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Warren Cox: Dean of U.S. humane work
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1909+ words) March 23, 2026 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments A few weeks ago Warren Cox called," while my wife Beth and I were putting up cat climbing ramps and resting boards in our new back porch "catio," and asked if we could put together…...
Louisiana SPCA does what an SPCA should never do: ignores cruelty
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1730+ words) Left: Louisiana SPCA chief executive Ana Zorilla." Right: the three Chihuahuas abandoned in a crate whom the Louisiana SPCA ignored for eight days.(Beth Clifton collage) NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana" The term "SPCA," since the 1824 formation of the London SPCA," renamed…...
Dogs & cats Archives
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (911+ words) March 12, 2026 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments Charged with manslaughter in the 2019 case," fianc" Christophe Ellul is expected to receive light sentence SOISSONS," France'The legal outcome of the most publicized pit bull attack ever, "the November 16," 2019 dismemberment death of 29-year-old Elisa Pilarski,…...
Animal Partisan & HFA file case against Pure Prairie Poultry for starving birds
9+ mon, 4+ day ago (1769+ words) News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature June 28, 2025 By Merritt Clifton " ALMA," Wisconsin'Pure Prairie Poultry," among the most heavily federally subsidized chicken-growing ventures ever, headquartered in Fairfax," Minnesota, "in November 2022 received a $38.7 million USDA loan guarantee and a $6.9 million…...
Pure Prairie Poultry convicted on 30 cruelty counts of starving chickens
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1079+ words) News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature (See Animal Partisan & HFA file case against Pure Prairie Poultry for starving birds.) Pure Prairie Poultry," among the most heavily federally subsidized chicken-growing ventures ever, "headquartered in Fairfax," Minnesota, "in November 2022 received…...
Year of the Fire Horse arrives early, hits "Big Lickers" in North Carolina
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1747+ words) News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature February 17, 2026 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments SEAGROVE," North Carolina'The Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese astrological calendar cycle formally begins on February 17," 2026," but arrived two days early in Seagrove," North Carolina,…...
Beyond Evolution, by Michael W. Fox
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1577+ words) News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature The Lyons Press (123 West 18th St., "New York, "NY "10011)," 1999. 256 pages, "hardcover. "$24.95. The notion that there is a "collective humanity, "as opposed to acts of individual conscience or lack thereof, "may be cribbed from…...
Hoarding: how animal shelters create the crisis they claim to solve, by Ed Boks
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (1739+ words) News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature January 30, 2026 By Merritt Clifton 5 Comments This ANIMALS 24-7 guest column originally appeared as the January 26," 2026 installment of author Ed Boks" own blog," Animal Politics with Ed Boks." " Ed Boks" resum" in animal welfare…...
San Diego Rodeo witnesses "not credible," finds judge, but rules for the rodeo
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (1696+ words) News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature Regardless of that," as both sides of the case agreed from the outset," rodeo remains legal in California. At issue was whether alleged illegal cruelty to some of the animals used in…...
Baseball ignores cockfighting link to players allegedly betting on games
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1783+ words) News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature January 14, 2026 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments " NEW YORK," N.Y.If Major League Baseball did not already know it has a gambling problem," associated with open tolerance of players" involvement in cockfighting," the indictment testimony…...