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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

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

“Jaws 13, Cecil 0” at Johannesburg endangered species meeting

October 7, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Hunters prevail on African lion listing          JOHANNESBURG,  South Africa––The final score in the last contentious rounds at the 12-day CITES CoP 17 meeting in Johannesburg,  South Africa might be posted as “Jaws 13,  Cecil 0,”  with a series of landmark decisions for sharks but nothing good done for African lions. Concluding on October 5,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Birds, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Fish, Food, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Soft-shelled turtles, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, Turtles, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: CoP17, Merritt Clifton, Mike Gaworecki

Fatal dog attacks & dogfighting explode in South Africa

September 3, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Pit Bull Union of South Africa executives convicted on related charges          CAPE TOWN,  South Africa––Faith Hendricks,  18 months old,  was on September 1,  2016 killed in her parents’ yard by the family pit bull in Mount Pleasant,  South Africa,  a suburb of Port Elizabeth on the Eastern Cape. Marchen Hoffman,  age 6,  was killed […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal fighting, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Namibia, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, Uses of dogs, Zambia Tagged With: Austin Pieters, Faith Hendricks, Fanie Joubert, Marcelle Meredith, Marchen Hoffman, Merritt Clifton, Peter Frans, Rina Joubert

Zoos tried not to let anyone see an elephant fly

March 14, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

17 eles flown from Swaziland to Dallas, Wichita,  & Omaha zoos DALLAS,  Texas––Why were 17 elephants stuffed aboard a custom-built Boeing 747 on March 8,  2016 and flown secretly to Alliance Field in Dallas? It wasn’t just because trunks are not allowed as carry-on baggage on regularly scheduled commercial flights. The 17 elephants,  equivalent in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Cleveland MetroPark Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Dumbo, Henry Doorly Zoo, Jacques Flamand, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Oppah Michinguri, Sedgewick County Zoo

Ringling elephant dies of herpes

February 5, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Blow to breeding & research plans          ELLENTON,  Florida––The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation on January 25,  2016 lost a baby elephant named Mike to elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus––a blow to Ringling ambitions both in captive elephant breeding and in disease research. Birthed on June 27,  2013,  Mike was among 26 […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal organizations, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Other species, Sanctuaries, Science, Spectacles, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Alana Feld, Ashley Settles, Daniel Salazar, Tam Garland

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