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Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 4 Comments

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

Reptile diversity study findings are less scary than a snake in your boot

April 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Mainstream reportage focused on the bad news,  but reptiles remain likely to outlive us WASHINGTON D.C.––All dinosaurs except birds,  all ichthyosaurs,  and all pterosaurs are  confirmed extinct. Dragons,  griffins,  and Godzilla are alive and well in human imagination,  the only habitat they ever actually occupied. Among the other 10,196 reptile species for whom population and […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Crocodilians, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Indian subcontinent, Land turtles, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Snakes, Soft-shelled turtles, The Americas, Turtles, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Bruce E. Young, Christina Larson, Erik Stokstad, Godzilla, Merritt Clifton, Neil Cox

CITES doomed the vaquita, sold the elephant in the room, & worse

March 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

U.N. Environment Assembly calls for yet another report on “the interlinkages between animal welfare,  the environment and sustainable development” after ignoring a mountain of others produced at least since 1950             LYON, France––This is not just a fish story,  nor just a fish-and-elephant story,  nor even just another story about the failures and shortcomings of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Kenya, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Marine life, Meat issues, Namibia, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, USA, Welfare, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, World Tagged With: CITES, International Whaling Commission, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, totoaba, United Nations Environment Program

Smoked by a camel: happens more often than you think

March 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. deaths & injuries from camel attacks occur at about 10 times the global rate,  but attacks where camels are work animals are not rare OBION,  Tennessee––Tennessee men Bobby Joe Matheny II,  42,  of Ridgely,  and Tommy Gunn, 67,  of Obion,  were on March 10,  2022 stomped to death by a camel at Shirley Farms […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Bobby Joe Matheny II, Mark Mere, Merritt Clifton, Peggye McNair, Richard Mileski, Shirley Farms, Tommy Gunn

See the video exposé that sent Jack Hanna into demented retirement––free!

February 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Conservation Game Directed by Michael Webber, featuring Tim Harrison,  founder,  Outreach for Animals If you have not yet seen The Conservation Game,  the acclaimed exposé of exotic cat exhibition and trafficking that sent longtime animal exhibitor Jack Hanna into retirement due to alleged dementia,  there will never be a better time to watch it––free––than […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Jeff Kremer, Merritt Clifton, Michael Webber, Tim Harrison

Ex-POW speaks out for Help Asheville Bears campaign vs. Amazon trap sales

February 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

by Jody,  Alex,  & Heather Christina Williams,  founders,  Help Asheville Bears Colonel Hershel Scott Morgan (Ret.),  our stepfather,  was the fourth longest held Air Force prisoner of war in American history.  He was imprisoned in North Vietnam for seven years and ten months––more than two years longer than John McCain,  the late U.S. Senator and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Bears, Feature Home Bottom, Fur trapping, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poaching & trafficking, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Williams, Charles Darwin, Colonel Hershel Scott Morgan, Heather Christina Willams, Help Asheville Bears, Jeff Bezos, Jody Williams, MacKenzie Scott

Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette, 79, goes to “walk with tigers”

January 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Rescued,  sheltered,  & rehabilitated wildlife for 43 years LAKE HAVASU,  Arizona––Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette,  79,  died on January 23,  2022. Reported CBS-Los Angeles,  “Colette, who had been suffering from lung cancer,  died at her Lake Havasu home, according to her publicist.” Wrote Mike Barnes for Hollywood Reporter,  “She died surrounded by friends,  and one […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Kenya, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Bob Lorsch, Daphne Sheldrick, Gini Barrett, James Mahoney, Merritt Clifton, Robert Wenners

HSUS to spend up to $20 million on Project Chimps & then kick it loose

January 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Seeks “peace with honor” & withdrawal after whistleblower campaign BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––The Humane Society of the United States on January 10,  2022 committed $20 million––at least in a media release––to making material improvements at the HSUS-funded Project Chimps sanctuary in Blue Ridge,  Georgia. The HSUS pledge,  observed Their Turn founder Donny Moss of New York […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Liberia, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Bruce Wagman, Crystal Alba, Donny Moss, HSUS, Lindsay Vanderhoogt, Merritt Clifton, PETA, Project Chimps

Are pigs among our closest kin? Heart transplant revives debate

January 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Ethics,  genetics,  & relationship of pigs to humans             BALTIMORE, Maryland––The world’s first pig-to-human heart transplant,  performed on January 7,  2022 at the University of Maryland Medical Center,  may or may not extend the life of transplant recipient David Bennett,  57. Certainly it shortened the life of the pig,  trucked five hours from a company […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cloning & xenografts, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Kenya, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Bartley Griffith, David Bennett, Eugene McCarthy, Jack Hunter, Katrien Devolder, Megan Molteni, Merritt Clifton, Moshe Freedman, Muhammad Mohiuddin

Richard Leakey, 77, saved elephants & found missing links to veg past

January 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Richard Leakey both extended human history backward & helped Kenyan wildlife survive into the future NAIROBI, Kenya––Richard Erskine Frere Leakey,  77,  known to the world as simply Richard Leakey,  died on January 2,  2022,  in Nairobi,  the Kenyan capital city and his home for most of his life. Born in Nairobi on December 19,  1944,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Kenya, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Emmanuel de Merode, Louis Leakey, Louise Leakey, Mary Leakey, Meave Epps, Merritt Clifton, Nehemiah Rotich, Paula Kahumbu, WildlifeDirect

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