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Factory farming scheme in Zambia threatens wildlife over half of Africa

June 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Straw-colored fruit bats,  giving birth in just one place,  pollinate trees throughout central Africa             LUSAKA, Zambia––Public comment on what appears to be one of the most ecologically destructive development projects in all Africa,  menacing Kasanka National Park,  Zambia,  and especially threatening to straw-colored fruit bats,  closes on June 16,  2021. Who cares about African […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Bats, Birds, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zambia Tagged With: Africa Geographic, Chief Chitambo, Edgar Lungu, Lake Agro, Makanday Media Centre, Merlin Tuttle, Merritt Clifton

South Africa debates end to “canned lion” industry & ivory sales

June 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“High-Level Panel Report on Lions, Rhinos, Elephants & Leopards” recommends turnabout in national wildlife policy             JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––A South African government wildlife policy study recommends an end to breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots of captive-bred and raised lions,  and exports of lion bones for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The paper also […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Captive animals, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Barbara Creecy, Bill Jordan, Born Free Foundation, Care for the Wild, Don Pinnock, Fundisile Mketeni, Merritt Clifton, Pam Yako

Factory-farmed pigs get a break from vaccine breakthrough

May 22, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

For factory-farmed pigs,  avoiding African swine fever may be about as good as the grim news gets GREENPORT, New York––With all eyes on the progress of vaccination against the global COVID-19 pandemic,  which has to date killed nearly 3.5 million people,  the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service in early May quietly announced a breakthrough […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Kenya, Meat issues, Pigs, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Uncategorized, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: African swine fever, Manuel Borca, Merritt Cifton, Plum Island

Remembering Rory Young, Glenn Summerlin, & Helen Marston

May 12, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Soldier,  fundraiser,  & campaigner:  three animal advocates whose work & approaches could scarcely have differed more Rory Young,  49,  founder of the anti-poaching organization Chengeta Wildlife,  was killed on April 26, 2021,  along with Spanish journalist David Beriáin,  44,  and photographer Roberto Fraile,  47,  in an ambush in Burkina Faso attributed to the jihadist militia […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Alternatives, Animal control, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Science, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Cecil Rhodes, Chengeta Wildlife, Dennis Orsey, Ken Nixon, Mariet Young, Merritt Clifton, Susan Dragich, Warren Cox, Yakov Alekseyev

Did Namibia sell 170 elephants to China to make way for oil drilling?

March 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Murky Namibian elephant deal might involve as much as $22 million paid to someone,  even if oil rights are not involved WINDHOEK,  Namibia––Two weeks after the Namibian government sold 170 elephants to five undisclosed buyers,  to be transported to parts unknown,  Namibian minister of environment and tourism Pohamba Shifeta has yet to reveal the details […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Namibia, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Karl Ammann, Luke Pato, Merritt Clifton, Nyasha Nyaungwaohamba Shifeta, Peter Kenny

Did Chinese zoos buy 170 Namibian elephants sold at secret auction?

March 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Namibian officials say disclosing purchasers might jeopardize the deal             WINDHOEK, Namibia––Who bought 170 elephants,  auctioned off by the Namibian government against international law,  despite months of protest? Suspicion is growing that Namibia will not disclose the elephants’ buyers until the elephants have already been flown to their destinations,  probably Chinese zoos,  the buyers of […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Namibia, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Arlana Shikongo, Beth Clifton, Colgar Sikopo, Ellanie Smit, Gail C. Thomson, John Grober, Mark Hiley, Melissa Reitz, Merritt Clifton, Pohamba Shifeta, Romeo Muyunda, Teofilus Nghitila

“Conserving” rhinos to the brink of extinction

March 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Zoo births one rhino,  scientists make five rhino embryos,  trophy hunters buy rights to shoot dozens,  & poachers kill 1,000-plus per year DUBBO, Australia;  BERLIN, Germany––The Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo,  Australia,  on March 1,  2021 informed media that it “is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered black rhino calf.” Born to a four-time […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Central Europe, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Charlotte Peyerk, Christopher Peyerk, Leibniz Institute, Mark Peyerk, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hinks, Thomas Hildebrandt

Murder along the equator: seven die defending parrots & gorillas

January 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Colombian and Congolese wildlife guardians were ambushed RONCESVALLES,  Colombia;  VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK,  Democratic Republic of Congo––Simultaneous sad reminders of the human cost of wildlife conservation came on January 10,  2021 from the Reserva Loros Andinos in southwestern Colombia and Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Reserva Loros Andinos and Virunga […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, South America, Sub-Saharan, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Gonzalo Cardona Molina, Merritt Clifton, Reserva Loros Andinos, Virunga National Park

Ethiopian woman who saved rare Italian goat breed is raped, killed

December 31, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Happy Goat” farmer/sanctuarian Agitu Ideo Gudeta,  42,  was reportedly killed by Ghanian she gave a job VALLE dei MOCHENI,  Trentino,  Italy––Goat herder Adams Suleimani,  32,  an immigrant to Italy from Ghana,  has reportedly confessed to raping Happy Goat [La Capra Felice] farmer/sanctuarian and cheesemaker Agitu Ideo Gudeta,  42,  and bludgeoning her to death with a hammer,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Ethiopia, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Ghana, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Italy, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sheep & goats, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Adams Suleimani, Agitu Ideo Gudeta, Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, Frassilongo, Merritt Clifton, Mòcheni, Plankerhof

Nashville needed giant Gambian pouched rats on Christmas morning

December 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

But all the giant Gambian pouched rats in the U.S. were dodging wildlife law enforcement on Grassy Key GRASSY KEY, Florida––Giant Gambian pouched rats,  deployed in Nashville at the right hour of Christmas morning,  might have prevented the 6:30 a.m. explosion of a bomb inside a recreational vehicle that damaged at least 43 businesses,  may […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, DRC, Feature Home Bottom, Gambia, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Cricetomys gambianus, Gambian pouched rat, Linda J. Howard, Mario Tabraue, Merritt Clifton, Nicholas Kristof, Ron Magill

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