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Trixie the whale shark dies young at the Georgia Aquarium

December 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Three whale sharks left of six brought from Taiwan in 2006-2007             ATLANTA, Georgia––Trixie the whale shark,  who could have lived up to 130 years in the wild,  died on November 27,  2020 after just 14 years at the Georgia Aquarium. Trixie,  believed to have been about 32 feet long,  still about eight feet short […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Taiwan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: David Malakoff, Elson Aca, Eric Hoffmayer, Janet McConaughey, Merritt Clifton, Morari Bapu

Kaavan flies to sanctuary with “elephant singers” Cher and Amir Khalil

November 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World of friends help “world’s loneliest elephant”             ISLAMABAD, Pakistan;  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia––Kaavan,  long billed “the world’s loneliest elephant,”  was a flying elephant this morning,  November 30,  2020,  en route from the defunct Marghuzar Zoo in Islamabad,  Pakistan,  to share a 25,000-acre habitat with three female Asian elephants inside the the one-million acre Kulen-Promtep Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Libya, North Africa, Pakistan, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan, Thailand, Ukraine, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Cher, Helmut Dungler, Merritt Clifton, Oliver Whang, Yahya Sinwar

Cats, tahrs & feathers on Table Mountain, South Africa

September 21, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Goats gotten,  South African National Park Service scopes in on feral cats             CAPE TOWN, South Africa––Have feral cats succeeded feral Himalayan mountain goats,  called tahrs,  as the purported greatest threat to native South African wildlife at Table Mountain National Park? The few remaining Table Mountain tahrs, a cause celebré from 2001 to 2004,  are descended […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Anneke Malan, Colleen Seymour, Edward Howe Forbush, Kyle Mijlof, Merritt Clifton, Nicoli Nattrass, Niki Moore, Peter Wolf, Tiara Walters

Pit bull moonshine claims another life in the “Sunshine State”

September 3, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Similar “rescuer” rhetoric takes toll in South Africa, too             MARGATE, Florida;  EDENVALE, South Africa––Joseph Varanese, 57,  of Margate,  Florida,  just plain Joe to friends and family,  believed the pit bull moonshine. On August 7,  2020,  Joe Varanese adopted a pit bull reportedly picked up by Miami Dade Animal Services as an injured stray on […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Carlos Aviles, Carolyn Varanese, Charl Baartman, Jan van Aswegen, Joe Varanese, Jovani Aviles, Julian Aviles, Kathleen Labrada, Merritt Clifton

Noted in passing: “Turtle God” & rhino, elephant, & lion advocates

March 21, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Victims of cancer,  assassins,  & two killed by the species they loved “Turtle God” Peter Pritchard,  76,  died in hospice care on February 26,  2020.   Known as “the Turtle God,”  recalled longtime Tampa Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman,  Pritchard at his home in Oviedo,  Florida kept what Pittman believed to be “the largest private collection […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Land turtles, Laws, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Soft-shelled turtles, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Archie Carr, Beyers Coetzee, Craig Pittman, Grant Fowlds, Hendrik van Jaarsveld, Kevin Richardson, Leroy Brewer, Merritt Clifton, Peter Pritchard, Swans van Wyke, Thobani Masondo

Heart failure fells Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) founder Helmut Dungler, 56

January 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dungler died at the Lionsrock sanctuary he founded             BETHLEHEM,  South Africa––Helmut Dungler,  56,  founder of the international animal charity Vier Pfoten (Four Paws),  died on January 5,  2020 from a sudden massive heart attack suffered on one of his frequent visits to the Lionsrock sanctuary,  among the biggest and most ambitious of the many […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Central Europe, Chickens, Croatia, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Population control, Poultry, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Street dogs, Street performers, Sub-Saharan, Ukraine, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Chinny Krishna, Helmut Dungler, Ioana Dungler, Josef Pfabigan, Merritt Clifton, Signe Preuschoft

David Wills, ex-humane exec, convicted; may get life in child sex case

October 8, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

17-count conviction follows two-week trial; sentence pending             ROCKPORT,  Texas––David Keith Wills,  a former executive of four humane  organizations including the Humane  Society of the United States,  faces a potential sentence of life in prison,  following his conviction on October 8,  2019  by a U.S. federal court jury in Rockport,  Texas on 17 counts pertaining […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Crustaceans, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Marine life, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: David Wills, Hugo Martinez, Kitty Block, Maria Candelaria Losoya, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gibson, Rick Bennett, Ryan K. Patrick, Stephanie BaumanNelva Gonzales Ramos, Wayne Pacelle, Zahra Fenelon

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

Feds must hide names of hunters who kill for show, rules Trump appointee

August 27, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Brave enough to shoot a cage-raised lion,  but not enough to face the public             WASHINGTON,  D.C.––Ruling that trophy hunters’ right to privacy trumps the public right to know what animals they kill,  even though the goal of trophy hunting is showing off,  U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on August 19,  2019 ruled that the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Blake Owen Fischer, David Bernhardt, Donald Trump, Guy Gorney, Jimmy John Liautaud, Judge Timothy Kelly, Larysa Switlyk, Merritt Clifton, Mike Jines, Ryan Zinke, Tess Thompson Talley, Walter Palmer

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