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Squee’s Great Escape
by Helene Hesselager O’Barry Illustrated by Cheryl de los Reyes Cruz Hardcover, 40 pages, $19.78, from...
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Uttam Dahal, 33, was dynamo for animals in Nepal despite ill health
Uttam G.P. Dahal Dahal won 2014 Supreme Court of Nepal case against Gadhi Mai mass sacrifice KATHMANDU, Nepal––Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center founder Uttam G.P. Dahal, 33,...
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2 pit bulls, 29 dead cats, but Dothan changes topic to fundraising
(Beth Clifton collage) Overnight shelter massacre DOTHAN, Alabama––Changing the subject from how two pit bulls killed 29 cats to appealing for multi-millions of dollars to build a new...
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SHARK video shows dogs baiting bulls at Calif. Salinas Rodeo 2019
(Beth Clifton collage) Fans watched dogs torment bulls in the main arena after official events SALINAS, California––The 109th California Rodeo Salinas had nearly ended on Sunday, July 19,...
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Rescued dogs overheat––and pigs & chickens, as humane oversight fails
(Beth Clifton collage) If rescue transporters can’t keep dogs from cooking in crates, what happens to livestock? NEW YORK CITY, TORONTO, LONDON (U.K.)––Again a New York City-based dog...
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Why mass shooters sometimes sound like conservationists
Madison Grant, DNA helix, Ota Benga, & bison.(Beth Clifton collage) Madison Grant was the missing link EL PASO, Texas; NEW YORK CITY––Much more than misanthropy links mass shootings...
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Did the Omak Suicide Race start with 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,...
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Dolphins in undersized tank to be moved (March 1995)
Pacific whitesided dolphin at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco. (Bill Dane photo) Amphitrite & Thetis are moving! SAN FRANCISCO––Amphitrite and Thetis are moving. Kept in an admittedly...
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Bali hotel dolphins rescued––but will they be freed?
(Beth Clifton collage) 10-year effort gets animals out of sub-par facility BALI, Indonesia––The Jakarta Animal Aid Network and Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project on August 7, 2019 celebrated...
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30-year ASPCA rep Julie Morris, 1955-2019: The paradox of “St. Julie”
(Beth Clifton collage) Morris mostly told the humane community what it wanted to hear NEW YORK, N.Y.––Julie Morris, 63, an American SPCA staff member since 1990, and a 41-year veteran of...
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Deborah Sue Culwell gets a year in jail for Coachella puppy dumping
Suspect Deborah Sue Culwell and the puppies she allegedly dumped.(Beth Clifton collage) Unsympathetic suspect, but shelter policies may have been accessories to the alleged crime COACHELLA,...
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Wildlife Waystation closed & to be dismantled, after 43 years
Martine Colette with tiger.(Beth Clifton collage) If a cat has nine lives, Wildlife Waystation had dozens SYLMAR, California––Wildlife Waystation, the often embattled prototype for dozens...
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Is the new “Motown sound” the scream of a pit bull victim?
(Beth Clifton collage) Emma Hernandez, 9, was the latest sacrifice to dangerous dogs DETROIT, Michigan––The “Motown sound” today, sixty years after Detroit music entrepreneur Berry...
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Neuter/return requires impact study, says Los Angeles judge
(Beth Clifton photo) City support of feral cat population control program stopped by lawsuit brought by American Bird Conservancy LOS ANGELES––California municipal governments may not assist or promote...
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Feral cats poop where someone feeds them––& that’s the big problem
(Beth Clifton collage) Two studies confirm skepticism of waiting for studies to confirm the obvious LOS ANGELES––The unacknowledged takeaway lesson from two new studies of neuter/return...
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Hurricane Dorian helps to solve the mystery of the extinct Abaco wild horses
Abaco wild horses circa 2001.(Beth Clifton collage) But Dorian destroys remnants of a 50-year effort to save the herd TREASURE CAY, Little Abaco, Bahamas––“This is like listening to a...
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Concern for rare birds of the Bahamas rises after Hurricane Dorian
Abaco parrots over the Bahamas.(Beth Clifton collage ) Little chance yet to assess the losses––but the Abaco parrot almost certainly survived CAPE FEAR, North Carolina––Hurricane Dorian,...
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The SeaQuest empire, the Covino family, & who is “The Codfather?”
SeaQuest does not offer an interactive experience with a T-rex, but might if it could.(Beth Clifton collage) PETA rap sheet lists 87 brushes with the law in only nine years DENVER, LYNCHBURG, FORT...
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Dog brain study refutes every major claim of pit bull advocacy
(Beth Clifton collage) Looking at normal dogs’ brains shows how “fighting breed” brains differ BOSTON, POMONA––There may already be weeping and gnashing of teeth among pit bull advocates,...
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The animal & human heroes & most overlooked lesson of 9/11
(Faye McBride photo) Remembering national trauma Today, September 11, 2019, marks the eighteenth anniversary of the national trauma the U.S. experienced as result of the terrorist attacks of...
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