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Kaavan flies to sanctuary with “elephant singers” Cher and Amir Khalil

November 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World of friends help “world’s loneliest elephant”             ISLAMABAD, Pakistan;  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia––Kaavan,  long billed “the world’s loneliest elephant,”  was a flying elephant this morning,  November 30,  2020,  en route from the defunct Marghuzar Zoo in Islamabad,  Pakistan,  to share a 25,000-acre habitat with three female Asian elephants inside the the one-million acre Kulen-Promtep Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Libya, North Africa, Pakistan, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan, Thailand, Ukraine, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Cher, Helmut Dungler, Merritt Clifton, Oliver Whang, Yahya Sinwar

Mark Twain’s Book of Animals

July 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Edited with Introduction,  Afterword,  & Notes by Shelley Fisher Fishkin University of California Press https://www.ucpress.edu/ 325 pages,  hardcover.  $27.50. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wrote Ed Duvin,  whose 1989 Animalines newsletter essay “In The Name of Mercy” prophesying  “no kill” animal sheltering is widely considered a classic of humane literature,  to ANIMALS 24-7 a few days […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Donkeys, Egypt, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Morocco, North Africa, Religion & philosophy, Street dogs Tagged With: Charles Dickens, Chuck Jones, Ed Duvin, Henry Bergh, Mark Twain, Merritt Clifton, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Walt Disney

Ravaging Asia & Africa: a much deadlier plague than COVID-19

February 28, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World fiddles while grasshoppers munch             NINGBO,  China;  NAIROBI,  Kenya––A much deadlier plague than the COVID-19 coronavirus is sweeping westward from China through Pakistan,  across Central Asia,  and throughout the Horn of Africa,  flying 100 miles a day,  devouring crops enough to feed as many as 34 million people,  according to the United Nations Food […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Central Asia, Chickens, China, Ducks & geese, Egypt, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Indian subcontinent, Insects, Kenya, North Africa, Pakistan, Poultry, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan, Uganda, Wildlife Tagged With: Cara Anna, Dominique Bourgeon, Donald Trump, Imran Khan, Kate Ng, Mark Lowcock, Merritt Clifton, Michael D’Estries, Rory Sullivan, Zhang Long

Secrets of Doris Day’s life & work for animals

May 15, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Publicity added much spin & gloss to what was already a positive record             CARMEL,  California––Doris Day,  97,  died from pneumonia on May 13,  2019. Day was remembered worldwide as a singer who recorded more than 650 songs between 1939 and 1967;  an actress who starred in more than 40 films between 1947 and 1968,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Morocco, North Africa, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Bill Wewer, Charles Manson, Cleveland Amory, Doris Kappelhoff, Earl Holliman, Holly Hazard, Kitty Block, Lindsay Pollard, Merritt Clifton, Nick Thomas, Richard Bonner, Rick Spill, Shirley Temple, Terry Melcher

Cassowary victim had helped to spur ostrich-&-emu boom

April 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

“See the gentle cassowary On the plains of Timbuktu Eating up the missionary Hat and coat and hymn-book too.” Attributed to Theodore Hook  (1788-1841)             HIGH SPRINGS,  Florida––Remembering the cassowary rhyme from childhood,  and that “Cassowaries are found mainly in Australia and New Guinea.  Never in Africa!”,  International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal was […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, North Africa, Other, Poultry, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Christopher Kofron, Darren Naish, Marvin Hajos, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Theodore Hook

Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, brought “humane spring” to Egypt

March 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Headed three leading organizations CAIRO,  Egypt––Ahmed el Sherbiny,  66,  who with his British-born wife Jackie led the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends,  the Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare,  and the Middle East Network for Animal Welfare,  on March 7,  2019 died at home in Shabramont,  Giza,  a Cairo suburb,  after several years of fighting multiple […]

Filed Under: Africa, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Egypt, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Isles, North Africa, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Slaughter, Street dogs, United Kingdom, Working horses Tagged With: Amina Abaza, Dina Zulfikar, Dorothy Brooke, Fatima Naoot, Jackie Sherbiny, Merritt Clifton, Mona Khalil, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, Robert Blumberg, Salim Mohammed Salim

The poop on live transport, whaling, & Ramadan 2018

May 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Old ships,  ancient customs             FREMANTLE,  Australia––Seventy thousand Australian sheep aboard the 38-year-old livestock carrier Al Messilah,  or anyhow those who survive the journey,  are due to reach Kuwait on May 14,  2018,  according to VesselFinder.com. The voyage continues a trade that Animals Australia likens to whaling in terms of cruelty and obsolescence,  but which […]

Filed Under: Africa, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Egypt, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, North Africa, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Welfare Tagged With: David Littleproud, Glenys Oogjes, Lyn White, Merritt Clifton, Natalie Kotsios, Victoira Laurie

South Sudan bans hunting; follows Kenya, with Chinese support

March 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Kenya banned hunting in 1977             JUBA,  South Sudan––Emulating one of the longtime keys to economic success in neighboring Kenya,  the seven-year-old nation of South Sudan on March 6,  2018 “banned all forms of wildlife hunting,  including commercial trade in wildlife trophies,”  the Xinhua news agency reported. The specific mention of “wildlife trophies” by the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, North Africa, Poaching & trafficking, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill Brewster, Chris Hudson, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, Festo Kumba, Jemma Nunu Kumba, John Jackson III, Merritt Clifton, Peter Horn, Ryan Zinke, Steve Chancellor, Thomas Sebit

Who killed ivory trade investigator Esmond Martin, why?

February 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Survived more than 30 years of work in some of the world’s most dangerous places,  only to be stabbed in his bed             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Nairobi police homicide detectives appear to believe that renowned elephant ivory and rhino horn trafficking investigator Esmond Bradley Martin Jr.,  75,  was murdered on February 5,  2018 in connection with a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cambodia, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Isles, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Laws, Laws & politics, Legislation, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, North Africa, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, U.S., Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Chrysee MacCasler Perry Martin, Daniel Stiles, Fred Mukinda, Iain Douglas Hamilton, John Muchangi, Josphat Ngonyo, Kamore Maina, Lucy Vigne, Merritt Clifton, Pak Choi-Jun, Robyn Dixon

Losing their asses: China trade deals deplete global donkey population

December 23, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Is the demand real or a bubble? Either way, donkeys suffer          BISHKEK,  Kyrgyzstan;  NAIROBI,  Kenya;  JOHANNESBURG,  South Africa––Developing nations from South Africa to Kyrgyzstan have become urgently concerned about losing their asses in trade deals with China. Literally.  But whether Chinese donkey-brokers are buying donkeys for slaughter because of authentic market demand within China […]

Filed Under: Africa, China, Donkeys, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Kenya, Meat issues, North Africa, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Working horses Tagged With: Dale Willman, Goldox, Jean Gilchrist, Merritt Clifton, Tozie Kokufa

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