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SHARK circles cocky chicken fighters in Adair County, Oklahoma
Adair County Sheriff Jason Ritchie.(Beth Clifton collage) Cockfighters may own the sheriff, but not the law STILWELL, Oklahoma––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi had a...
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Fewer cats killed in shelters now than dogs. Effect of Feline Fix by Five?
(Beth Clifton collage) Shelter Animals Count finds more dogs euthanized than cats in shelters for first time since the first surveys were done PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania; BRUNSWICK, Maine; ATLANTA,...
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Shelter Animals Count: no mention of pit bulls, but data shows the crisis
Jeremy Bentham & unidentified lawyers.(Beth Clifton collage) “The question is not ‘Can they count?’, but ‘Can they reason with the data?'” ATLANTA, Georgia––Since Shelter Animals...
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How 725 million chickens lost the Super Bowl, & got a bum deal in U.K. too
(Beth Clifton collage) But activists from Big Ben to the Silicon Valley are squawking LAS VEGAS, Nevada––Representing the chicken meat industry, the National Chicken Council on January 31, 2024...
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Soi Dog/Happy Doggo s/n campaign aims to fix every street dog in Asia
(Beth Clifton collage) Big target, but Soi Dog Foundation has history of success & Happy Doggo has ambition KOH SAMUI & PHUKET, Thailand––“Niall Harbison’s Happy Doggo and John Dalley’s Soi...
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Perps in DC shootout & California neglect case each had 30-odd pit bulls
(Beth Clifton collage) Stephen Claude Rattigan was apparently a breeder; Linda Vaccarezza ran Pitty-Pop Pit Bull Rescue WASHINGTON D.C.; NEVADA CITY, California––Stephen Claude Rattigan, 48,...
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Nonhuman Rights Project founder & author Steven Wise dies at age 73
Steven M. Wise. (Beth Clifton collage) Hero to many animal advocates, and scoundrel to many, too Steven M. Wise, 73, an author and former attorney regarded by many animal advocates as an...
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Apparently no cockfight in Ripley, believe it or not––but there was a chase
(Beth Clifton collage) Frustrated alleged cockfighters chase Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone van through the Mississippi countryside RIPLEY, Mississippi––Perhaps the alleged cockfighters...
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Covino SeaQuest Littleton follows duck-billed dinosaurs to extinction
Ammon & Vince Covino. (Beth Clifton collage) Shopping mall aquarium survived just six years DENVER, Colorado––The site of the Mile High City was last an enduringly successful habitat for marine...
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Sadistic witch doctor to be prosecuted––when caught––in rural Nigeria
(Beth Clifton collage) Police commissioner, prompted by PETA, moves to press cruelty charges in case that might be exempt from prosecution under U.S. law ENUGU, Nigeria––Can Nigeria bring to justice...
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Pit bull advocates say the darnedest things, especially after attacks
(Beth Clifton collage) Pit bull breeder Dominic Anthony Cooper bled out after attack by his own dogs, but female friend insists he was not mauled. COMPTON, California––Dominic Anthony Cooper, 35, a...
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Animal updates from “forgotten” war in Ukraine, two years since invasion
(Beth Clifton collage) Almost every major animal charity in Europe is involved in Ukraine somehow KIEV, Ukraine––Underway six times as long, with almost certainly six-plus times the human and animal...
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Marty Stephens, 68, chose footnotes over flamboyance in animal advocacy
Marty Stephens. (Beth Clifton collage) Made anti-vivisection progress mostly quietly, behind the scenes Martin L. “Marty” Stephens, 68, who died at home in Clarksville, Maryland on...
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Jack Link’s beef jerky CEO pigeon massacre jeopardizes bald eagles too
(Beth Clifton collage) What stinks most at Okeechobee is the atmosphere of sadistic privilege OKEECHOBEE, Florida––Turkey vultures circling over the Quail Creek Sporting Ranch in Okeechobee, Florida,...
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“Olde English Bulldogges,” huskies, denial, & avoidable deaths of children
Husky & “Olde English Bulldogge.” (Beth Clifton collage) Raising public awareness of risk saves lives. “Respecting grief” does not. HARTSELLE, Alabama; MILFORD, Connecticut––Denial of a dog’s...
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Dogfighter runs for office in North Carolina, backed by cockfighting money
Killer Klowns Kennels [KKK] pit bull Mr. Bojangles & Stoney Greene. (Beth Clifton collage) “My issue,” says local who says he does not care about dogfighting or cockfighting, “is that Stoney...
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Cockfighters & dogfighters lose in N.C., face felony bill in Kentucky
(Beth Clifton collage) Cockfighters’ bills failing in Oklahoma. Federal dogfighting prosecutions also pending WILKES COUNTY, North Carolina; LOUISVILLE, Kentucky––Backed by cockfighting money, but...
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New film “Common Enemy” fingers factory farming, if anyone sees it
(Beth Clifton collage) Factory farming lurks almost unmentioned behind many political issues OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––The Humane League on March 7, 2024 released Common Enemy, a...
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$100 euthanasia vs. multi-million $$$ payout for pit bulls left at large
(Beth Clifton collage) Consequences of clear-the-shelter, no-adoption-fee, get-to-no-kill-status pit bull promotions early during the COVID-19 pandemic become grimly & expensively evident KANE...
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Reduction, refinement, replacement: A Tale of Two Javier Burgos
(Beth Clifton collage) Opposing approaches to a common goal CASTELLON DE LA PLANA, Spain––A soon-to-launch biomedical research animal tissue supplier called aRukon, founded by Jaume I University...
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