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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

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

World Wildlife Fund accused of beating up the little guys

January 14, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development investigates complaint from Survival International          PARIS,  France––Acting at request of Switzerland,  the 35-nation Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has agreed to investigate a complaint from the London-based charity Survival International that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)  has repeatedly,  systematically,  and severely violated the human rights of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Mozambique, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Baka, Forest Peoples Programme, Merritt Clifton, OECD, Stephen Corry, Survival International, WWF

Hunters can’t just kill elephants to claim to save them, says judge

October 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Just funding “conservation” is not enough, absent evidence that elephants benefit WASHINGTON D.C.––The claim that shooting elephants in Zimbabwe helps to save them no longer stands up in U.S. federal court,  even if the money hunters pay to kill the elephants is nominally spent for “conservation,”  U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled on September […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Laws & politics, Mozambique, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Royce Lamberth, Stan Parker

The myth of sport hunting as a solution to conservation

August 13, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

An open letter to Mozambique by Josphat Ngonyo,  founder,  Africa Network for Animal Welfare:   Date: 12/08/2015 Mr. Daniel Antonio High Commissioner Mozambique High Commission   Dear Sir,   Your Excellency, it our hope that this letter finds you well in the service of your great country, Mozambique. On behalf of Africa Network forAanimal Welfare (ANAW), […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Mozambique, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: ANAW, Josphat Ngonyo, Mozambique

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