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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

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

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

“Kenya’s wildlife should remain in the wild” –– Sidney Quntai, 57

May 4, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Little known outside Kenya, hugely influential within             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Pioneering Kenyan journalist and wildlife advocate Sidney Quntai Tauwo,  57,  died “on the morning of April 20,  2018 after a short illness which he courageously fought,  but lost,”  Africa Network for Animal Welfare senior officer for communications and advocacy Sebastian Mwanza emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 on […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Laws, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Thailand, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zoos Tagged With: Chris Mbaisi, Eric Latiff, G.G. Kariuki, Josphat Ngonyo, Mwai Kibaki, Patrick Mugo Mugo, Ramadhan Rajab, Sebastian Mwanza, Sidney Quntai Tauwo

Trump words had no teeth: elephant & lion trophy imports resume

March 9, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Under current rules,  Walter Palmer might have imported Cecil’s head with little fuss             WASHINGTON D.C.–– In 20-20 hindsight,  the November 19,  2017 Twitter message by U.S. President Donald Trump hinting that he might protect African elephants and lions from trophy hunting by executive order looks more like camouflage than a decision. Twittering that trophy […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sports, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Colin Dwyer, Donald Trump, Jeremy Hance, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Piers Morgan, Ryan Zinke, Tanya Sanerib, Walter Palmer

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

Trump stalls elephant & lion trophy imports after meal of shark fin soup

November 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Appointees had put elephants & lions back on trophy hit list             WASHINGTON D.C.––Tweeting “Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts,”  U.S. President Donald Trump on November 17,  2017 unexpectedly suspended U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services decisions –– trumpeted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and praised by both […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump, Merritt Clifton, Ryan Zinke

Boerboel dogs: “bull-biters” became symbols of apartheid

May 13, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

North Carolina breeder killed by one of her own “Beloved Boerboels”          ASHEVILLE,  North Carolina;  DURBAN,  South Africa––Buncombe County Animal Services on May 1,  2017 removed five boerboel dogs and a Great Pyranees from the home of Jane Marie Egle,  59,  after shooting a sixth boerboel who had fatally mauled Egle. Relocating to the Asheville […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Shelters, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia Tagged With: Jan van Riebeeck, Jane Marie Egle, Kim Brophey, Merritt Clifton, Shantel Pillay

Hunters can’t just kill elephants to claim to save them, says judge

October 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Just funding “conservation” is not enough, absent evidence that elephants benefit WASHINGTON D.C.––The claim that shooting elephants in Zimbabwe helps to save them no longer stands up in U.S. federal court,  even if the money hunters pay to kill the elephants is nominally spent for “conservation,”  U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled on September […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Laws & politics, Mozambique, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Royce Lamberth, Stan Parker

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

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