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Thinking straight about turtles, vegans, hero dogs, Hitler, & Hal Herzog
(Beth Clifton collage) Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. 324 pages, hardcover. $18.40 from...
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Dogfighting busts surge in “Pit Bull Awareness Month 2026”
(Beth Clifton collage) Twelve dogfighting cases pending in the Carolinas alone CHARLOTTE, North Carolina; GREENVILLE, South Carolina––Bannering “Statesville Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Dog Fighting...
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Cockfighting, Cubanos, Castro, & why no Commie connection
(Beth Clifton collage) Cockfighting is tolerated in Cuba, barely, but in most of the Communist world is a symbol of the decadent west MIAMI, Florida; HAVANA, Cuba; MOSCOW, Russia––The 3,110...
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Will flagrant probation violations send SHARK assailant back to prison?
(Beth Clifton collage) Dope, guns, evidence of cockfighting; why isn’t James Newcomb back behind bars now? IRONTON, Ohio––Why is alleged cockfighter James “Bubba” Newcomb, of Waterloo, Ohio, not...
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Five alleged cockfighters indicted; ex-NFL star convicted of dog fighting
(Beth Clifton collage) Good news from the Department of Justice on both the cockfighting & dog fighting fronts––but what took so long? BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky; MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma––September 10,...
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Oklahoma cockfighters & dogfighters lose three in a row
(Beth Clifton collage) Justin Humphrey & Anthony DeVore defeated in primaries; Julius Deane Griffin sent to prison. Streak in dogfighting lingo makes law & order a “Grand Champion.” ATOKA...
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Cockfighters cleaned up on Newcastle clean-up
(Beth Clifton collage) July/August 2003: Suspected cockfighters were paid $11.4 million SACRAMENTO––Cockfighters who spread Exotic Newcastle Disease throughout Southern California and into Arizona...
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California state senators grovel before cockfighters’“cultural” defense”
(Beth Clifton collage) California Association for the Preservation of Gamefowl argues that 90% of game fowl breeders are Latino. So are 89% of 90 recent cockfighting-related murder victims....
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Pigs win U.S. Senate bean-shooter “Showdown at the Not OK Coral”
(Beth Clifton collage) The Save Our Bacon Act, or SOB Act, fails to advance WASHINGTON D.C.––The much anticipated August 6, 2026 “Showdown at the Not Okay Corral” might as well have been fought with...
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Showdown day at the Not Okay Corral comes to Congress
(Beth Clifton collage) The “Save Our Bacon Act” a.k.a. the “SOB Act,” and the FIGHT Act head a long list of Farm Bill 2026 showdown items WASHINGTON D.C.––Thursday, August 6, 2026 is mark-up and...
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Jaripeo Baile rodeo participants don’t know a downed bull from a piñata
(Beth Clifton collage) The mayhem at the rented home of the California Rodeo Salinas was not bull-riding, steer-tailing, or even bullfighting as done by the rules SALINAS, California––If...
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Cockfighters, dog & cat meat breeders play the violin for lost lives
(Beth Clifton collage) Cruel hypocrisy masquerades as concern for exploited dogs, cats, & gamefowl SEOUL; HANOI; CROSS PLAINS, Texas; BENNETT, Colorado––One need not have spent...
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Rotten eggs: Kroger stores & Korean Air flout animal welfare pledges
(Beth Clifton collage) Will Kroger treat newly acquired Giant Eagle like egg suppliers’ laying hens? CINCINNATI, Ohio––Kroger (rhymes with ogre), the 143-year-old, 2,800-store second largest grocery...
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Feds bust Louisiana cop for allegedly retaliating against cockfighting witness
(Beth Clifton collage) Cop apparently tried to forge documents to get witness deported as alleged illegal alien GULFPORT, Mississippi––Confirmation of probable collusion between cockfighters and...
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Cockfighter-turned-cop-killer informed on himself––on TikTok!
Edgar Arellano Holguín aka Edgar Lara.(Beth Clifton collage) Busted as Edgar Lara, cockfighter & murder suspect is known on TikTok as Edgar Arellano Holguin––& that isn’t all! CAMERON,...
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Korean Air responds to cockfighting complaints; rural sheriffs don’t
(Beth Clifton collage) Korean Air suspends rooster transport to the Philippines SEOUL, South Korea; FANNIN COUNTY, Georgia; DAYTON, Tennessee––Why is Korean Air more responsive to complaints about...
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When others looked away, ANIMALS 24-7 looked at the evidence
(Beth Clifton collage) ANIMALS 24-7 does not usually blow our own horns like this when someone says something nice about us, but this public response from Amy Dickens of The Wild Truth, below, is...
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Cocks of the walk: cockfighters avoid jail in Michigan & Oklahoma
(Beth Clifton collage) Cockfighters convicted but sentenced to probation plus minimal fines ALLEGAN, Michigan; NEWALLA, Oklahoma; ST. LANDRY PARISH, Louisiana––Catching cockfighters in the act on...
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Sheriff ignores cockfight, rails against “liberal green energy agendas”
(Beth Clifton collage) Crowing roosters are solar-powered BAILEYTON, Alabama––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video on the morning of April 18, 2026 caught a steady stream of cockfighters...
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Who was “CO-CONSPIRATOR 1” in Massachusetts dog fighting bust?
(Beth Clifton collage) Five-year investigation brings charges against one suspect. Another was apparently already convicted. BOSTON, Massachusetts––”Beginning in 2021,” the affidavit of U.S....
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