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George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers

January 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Santos’ Friends of Pets United never existed.  Neither do “spay/neuter cookies.” WASHINGTON D.C.––The most infamous of all of New York third district Congressional Representative George Santos’ many scams,  now extensively exposed,  was probably the easiest:  inventing and raising funds in the name of a pet rescue organization that never legally existed and never verifiably helped […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal organizations, Cameroun, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Romania, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Anthony Devolder, Desmond Fodge Bobga, Merritt Clifton, Richard Osthoff, Samantha Miller, Tori Lynn Head, Woofin Palooza

Feds quit funding guns & ammo for “anti-poaching” militias

October 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

MacGregor throws the World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society & others out of the lettuce patch             WASHINGTON D.C.––Deputy Interior Secretary Katharine MacGregor on September 18,  2020 quietly ordered major reforms of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID] programs which have for decades routed millions of dollars in funding […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cameroun, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Katharine MacGregor, Merritt Clifton, Stephen Corry

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

Gorillas in solitary: Ndume wins parole. Now what about King?

June 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The Gorilla Foundation reluctantly returns Ndume to the Cincinnati Zoo.  King still sits alone at Monkey Jungle.             CINCINNATI,  Ohio––Sprung from solitary confinement after 28 years at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside,  California,  Ndume the gorilla,  age 38,  is back among old friends and family at the Cincinnati Zoo,  reportedly settling in well. King the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Cameroun, Culture & Animals, DRC, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Sub-Saharan, Zoos Tagged With: John Safkow, Melanie Lustig, Merritt Clifton, Penny Patterson, Richard Seeborg, Ron Evans, Ruben Seibert Johnston, Sharon DuMond, Terry Maple

No, China did not ban sales of pangolin scales. But it might.

March 15, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

National People’s Congress has been asked to consider banning sales of pangolin scales             BEIJING,  China––Pangolins,  perhaps the cutest and most harmless animal jeopardized by poaching and wildlife trafficking whom hardly anyone has heard of,  remain in as much trouble today as yesterday,  two years ago,  and five years ago,  despite news items,  activist alerts,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cameroun, China, Culture & Animals, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Laws, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Amy Yee, Daniel Ingram, Merritt Clifton

Death of Koko, 46, raises question what will become of her rejected mate Ndume?

June 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Koko was among the last great apes used in still controversial 1970s language research             WOODSIDE,  California––With Koko deceased,  what now will become of Ndume,  37,  the last and least famous of the three gorillas who once shared the Gorilla Foundation sanctuary and primate language research laboratory in the Santa Cruz Mountains,  south of San […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Cameroun, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Barbara J. King, Dawn Forsythe, Francine Patterson, Herb Terrace, Jane Goodall, Jane Hu, Jeffrey Kluger, Merritt Clifton, Penny Patterson, Ronald Cohn

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