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“Ban wildlife trophy imports!” pleads former Botswana president to U.K. & U.S.

July 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Elephants & lions,  alive to be photographed,  seen as keys to a prosperous future LONDON, U.K.;  GABORONE, Botswana––Botswana may have more elephants and lions than anywhere else in the world. Seretse Khama Ian Khama,  president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018,  considers that fact so important to maintaining and improving the prosperity of the nation […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Botswana, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Adam Cruise, African Elephant Journal, Boris Johnson, Hans Bauer, Ian Khama, Merritt Clifton

Elephant trophy auction covers for opening bushmeat trade

February 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Global warming intensifies pressure to profit from wildlife before habitat loss depletes species GABERONE,  Botswana;  HARARE,  Zimbabwe;  DAR ES SALAAM,  Tanzania––Big as they are,  the 60 elephants whose lives were auctioned at Bobonong Kgotla,  Botswana on February 7,  2020 may be the least of the casualties from attempts by the governments of Botswana and Tanzania […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Botswana, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Meat issues, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Antony Sguazzin, Boniface Keakabetse, Cyril Zenda, Dereck Joubert, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Merritt Clifton, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Tinashe Farawo

Feds probe alleged rapes & murders by WWF-funded anti-poaching militias

September 28, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

U.K., Germany,  & Switzerland also concerned about World Wildlife Fund-backed paramilitary operations             WASHINGTON D.C.–– The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and other federal agencies are investigating allegations repeatedly raised for more than a dozen years by media––chiefly by the online periodical BuzzFeed News,  but also including ANIMALS 24-7––that funds granted by the U.S. government […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Botswana, Cameroun, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Laws, Laws & politics, Mozambique, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Aurelia Skipwith, Carter Roberts, Josphat Ngonyo, Katie J.M. Baker, Marcus Engert, Merritt Clifton, Raul Grijalva, Rosalie Osborn, Susan Combs, Tom Warren

Elephants, giraffes, sharks, Asian otters & seahorses fare well in Switzerland

August 28, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

African elephants win protection near where exports for display began             GENEVA, Switzerland––Live elephant exports from Africa for exhibition at least nominally ended by plenary vote at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Triennial Conference of the Parties on August 27,  2019 in Geneva,  Switzerland,  about 200 miles north from where the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Botswana, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Food & agriculture, Gabon, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Japan, Kenya, Laws, Marine life, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Hannibal Barca, Merritt Clifton, Nina Larson, Tom De Meulenaer

Why vultures are not circling over the drought-parched world

June 25, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

It isn’t that vultures don’t feel the threat from global warming             GABORONE,  Botswana––Scarce over much of drought-parched India,  Central Asia, and Africa,  vultures still converge over dead livestock and wildlife in Botswana,  stripping the corpses of even elephants and hippos down to the bones within hours––but for how much longer? The Botswana Department of […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia, Birds, Birds, Birds, Botswana, Conservation, Dogs, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Hunted species, India, Indian subcontinent, Israel, Kenya, Mediterranean, Poaching & trafficking, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Çağan Şekercioğlu, Evan Buechley, J. Lindsay Oaks, Merritt Clifton, Salvatore Cardoni, Zafrir Rinat

Botswana,  please rethink resuming hunting! by Sebastian Mwanza

May 27, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Ian Khama,  former president of Botswana,  resigns from ruling party when successor undoes ban on trophy hunting Editor’s note:  Outraged and disappointed that his handpicked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi had ended a five-year-old ban on trophy hunting,  Ian Khama,  president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018,  on May 25,  2019 resigned from the Botswana Democratic Party […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Botswana, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Laws, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife Tagged With: Don Pinnock, Ian Khama, Kahindi Lekahaile, Kitso Mokaila, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Paula Kahumbu, Ron Thomson

Four people who changed how humans see animals

December 13, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Charlie Russell,  Mary T. Hoffman, Aubrey Manning, & Dorothy Cheney  Russell made “Spirit Bears” famous            Canadian bear researcher and author Charlie Russell,  76,  died on May 7,  2018 in Calgary, Alberta,  from complications after surgery.             Born in Pincher Creek, Alberta,  where his parents Andy and Kay Russell were hunting outfitters and guides,  Charlie Russell […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Botswana, Culture & Animals, Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Isles, Kenya, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife

Could Zambia contracept wild hippos instead of culling?

October 26, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Or is hippo overpopulation even really the issue? LUSAKA,  Zambia––Why has Zambian tourism minister Charles Banda revived a five-year-old plan to cull up to 250 hippopotamuses per year from South Luangwa National Park,  only two years after scrapping it? “The South Luangwa National Park has a population of more than 13,000 hippos but the area […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Botswana, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Namibia, Science, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Charles Banda, Jay Kirkpatrick, Jeremy Hance, Kimberly Frank, Merritt Clifton, Peter Sinkamba, Ruth Steinberger

TNR protects African wildcats from “genetic pollution” & ferals from cruelty

October 24, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Alley Cat Rescue begins project at Kruger National Park             KRUGER NATIONAL PARK,  South Africa––Alley Cat Rescue,  of Mount Ranier,  Maryland,   is now “working to implement trap-neuter-return programs for stray/feral cats around Kruger National Park,”  according to founder Louise Holton,  to keep African wildcats from hybridizing with their domestic descendants. Having “advocated for the humane […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Botswana, Cats, China, Conservation, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Namibia, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Becky Robinson, Charles Darwin, Jaclyn Tennant, Llewellyn Foxcroft, Louise Holton, Marna Herbst, Merritt Clifton, Rita Brock

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