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Sex, drugs, & wild horses
(Return to Freedom photo) WASHINGTON D.C.––Friends of Animals on May 20, 2015 asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to “consider new scientific evidence demonstrating the need to...
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How the late “Dances With Wolves” author Michael Blake earned the Animal...
Michael Blake with horse Twelve. (Protect Mustangs photo) Michael Blake, 69, author of the novel and screenplay Dances With Wolves, died on May 2, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona, his longtime home. The...
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Why do bettors favor beaten horses?
(MyRacing.com photo) ELMONT, New York––The last bastion of horsewhipping, public or private, is the home stretch of race tracks, before thousands of frantic screaming bettors. Whipping work...
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Barn fire safety: it’s personal
Fire that killed more than 200 dairy cows nearSt. Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.(Simon-Marc Charron/Radio-Canada photo) by Merritt Clifton MONTREAL––A June 9, 2015 barn fire that killed more...
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“An animal is not a number.”
From Christa Blanke, founder, Animals Angels: A new website I have created with much heartbreak over many months is now online: www.animalmemorial.org Since we started our work in 1996 Animals’...
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Last Chance Mustang, by Mitchell Bornstein
St. Martin’s Press (175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010), 2015. 300 pages, hardcover. $26.99. Reviewed by Debra J. White Chicago attorney and horse trainer Mitchell Bornstein has a history of...
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Exposing sadism of rodeo attracts more sadists to watch it
Horses’ rear ends obscure crowd view of calf with broken back at 2015 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. (From SHARK video) Three rodeos hit by ad campaigns all made more money CHEYENNE, RENO,...
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U.C. Berkeley study associates breast cancer with milk & dairy products
Hereford calf & mother.(Beth Clifton photo) Linked by bovine leukemia virus antibodies BERKELEY, California––A University of California at Berkeley cancer research team on September 15,...
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Will new Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau be “Justin other bad guy” for...
Justin Trudeau posed with his whole family in coyote fur for their 2010 holiday greeting card. Stephen Harper government, notorious for defense of Atlantic Canada seal hunt, ousted after 10 years...
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Oscar Mayer leaving town after findings linking hot dogs to cancer
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile in February 2015 sustained damage from skidding off the road near Enola, Pennsylvania. (Facebook photo) MADISON, Wisconsin––Just a week after the World Health...
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Eight times as many wild horses Down Under as in U.S., plus camels
(American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign photo) Contraception considered but more culling expected SYDNEY, Australia; DENVER, Colorado––The brumby issue in Australia and the mustang issue...
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For the love of horses, many happy trails
Raven & Beth, 1983. by Beth Clifton On April 26, 1777, eight nights after Paul Revere rode his horse into our history books, spreading word that British troops sent to suppress American...
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Wildlife contraceptive researcher Jay Kirkpatrick, 75
Developed PZP for use in 85 species Jay Kirkpatrick, 75, for more than 40 years a leading developer of contraceptive vaccines for wild horses, deer, elk, and other wildlife, died on...
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Charges against pigeon killer recall humane & labor movement landmarks
Pigeons wait to see if justice will finally be served. (Beth Clifton photo) Boys from Bridgeton were once in the movements’ vanguard BRIDGETON, NJ; PHILADELPHIA, PA––Cruelty charges have...
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The good guys don’t harm horses
Ganesh Joshi (inset) swinging cane at Shaktimaan; April Foster (inset) reaching toward Dan.[Still images from YouTube video.] Facing charges, protesters claim they didn’t DEHRADUN, KANSAS...
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Best Friends, the ASPCA, & HSUS: rethink pit bulls!
Clockwise: Gregory Castle, Wayne Pacelle, Matthew Bershadker. An open letter from Beth Clifton to: Gregory Castle, president, Best Friends Animal Society; Matthew Bershadker, president, American...
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Shaktimaan the police horse dies of complications from assault
Failed effort to save Shaktimaan, from “Shaktimaan Needs You” web site. Lost leg, suffered infection DEHRADUN, Uttarakhand, India––Shaktimaan the police horse died at about 5:30 p.m. on...
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NFL warns players–22 years after Humane Farming Association
(Beth Clifton collage) Eating Mexican or Chinese meat said to bring risk of ingesting banned drug NEW YORK CITY––A National Football League warning to players against eating meat from Mexico...
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Robert “Bob” King Hillman, 71
Bob Hillman Cowboy turned humane investigator had a long, wild ride Robert “Bob” King Hillman, 71, an often controversial humane professional for more than 39 years, died on January 30,...
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Suspension of PZP test means more people could eat a horse
(BLM photos) Friends of Animals blocks contraceptive project in the Pine Nut Mountains of Nevada. Part III of a three-part series examining winter, wildlife, & livestock. See also If “your ass...
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