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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

Leading Kenyan conservationist barred from Nairobi National Park

February 19, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Paula Kahumbu opposed rock concert where Elsa the lion cub was “born free”             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Bringing immediate global attention to his own lack of anything resembling conservation credentials,  Kenya Wildlife Service director general John Migui Waweru on February 18,  2020 reportedly barred Wildlife Direct executive director Paula Kahumbu from Nairobi National Park. Waweru,  59,  appointed […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Kenya, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: George Adamson, John Mbaria, John Migui Waweru, Joy Adamson, Kahindi Lekailhaile, Paula Kahumbu

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

Wildlife Waystation closed & to be dismantled, after 43 years

August 21, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

If a cat has nine lives,  Wildlife Waystation had dozens             SYLMAR, California––Wildlife Waystation,  the often embattled prototype for dozens of other sanctuaries for former exotic pets and animals used in laboratories and entertainment,  has closed,  after 43 years. The closure came nearly four months after the reportedly forced retirement of founder Martine Colette. Colette […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Belgium, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Humane history, Kenya, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Bob Lorsch, Bob Wenners, Daphne Sheldrick, James Mahoney, Martine Colette, Matthew Simmons, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Summers

Will Nairobi shoot dogs, vaccinate them, or serve them for dinner?

August 12, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Governor’s proposals confuse & alarm Kenya             NAIROBI, Kenya––Does Nairobi County governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko want to shoot street dogs,  vaccinate them against rabies,  or serve them for dinner? Three and a half months after the Sonko administration began running the three proposals up the flagpole to see who might salute,  neither Nairobi citizens,  news […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Kenya, Meat issues, Population control, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, Mike Mbuvi Sonko, Muhari Muriithi, Nina Odongo, Sebastian Mwanza

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

Man-eaters of Kenya: The Ghost & The Darkness

June 9, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Maneless lions legendary for more than a century The Ghosts of Tsavo by Philip Caputo Adventure Press (c/o National Geographic Society,  1145 17th St. NW,  Washington,  DC   20036),  2002.  275 pages,  hardcover.  $27.00. The Lions of Tsavo: Exploring the Legacy of Africa’s Notorious Man-eaters by Bruce D. Patterson McGraw-Hill Co. (Two Penn Plaza,  New York, […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Bruce D. Patterson, John Henry Patterson, Merritt Clifton, Philip Caputo, The Ghost & The Darkness

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

Noted in passing: Tresz, Muliro, Ndou, Hanson, Broecker, Lagerfeld

April 30, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Six people with little in common except influencing how humans see animals Hilda Tresz,  Freddy Mahamba Muliro,  and Joel Celestine Mambou Ndou,  none of them ever famous,  in various ways devoted their lives to great apes. Wade Hanson spent the last 24 years of his life as a humane officer. Wallace Broecker for more than 50 […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Central Europe, DRC, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, France, Fur & leather, Gabon, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indian subcontinent, Kenya, Mediterranean, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sub-Saharan, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Frank Romaine, Freddy Mahamba Muliro, Hilda Tresz, Joel Celestine Mambou Ndou, Karl Lagerfeld, Merritt Clifton, Wade Hanson, Wallace Broecker

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