produced...
View ArticleTrainer who pushed pit bulls for police work indicted for fraud
(Beth Clifton collage) Animal Farm Foundation funded suspect to boost the image of pit bulls MONTREAL, SAN ANTONIO––The pit bull advocacy organization Animal Farm Foundation, of Bangali,...
View Article“Clean meat” advocate Shapiro pushes product to stretch hot dogs
Paul Shapiro stretching a hot dog.(Beth Clifton collage) Factory egg farmers meanwhile align behind HSUS-backed Proposition 12 SACRAMENTO, California––Paul Shapiro, the former Humane...
View ArticleTrophy hunting scheme & Chinese-built railway fire debate in Kenya
Kenya wildlife & tourism minister Najib Balala. (Beth Clifton collage) ANIMALS 24-7 reports from the scene NAIROBI, Kenya––Most of the delegates to the 2018 Africa Animal Welfare...
View Article“Joe Exotic” allegedly thought he could get away with murder
(Beth Clifton collage) Accused of hiring hit man to bump off Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin TAMPA, Florida––“Joe Exotic,” 55, allegedly thought he could get away with murder. Also...
View ArticleEx-HSUS vp David Wills child sex trial reset to November 2018
David Wills and Maria Candelaria Losoya .(Beth Clifton collage) Defense has delayed trial since 2015 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The often postponed trial of former humane society executive David Keith...
View ArticleTimothy J. Walker, 73, exposed slaughterhouse cruelty
Timothy J. Walker by Gail Eisnitz, chief investigator, Humane Farming Association Timothy J. Walker, 73, died on September 10, 2018 in Naples, Florida, a little known hero for animals sent to...
View ArticlePit mix fatality spotlights failure of so-called “Calgary model”
(Beth Clifton collage) Victim killed by her own dog while defending grandchild CALGARY, Alberta––Lisa Lloyd, 50, of Langdon, Alberta, killed by her own pit bull/boxer mix on September...
View Article3.4 million “live inventory” – chickens & turkeys – drowned or starved in...
Poultry barns in bloody water.(Beth Clifton collage) by Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns with Afterword by ANIMALS 24-7 A caring person’s reaction to learning that millions of...
View ArticleNazi zombies from hell: VW monkey tests & New Zealand use of 1080
(Beth Clifton collage) Pledging to quit animal tests, VW tries again to shake Nazi origin WOLFSBURG, Germany––Monkeys are no longer breathing diesel fumes. Volkswagen publicists are likely...
View Article“Natural” horse herd control advocate Sussman loses ranch
(Beth Clifton collage) International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros is sued for unpaid rent EAGLE BUTTE, South Dakota––Attorney, author, and marine biologist John...
View ArticleGambling––on dogs & dollars––erodes animal care & control ethic
Pit bull advocate Jane Berkey, Paul Morgan, and Mark Kumpf are among the participants at this “World Series of Pit Bull Poker.” (Beth Clifton collage) Embezzling cases & pit bull attack deaths...
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