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The Quad State Tornado: 80,000 chickens took the biggest hit
(Beth Clifton collage) Help was mostly just a few miles––or blocks––from the tornado path LITTLE ROCK, LOUISVILLE, MEMPHIS, NASHVILLE, ST. LOUIS––Major national charities are putting in...
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FDA verdict on Mifrepristone upstages more nonsense from Alex Pacheco
(Beth Clifton collage) Mifrepristone decision has real implications for birth control pet food. Pacheco appeal is just another 600 million gallons of dog cess. WASHINGTON D.C.; POMPANO...
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What RU-486 means for animals
Puppy in utero. (Beth Clifton collage) FDA decision on Mifrepristone may bring back birth control pet food––but definitely not Alex Pacheco’s “Spay and neuter cookies” (See FDA verdict on...
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Heather Pingel death protecting child echoes the Daxton Borchardt case
(Beth Clifton collage) Pingel died eight days after rescuing son from pit bull, on what would have been Daxton’s 10th birthday WAUSAU, Wisconsin––Heather Pingel, 35, of Bowler,...
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Jane Goodall joins voices against livestock gift charities
(Beth Clifton collage) Livestock gifts, Goodall warns, “can result in unintended consequences” WASHINGTON D.C.––Primatologist, anthropologist, and philanthropist Jane Goodall, 87, on...
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Vernon Weir: “This man loved his family and animals with all of his heart!”
Vernon Weir. (Beth Clifton collage) Quiet right-hand man for 40-plus years to legends Belton Mouras, Gretchen Wyler, & Tippi Hedren Vernon Weir, 74, died from a stroke on December 6, 2021....
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Who were the gurus who helped to inspire the animal rights movement?
Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba and “exercise guru” Richard Simmons, who more-or-less copied his schtick. (Beth Clifton collage) Spiritual mentors sold vegetarianism before most animal advocates dared...
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Kentucky cops ignore alleged cockfight at scene of two notorious murders
Murder scene. (Beth Clifton collage) The day after Christmas not a cop was stirring in Tomahawk, Kentucky TOMAHAWK, Kentucky––“SHARK investigators spent Christmas Day traveling to...
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Public shelters: refuge for animals or not?
(Beth Clifton collage) by Wendolyn Aragon, president, Pet Assistance Foundation Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. nearly two years ago, in 2020, most U.S. animal shelters adopted some...
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Big group bullies––like PETA––are stealing the animals’ lunch
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk.(Beth Clifton collage) by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] As we head into 2022, I’d like to raise an issue––bullying––that has been a...
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Betty White, 99, “white-washed” animal use industries for 50 years
Betty White and The Golden Girl Cats. The Betty White reputation for animal advocacy rewrites history LOS ANGELES––Betty White, 99, a radio and television actress, producer, talk show...
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Springcliff Farm thoroughbred barn blaze adds shock to AWI exposé
(Beth Clifton collage) Horse farm fire is horrific; fire toll on poultry & pigs is thousands of times worse MARTINSVILLE, Indiana––A pre-dawn fire ripped through the Springcliff Farm...
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Are pigs among our closest kin? Heart transplant revives debate
(Beth Clifton collage) Ethics, genetics, & relationship of pigs to humans BALTIMORE, Maryland––The world’s first pig-to-human heart transplant, performed on January 7, 2022 at the...
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Four black leaders who built the humane movement––long before MLK!
(Beth Clifton collage) Long before Martin Luther King Jr. had his enduring influence, more people recognized William Key, John W. Lemon, Richard Carroll, & F. Rivers Barnwell in their own time...
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Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark
John W. Lemon and Alan Lemon.(Beth Clifton collage) Letters and a map document humane & racial justice movements that pointed the way for Martin Luther King Jr. ARK, Virginia––Bus driver Alan...
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What RU-486 means for animals
Puppy in utero. (Beth Clifton collage) FDA decision on Mifrepristone may bring back birth control pet food––but definitely not Alex Pacheco’s “Spay and neuter cookies” (See FDA verdict on...
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Rodeo: busting up the animals in Nativity scenes in the name of Jesus Christ
(Beth Clifton collage) by Eric Mills, coordinator, Action for Animals, Oakland, California “Cowboys, sensing—like gorillas—that their time has passed, cling ever more desperately to anachronistic...
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Busting cockfights by people of color but ignoring the good old boys
(Beth Clifton collage) Why do cockfighters in majority white conservative states get a free pass from big animal advocacy groups & law enforcement? by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect...
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A black-and-white issue that the humane community has yet to face
(Beth Clifton collage) Editorial by Merritt & Beth Clifton Three nights ago, in advance of Martin Luther King Day, ANIMALS 24-7 posted as our lead feature Black humane history found in...
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HSUS to spend up to $20 million on Project Chimps & then kick it loose
(Beth Clifton collage) Seeks “peace with honor” & withdrawal after whistleblower campaign BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––The Humane Society of the United States on January 10, 2022 committed $20 million––at...
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