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Bill Jordan, 97, wildlife vet, author, & founder of animal aid charities

October 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Jordan had a key role in forming at least nine organizations in 48 years,  most of which still exist William Johnston Jordan,  97,  known to the world as Bill Jordan,  wildlife veterinarian,  author,  and founder or cofounder of a constellation of wildlife care projects spanning the globe,  died on July 5,  2022,  at the SSM Health/St. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Canada, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Ireland, Isles, Kenya, Latin America, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, South Africa, Spectacles, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos Tagged With: Brenda Jordan, Care for the Wild, Daphne Sheldrick, Merritt Clifton, Stefan Ormrod, vicuna, Zoo Check

Whose trophies were Bianca Rudolph, Paddy Curtis, & Riaan Naude?

July 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Two alleged perps in trophy hunter murders go to trial;  four still at large             DENVER, Colorado;  BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe;   MOKOPANE, South Africa––Former Safari Club International president Larry Rudolph,  67,  and his longtime trophy-hunting girlfriend Lori Milliron,  60,  go to trial in Denver,  Colorado, on Monday,  July 11,  2022. Rudolph and Milliron face multiple charges originating […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Bianca Rudolph, Larry Rudolph, Lori Milliron, Merritt Clifton, Paddy "Bloodnut" Curtis, Riann Naude

“Ban wildlife trophy imports!” pleads former Botswana president to U.K. & U.S.

July 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Elephants & lions,  alive to be photographed,  seen as keys to a prosperous future LONDON, U.K.;  GABORONE, Botswana––Botswana may have more elephants and lions than anywhere else in the world. Seretse Khama Ian Khama,  president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018,  considers that fact so important to maintaining and improving the prosperity of the nation […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Botswana, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Adam Cruise, African Elephant Journal, Boris Johnson, Hans Bauer, Ian Khama, Merritt Clifton

Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

Coyotes, parrots, & the ghosts of George & Joy Adamson

April 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Four older books offer current lessons: The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife by Kobie Kruger Ballantine Books (c/o Random House, 299 Park Ave., New York, NY 10171), 2001. 381 pages, hardcover, $26.95. The Daily Coyote,  by Shreve Stockton Simon & Schuster,  1230 Ave. of the Americas,  New York,   NY  10020),  2008.  279 pages, […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunted species, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Kobie Kruger, Merritt Clifton, Mira Tweti, Nancy Ellis-Bell, Shreve Stockton

Why Namibia is losing wildlife despite claimed success of conservancies

December 11, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Investigation:  The Efficacy of Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model As It Relates to African Elephants https://africanelephantjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Investigation-in-Namibias-conservation-model-Full-Report-LR.pdf “Namibia was the first African country to incorporate protection of the natural environment into its constitution,”  open African Elephant Journal editor Adam Cruise and anthropologist Izzy Sasada in their newly published  53-page Investigation:  The Efficacy of Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Namibia, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: ≠Khoadi //Hôas Conservancy, Adam Cruise, Caprivia, Izzy Sasada, Merritt Clifton, N≠a Jaqna Conservancy, Nyae-Nyae Conservancy, Uibasen-Twyfelfontein Conservancy

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

Elephant trophy auction covers for opening bushmeat trade

February 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Global warming intensifies pressure to profit from wildlife before habitat loss depletes species GABERONE,  Botswana;  HARARE,  Zimbabwe;  DAR ES SALAAM,  Tanzania––Big as they are,  the 60 elephants whose lives were auctioned at Bobonong Kgotla,  Botswana on February 7,  2020 may be the least of the casualties from attempts by the governments of Botswana and Tanzania […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Botswana, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Meat issues, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Antony Sguazzin, Boniface Keakabetse, Cyril Zenda, Dereck Joubert, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Merritt Clifton, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Tinashe Farawo

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

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