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Mob destroys the Nigeria SPCA amid national crisis

October 24, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Similar attack trashed & looted renowned drill conservation project LAGOS,  Nigeria––Amid the chaos and violence engulfing Lagos,  the economic capital of Nigeria,  the October 14,  2020 mob destruction of the Nigeria SPCA has so far not even won local media coverage. But the attack crippled the oldest institution in Nigeria that offers humane education and  […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Disasters, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Nigeria, Sanctuaries, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ayodele Williams, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Bada Olamilekan, Emmanuel Eyoh, Lisa Gadsby, Merritt Clifton, Peter Jenkins, Trevor Scott

Spay/neuter resumes in Italy despite COVID-19, Camorra & Nigerian mobsters

May 24, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Quarantine keeps crime in check––for now             ROME,  CASTEL VOLTURNO,  Italy––The deadly global COVID-19 pandemic,  killing nearly 32,500 Italians to date,  might if anything have made Castel Volturno,  the unlikely spay/neuter hub of the nation,  just a little bit safer. Certainly stay-at-home orders seem to have at least temporarily reduced the mob violence for which […]

Filed Under: Africa, Bats, Cats, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Ethiopia, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Italy, Mediterranean, Nigeria, Population control, Population control, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Anna Winter, Benito Mussolini, Carla Rocchi, Dorothea Fritz, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Merritt Clifton

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

First conviction of animal sacrifice practitioner in 11 years

August 23, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

But light sentence for perp          LEESBURG,  Virginia––Loudoun County,  Virginia general district Judge Deborah C. Welsh on August 3,  2016 convicted Santeria priestess Mercy Carrion,  43,  on three counts of cruelty to animals,  but suspended her sentence on condition that she take a course in how to properly sacrifice animals from Gro Mambo Danthoula Novanyon […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animism & Santeria, Caribbean, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Nigeria, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Sub-Saharan, The Americas, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Anna Charlton, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Gary Francione, Gilbert Stevenson, Jose Merced, Mercy Carrion, Merritt Clifton

Kenyans rise in protest over lions shot & speared

April 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Incidents recall the Cecil case in Zimbabwe          NAIROBI,  Kenya;  JOS,  Nigeria––More than 2,000 Kenyans had signed petitions protesting the violent deaths of two lions on the outskirts of Nairobi,  the national capital,  within 48 hours of the shooting of the first lion,  Mohawk,  and 24 hours of the discovery of the remains of the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Africa, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Right, Habitat, Kenya, Nigeria, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Christa Christina Witvrouwen, Chukwunonso Daniel Ogbe, Hir Joseph, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, Shamsudeen Fagbo, Walter Palmer

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