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Gunfire no aphrodisiac for African elephants

October 23, 2006 By Merritt Clifton

Stress believed to suppress fertility HARARE,  Zimbabwe (August 2006)––Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force founder Johnny Rodrigues and Presidential Elephant Conservation Project researcher Sharon Pincott contend that the stress associated with gunfire has actually suppressed elephant fecundity. This finding,  if verified,  would contradict other studies showing that wildlife populations tend to increase their fecundity under hunting pressure. Both coyotes […]

Filed Under: Africa, Sub-Saharan, Zimbabwe Tagged With: elephants, Johnny Rodrigues, Merritt Clifton, Sharon Pincott

Evictions to clear a park in Ethiopia

June 11, 2005 By Merritt Clifton

  While land invasions and their aftermath destroy the remnants of wildlife protection in Zimbabwe,  the African Parks Foundation has reportedly introduced to Ethiopia the heavy-handed relocation of longtime land occupants in the name of conservation that helped to create the pressures leading to the Zimbabwean debacle. “Ethiopia wants a Kenyan-style network of wildlife parks […]

Filed Under: Africa, Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: African Parks

Humane Society of the U.S. settles affairs without a Wills

October 1, 1995 By Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton        WASHINGTON,  D.C.––Humane Society of the United States executive vice president Patricia Forkan is to assume authority over HSUS domestic operations effective on January 1,  1996.  HSUS president Paul Irwin,  now heading domestic operations,  will move over to head the umbrella organization,  Humane Society International,  while current HSI president John Hoyt,  65,  will […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: David Wills, John Hoyt, Merritt Clifton, O.J. Ramsey, Patricia Forkan, Paul Irwin

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