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Belugas left behind after South Korea bans whale & dolphin captures
Bella the beluga with Hot Pink Dolphins campaigners. (Beth Clifton collage) Phase-out of marine mammal exhibition appears to be underway SEOUL, South Korea––“Marine mammals are now prohibited from...
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Caught dead at a dogfight: who shot “Peanut”&“Goon”?
(Beth Clifton collage) Mississippi dogfighting scene rocked by busts, murders, & bloody echoes of the civil rights era COMO & COLLINS, Mississippi––Time and trials will probably tell whether...
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Cops increasingly hesitant to shoot, but shoot more pit bulls anyway
(Beth Clifton collage) Police are injured almost a third of the time & civilians injured nearly half the time before cops shoot a dog THIBODAUX, Louisiana––Perhaps the most controversial police...
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Kent Robertson, 73, led animal agencies in Dallas, Houston, St. Louis
Kent & Cathy Robertson.(Beth Clifton collage) Also noted for work on behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kent Morris Robertson, 73, for 38 years a leader in animal care and...
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Florida busts suggest low hoarding case count is too good to be true
Clockwise: Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, Sharon Cochran, & Lisa Lacharite.(Beth Clifton collage) Polk County sheriff Grady Judd busted two hoarding cases in a week. How many more, around the...
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Indonesia busts dog meat traffic, tests oral rabies vaccination
(Beth Clifton collage based on BAWA photos.) 226 dogs saved from slaughter; thousands more could be saved by eradicating rabies SEMARANG, Indonesia––Indonesian police on January 6, 2024 intercepted...
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Dog meat trade ban helps signal a new day for animals in South Korea
(Beth Clifton collage) Three-year dog meat sales ban phase-in rewards a 35-year campaign that built an increasingly strong South Korean animal advocacy sector SEOUL, South Korea––The 300-seat South...
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Monkey business invades Brazoria, Texas, & Bainbridge, Georgia
(Beth Clifton collage) Charles River Laboratory execs, current & former, are involved BRAZORIA, Texas; BAINBRIDGE, Georgia––What’s worse than one gigantic new monkey colony built to supply...
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Four recent “wins” by animal use industries: not big losses for animals
(Beth Clifton collage) A closer look at each industry “win” tells a different story WASHINGTON D.C.––Four recent law-and-policy losses for anti-vivisectionists and vegans, celebrated by animal use...
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Shoveling the bull & horse manure after the San Diego Rodeo
(Beth Clifton collage) “Sold out” crowds amount to 30% of PETCO Park seating capacity SAN DIEGO, California––Three of the Big Lies sustaining rodeo are that it evolved out of routine practices in...
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It is time to make rodeo illegal, by Peggy W. Larson, DVM, MS-Path., JD.
Peggy Larson & friend. (Beth Clifton collage) “In my youth, I rode bareback broncs in the rodeo.” I am a both an attorney and a veterinarian, who has treated both ranch and rodeo animals. (See...
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What happened when I tried to ban rodeo in New York? by Irene Muschel
(Beth Clifton collage) More cosponsors signed on to the rodeo ban bill than big groups helped to try to pass it (Irene Muschel, a longtime New York City animal advocate, school teacher, and social...
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“Bloody hell!” finds PETA probe of dog & cat transfusion supplier
(Beth Clifton collage) Despite decades of exposés, only California closely regulates the veterinary blood business VALLONIA, Indiana––A seven-month People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...
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Vegan advocate Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62
Martin Luther King Jr. (left) and Dexter King, right, who played his father in the 2002 film The Rosa Parks Story. (Beth Clifton collage) Going vegan in 1987, advised by Dick Gregory, may have...
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Glue traps: the La Brea Tar Pits in your closet
(Beth Clifton collage) Members of Congress Ted Lieu & Adam Schiff attempt a rescue, but for the moment, mineral oil might help more than legislation WASHINGTON D.C.––Children and even many adults...
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The ghost of ivory traffic investigator Esmond Martin stalks Connecticut
(Beth Clifton collage) Six years after Esmond Martin’s unsolved murder, the Humane Society of the U.S. took a page from his books HARTFORD, Connecticut––The ghost of ivory and rhino horn traffic...
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Were two cockfights rained out, or were the cockfighters afraid of SHARKS?
(Beth Clifton collage) Were fins seen on the Mississippi River? Or did Sheriff Jim H. Johnson finally do his job? TUPELO, Mississippi––Maybe two cockfights scheduled to have been held in rural Lee...
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Baby orca born Christmas Day is reported missing, believed dead
(Beth Clifton collage) Lack of salmon pushes Salish Sea orca population toward 50-year low FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington; VICTORIA, British Columbia––Orca whale watchers throughout the Salish Sea region...
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Pit bulls kill four in last two days of January 2024
(Beth Clifton collage) Detroit pit bull victim Harold Phillips dies after four days on life support INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana; BLACKFOOT, Idaho; DETROIT, Michigan; OCEAN VIEW, Hawaii––Less...
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Wolves & other native predators: “What a difference a day makes”
Kitty Block, Dinah Washington, & Sara Amundson sing the blues.(Beth Clifton collage) U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service plays “good news, bad news” joke on nominally protected species in National...
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