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One set of child sex charges vs. ex-HSUS vp David Wills is dropped
David Wills, left; codefendant Maria Candalaria Losoya, right.(Beth Clifton collage) Wills still faces charges including trafficking a minor CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas––Contrary to rumor, former...
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The good guys don’t harm horses
Ganesh Joshi (inset) swinging cane at Shaktiman; April Foster (inset) reaching toward Dan.[Still images from YouTube video.] Facing charges, protesters claim they didn’t DEHRADUN, KANSAS...
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Best Friends, the ASPCA, & HSUS: rethink pit bulls!
Clockwise: Gregory Castle, Wayne Pacelle, Matthew Bershadker. An open letter from Beth Clifton to: Gregory Castle, president, Best Friends Animal Society; Matthew Bershadker, president, American...
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Deadline looms for claiming refunds from Blue Buffalo
Settlement in alleged consumer fraud case ST. LOUIS, Missouri––Applications to the IRS for income tax return are due on Monday, April 18, 2016, but another deadline, four days earlier,...
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Protester wins damages from Taiji Whale Museum
Australia for Dolphins founder Sarah Lucas (left) and Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project founder Ric O’Barry at a May 2014 media conference. Court holds exclusion of Australian to be racial discrimination...
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Four poachers get life for killing Costa Rican sea turtle defender
(Sea Shepherd Conservation Society photo) Convictions for the killing of Jairo Mora Sandoval reverse 2015 acquittal LIMÓN, Costa Rica––Four poachers have received prison sentences ranging...
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How to tell a “bait dog” from “click bait”
An online petition alleges that this pit bull “was used in dog fights,” but states also that the dog was found in an alley. Her actual history is unknown. “Bait dogs” are docile victims to some pit...
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Cesar Millan walks: what was the L.A. County prosecutor thinking?
(Beth Clifton collage based on HFA photo.) Chance to send a much-needed message to “rehabbers” of dangerous dogs was lost Celebrity dog trainer Cesar Millan will not be criminally charged for losing...
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Cormorant killers shoot the bird to D.C. judicial ruling
(Beth Clifton collage) Pretext for killing shot down in court PORTLAND, Oregon––Rushing to kill double-crested cormorants before opponents of the killing could get to court, the U.S. Army...
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“Animal control: what’s it all about?” asked Mike Burgwin
Cofounded National Animal Control Association Mike Burgwin, 87, founding president of the National Animal Control Association, died on March 23, 2016 at his home in Hoodsport, Washington, “after...
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Viet shelter sold dogs for meat; U.S. shelters sold dogs to fighters
(From Asia Canine Protection Alliance public service announcement) Horrific case, but no cause for cultural finger-pointing DA NANG, CHAMBERSBURG, TAMPA––Vu Van Chinh, founder of the Da...
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Newborn killed by pit bull rehomed by San Diego Humane Society & SPCA
Promo photo used by San Diego Humane Society & SPCA. Attack could not have been foreseen, claims SPCA president Weitzman SAN DIEGO, California––The inherent unreliability of temperament testing...
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Jasper’s gift: the real-life care bear
“Poster bear” for ending bile farming Jasper, 30, the moon bear who became “poster bear” for the Animals Asia Foundation campaign against farming bears to extract bile from their livers, was...
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Was shooting cat with arrow prelude to a “Texas no-kill massacre”?
Bowhunter vet’s defense includes claim that shooting strays is Texas rural tradition AUSTIN, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO––Veterinarian Kristen Lindsey, of Brenham, Texas, who allegedly shot a...
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NFL warns players–22 years after Humane Farming Association
Eating Mexican or Chinese meat said to bring risk of ingesting banned drug NEW YORK CITY––A National Football League warning to players against eating meat from Mexico and China that may...
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Robert “Bob” King Hillman, 71
Bob Hillman Cowboy turned humane investigator had a long, wild ride Robert “Bob” King Hillman, 71, an often controversial humane professional for more than 39 years, died on January 30,...
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Hot dogs, kids, & summer: a deadly triad
(Beth Clifton photo) Alleged hot car case perp, facing charges, could be said to have gotten away with it because neither child nor dogs died CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee––Chattanooga State...
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If “your ass is grass,” ranchers lost their animals’ butts in 2015-2016 winter
(YouTube image) And you paid for it Part 1 of a 3-part series (Next: Winter policy favors feeding elk but starving bison and End of PZP program means more people could eat a horse.) SAN...
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Winter policy favors feeding elk but starving bison
(Buffalo Field Campaign photo) But both carry brucellosis Part 2 of a 3-part series (See also If “your ass is grass,” ranchers lost their butts in 2015-2016 and End of PZP program means more people...
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Suspension of PZP test means more people could eat a horse
(BLM photos) Friends of Animals blocks contraceptive project in the Pine Nut Mountains of Nevada. Part III of a three-part series examining winter, wildlife, & livestock. See also If “your ass...
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