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Deadliest dogs in South Africa? Boerboels challenge pit bulls

July 14, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The most dangerous dogs of the apartheid era make a bloody comeback             BLOEMFONTAIN, South Africa––Adriana Salomina van Deventer,  widow of David van Deventer,  on July 4,  2019 in the High Court of South Africa,  Bloemfontain Division,  won an eight-year battle to establish that her husband was killed by a […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Dharmaseelan Aubrey Moodley, Kayleigh Penniken, Mandy Cattanach, Merritt Clifton, Samantha Steyn, Susanna Mostert

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

Cassowary victim had helped to spur ostrich-&-emu boom

April 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

“See the gentle cassowary On the plains of Timbuktu Eating up the missionary Hat and coat and hymn-book too.” Attributed to Theodore Hook  (1788-1841)             HIGH SPRINGS,  Florida––Remembering the cassowary rhyme from childhood,  and that “Cassowaries are found mainly in Australia and New Guinea.  Never in Africa!”,  International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal was […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, North Africa, Other, Poultry, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Christopher Kofron, Darren Naish, Marvin Hajos, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Theodore Hook

Johnny Rodrigues, 69, fought to save wildlife in Zimbabwe

March 20, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Felled by cancer after surviving two wars, poachers’ gunfire, & the Mugabe regime QUARTEIERA, Portugal––Johnny Rodrigues,  69,  founder of the the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force and an enthusiastic contributor of information and occasional guest columns to ANIMALS 24-7,  died on September 17,  2018 at his daughter Lorraine and son-in-law Gavin Randall’s home in Portugal,  after […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Chery Rodrigues, Francis Nhema, Gavin Randall, Lorraine Randall, Merritt Clifton, Robert Mugabe, Sharon Pincott

Trial of David Wills on child sex abuse charges again delayed

March 6, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Case may hang on pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling             CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas––The multi-time postponed trial of former humane society executive David Keith Wills on a federal charge of allegedly trafficking a minor for sexual purposes has yet again been rescheduled. Wills is now set for trial in September 2019,  ANIMALS 24-7 has been informed. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Horses & Farmed Animals, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: David Wills, Maria Losoya Candelaria, Noel J. Francisco, Terance Gamble, Yolandi Groenewald

January 2019 saw the most dog-related deaths in 13 months

February 3, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Three killed by pit bulls, three in human conflict involving dogs, one possibly by German shepherd,  one killed by dogs unidentified by breed HOUSTON, Texas––A January 28,  2019 shoot-out in Houston,  Texas that left five police officers injured and two drug suspects dead raised the apparent dog-related death toll for the month,  worldwide,  to eight,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Breanna Henson, Christopher Dale Collins, Dennis Tuttle, Dianne Reves, Drew Justice, Erica Nicole Jordan, Kenneth Phillips, Lana Bergman, Loxli Chavez, Matthew Oropeza, Merritt Clifton, Phillip Sr Cross, Rhogena Nicholas

Could Zambia contracept wild hippos instead of culling?

October 26, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Or is hippo overpopulation even really the issue? LUSAKA,  Zambia––Why has Zambian tourism minister Charles Banda revived a five-year-old plan to cull up to 250 hippopotamuses per year from South Luangwa National Park,  only two years after scrapping it? “The South Luangwa National Park has a population of more than 13,000 hippos but the area […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Botswana, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Namibia, Science, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Charles Banda, Jay Kirkpatrick, Jeremy Hance, Kimberly Frank, Merritt Clifton, Peter Sinkamba, Ruth Steinberger

TNR protects African wildcats from “genetic pollution” & ferals from cruelty

October 24, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Alley Cat Rescue begins project at Kruger National Park             KRUGER NATIONAL PARK,  South Africa––Alley Cat Rescue,  of Mount Ranier,  Maryland,   is now “working to implement trap-neuter-return programs for stray/feral cats around Kruger National Park,”  according to founder Louise Holton,  to keep African wildcats from hybridizing with their domestic descendants. Having “advocated for the humane […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Botswana, Cats, China, Conservation, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Namibia, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Becky Robinson, Charles Darwin, Jaclyn Tennant, Llewellyn Foxcroft, Louise Holton, Marna Herbst, Merritt Clifton, Rita Brock

Helpful links for Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day

October 20, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Both animal & human victims to be remembered on October 27,  2018 With “Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day,”  October 27,  2018,  fast approaching,  including activities on behalf of both animal and human pit bull attack victims,  many readers may find the Pit Stop Archive useful––a special sub-menu offered by ANIMALS 24-7 to help access our […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Laws & politics, Rabies, Shelters, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Training, United Kingdom, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexandra Semyonova, Beth Clifton, Branwyn Finch, Merritt Clifton

“Undertaker birds” replace street dogs in African cities

September 4, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Marabou storks eat everything along the roads except the cars             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Marabou storks have replaced the street dogs. Twenty years ago the drive from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport past Nairobi National Park and into the central city via the Mombasa highway was an exercise in start-and-stop driving and sudden swerves to avoid the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Kenya, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Uganda, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alfred Owino, Beth Elias, David Ongare, Gerald Tenywa, Merritt Clifton, Oscar Pilipili

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