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Declawing, ear-cropping, & tail-docking: more nasty legacies from dogfighters
Perspective by Merritt Clifton Declawing cats and ear-cropping and tail-docking dogs have in common that they are pointless surgical mutilations, profitable for the veterinarians who do them, but...
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Shelter rabies cases remind of the risk in trying to “save them all”
(Beth Clifton photo) PITTSBURGH, LONDON––Alerts to the risk that animal shelters, shelterless rescues, and adoption transport may spread rabies came simultaneously in December 2014 from no-kill...
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The poop on deer, cats & Toxoplasma gondi
Bethie the cat in her “deer stand.” (BC) by Merritt Clifton CLEVELAND, Ohio––Deer don’t eat cats, or cat poop, but that did not stop the American Bird Conservancy from alleging in a December 23, 2014...
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A 21-vaccination salute to the founders of ProMED
Editorial by Merritt Clifton What causes more animal suffering than even the meat industry? Zoonotic disease does, meaning diseases transmitted by animals to humans, and sometimes to animals from...
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“Fix Felines by Five Months”— Spay/USA founder Esther Mechler
Thanks so much for putting out the great article on “The Queen,” by Marvin Mackie, DVM. It seems that a large number of people including too many vets are fuzzy about the topic – I know I was. As you...
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Canine influenza, dog meat, & the rescue connection
Sniffer dogs are on the front lines of biosecurity defense, but are also often among the first to inhale any virus transported from one place to another. (Beth Clifton photo) CHICAGO––An outbreak of an...
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Calcium chloride chemosterilant tested successfully in tomcats
Tomcats. (Beth Clifton photo) SAN FRANCISCO––An injectable calcium chloride chemosterilant costing only pennies per dose has been tested successfully in male cats, following years of positive...
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Introducing Calcium Chloride Castration
by Ruth Steinberger, founder, Spay First (www.spayfirst.org) On July 24, 2015 a company called Calcium Chloride Castration, the brainchild of Canadian veterinarian Peter Denooij, will launch the...
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HSUS cat herder Nancy Peterson announces retirement
Nancy Peterson (HSUS photo) “The time has come,” Humane Society of the U.S. cat program manager Nancy Peterson announced in a July 6, 2015 e-mail to friends, colleagues, and ANIMALS 24-7. “I will be...
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Did AVMF bag “America’s Favorite Vet” contest to keep anti-declaw vet from...
Gary Richter, DVM (Facebook photo) Sore toes & veterinary tradition SCHAUMBURG, Illinois––Did the American Veterinary Medical Foundation “take their Frisbee and go home,” as Paw Project founder...
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Loss of access to ketamine threatens progress in humane euthanasia
Spay FIRST! founder Ruth Steinberger.(Spay FIRST! photo) by Ruth Steinberger, founder, Spay First (www.spayfirst.org) There is a proposed change in the U.S. and global regulatory status of ketamine,...
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WHO wants to ban ketamine? The FDA?
(Beth Clifton photo) Regulators act on request from China (See also Loss of access to ketamine threatens progress in humane euthanasia, by Ruth Steinberger.) SCHAUMBURG, Illinois––Pending proposals...
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Should all feral cats go to heaven? Or hell?
Sebastian stalks a sandhill crane.(Beth Clifton photo) Purges pursued with religious fervor (See also What to call cats, & why their name matters.) WORCESTER, Massachusetts––Named Australia’s...
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Deadline looms for claiming refunds from Blue Buffalo
Settlement in alleged consumer fraud case ST. LOUIS, Missouri––Applications to the IRS for income tax return are due on Monday, April 18, 2016, but another deadline, four days earlier,...
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A 21-vaccination salute to the founders of ProMED
Editorial by Merritt Clifton Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases cofounder Jack Woodall and Martin Hugh-Jones, who was among the ProMED founding moderators, have been separately selected to...
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Declawing, ear-cropping, & tail-docking: more nasty legacies from dogfighters
(Beth Clifton photo) Time for feds to act Fifty-one members of Congress nearly three months ago wrote on February 12, 2016 to federal Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Julian Castro,...
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“Community cats” vs. community health: Part 4 of What to call cats & why it...
(Beth Clifton photo) Changing names does not change issues Part 4 of a four-part series by Merritt Clifton. See also: What to call cats, & why it matters: evolving terms; “Vagrant” or “feral”...
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Feral cats & street dogs: part 3 of What to call cats & why It matters
(Beth Clifton photo) by Merritt Clifton Part 3 of a four-part series. See also: What to call cats, & why it matters: evolving terms; “Vagrant” or “feral” cats; and “Community cats” vs....
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“Vagrant” or “feral” cats: part 2 of What to Call Cats & why it matters
by Merritt Clifton Part 2 of a four-part series. See also: What to call cats, & why it matters: evolving terms; Feral cats & street dogs; and “Community cats” vs. community health. Krazy...
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What Brexit means for “pet passports”& lab animals
(Beth Clifton collage) Part IV of a five-part series. (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?, Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan,” Farmed animals & money...
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