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Factory farming, lamb slaughter, fur sales, & pit bulls on 2024 ballots
(Beth Clifton collage) Animal issues are more in focus down-ballot in California & Colorado than in the U.S. national election, despite the anti-animal history of the previous Trump administration...
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Quick like a bunny, Petco quits selling rabbits after meeting protest
(Beth Clifton collage) Around and around the mulberry bush the monkey chased the weasel SAN DIEGO––Petco rabbit policy might be described as repeatedly tying itself in bowline knots: “The rabbit,”...
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Hurricane Helene raises hell & high water, but animal shelters survive
(Beth Clifton collage) Alligators in the streets, yet most animal shelters––so far––report little damage TAMPA, TALLAHASSEE, ATLANTA, ASHEVILLE––Twenty-four hours after Hurricane Helene hit late on...
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A world away, Animals Lebanon copes with an even bigger disaster
(Beth Clifton collage) Hurricane Helene was bad, but falling bombs are even deadlier than falling trees & power lines BEIRUT, Lebanon––“Last night was the worst we have had, and bombing...
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Hurricane Helene: for animals & rescuers, recovery has just begun
(Beth Clifton collage) Ed & Donna Duvin escape from Asheville was microcosm of the experience of tens of thousands SUMTER, South Carolina–– “We’re okay, safe in small town Sumter,”...
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Hurricane Helene huffed & puffed, but most pig sanctuaries survived
(Beth Clifton collage) Farmed pigs were not so lucky. They never are. PROVIDENCE, North Carolina––Farmed animal sanctuaries throughout the Hurricane Helene disaster zone are looking to Providence for...
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“Hurry up & wait,” Greenland court tells both Paul Watson & Japan
(Beth Clifton collage) Jailed in Greenland, Paul Watson is not yet extradited to Japan, but cannot disrupt Japanese whaling NUUK, Greenland––Whether marine mammal advocate Paul Watson, 73, will be...
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Skunks, raccoons, bears, bad bugs & pit bulls, oh my! in the Carolinas
(Beth Clifton collage) The buzz over Asheville: furious displaced yellow jackets ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Wasp predators including skunks, raccoons, bears, opossums, blue jays, crows, robins,...
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Humane Society Legislative Fund endorses Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris & Kitty Block, president of the Humane Society of the U.S., of which the Humane Society Legislative Fund is a subsidiary.(Beth Clifton collage) Why the Humane Society Legislative Fund...
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Texas 13-year-old fought three pit bulls in losing battle to save baby boy
Pit bull owner Heather Rodriguez.(Beth Clifton collage) The low Texas minimum wage helped to set up the circumstances, but the three pit bulls did the killing CONVERSE, Texas––Why was one-year-old...
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First reports from animal agencies & rescuers after Hurricane Milton
(Beth Clifton collage) Port St. Lucie took the hardest hits––that we know about so far PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida––As of three in the morning on October 10, 2024, animal agencies and advocates in Port...
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Florida animal care community picks up the pieces after Hurricane Milton
(Beth Clifton collage) Daisy the dog’s story is in microcosm the story of survival LOXAHATCHEE, Florida––Neonatal nurse Julie Wing Whitehead of Fort Pierce, though one of the 119 tornados spun off...
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3 dead, 2 critical in first 10 days of National Pit Bull Awareness Month
(Beth Clifton collage) Four of the pit bull victims were children from one month old to age 5 October 2024, declared National Pit Bull Awareness Month by pit bull advocates, opened with three and...
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Best Friends’ no-kill initiative power play, by Ed Boks
Ed Boks & friend. (Beth Clifton collage) Ed Boks’ resumé in animal welfare includes having headed the animal control departments in Maricopa County, Arizona; New York City; Los Angeles; and...
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PETA warned USDA: Pure Prairie Poultry starves 1.6 million chickens
(Beth Clifton collage) Hurricane Helene poultry deaths were due to disaster. Pure Prairie Poultry just didn’t pay bills. NORFOLK, Virginia––People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] twice...
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Big fish, little fish, red fish, blue fish: hard times for aquariums
(Beth Clifton collage) Hurricane damage, Animal Welfare Act fines, & bad publicity drive out even “Codfather” Vince Covino SARASOTA, Florida; MYSTIC, Connecticut; NIAGARA, Ontario––The Mote...
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Veterinary greed vs. animal health on the Colorado ballot
(Beth Clifton collage) The Denver Dumb Friends League & Dr. Jeff, Rocky Mountain vet, are on the same side this time DENVER, Colorado––Veterinary protectionism vs. animal health is on a state...
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What does the Harris/Trump vote mean for animals on Colorado ballots?
(Beth Clifton collage) Both sides on five Colorado ballot questions appeal to liberal/progressive voters, but the issues do not neatly split left/right DENVER, Colorado––More questions involving...
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Who’s afraid of Sonoma County Measure J? Everyone in agribusiness!
(Beth Clifton collage) A proposed county ordinance rated no chance of passage draws furious & high-spending opposition from almost the entire Sonoma County agribusiness, political, and media...
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Nine days to the U.S. national election. 18 days to save Indiana bobcats.
(Beth Clifton collage) Indiana Department of Natural Resources proposes to reopen bobcat trapping, 70 years after shutting it down INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana––Indiana residents, preoccupied like the rest...
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