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Rumored Yulin dog meat festival cancellation still unconfirmed

May 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Global media frenzy overlooks lack of official notice from China          YULIN,  China––Chinese media,  including those that usually publicize government announcements,  had through May 20,  2017 remained conspicuously silent about a purported week-long suspension of dog meat sales said to have been introduced in Yulin,  China coinciding with the annual Yulin Lychee & Dog-Eating Festival. The […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Buddhism, Cats, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Food & agriculture, Humane history, Organizations, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Amy Qin, Irene Feng, Marco Polo, Merritt Clifton, Peter Li, Qin Xianona

Fishers’ riot may hasten extinction of the vaquita porpoise

March 15, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Rioters damaged marine law enforcement capacity throughout the Sea of Cortez          GOLFO DE SANTA CLARA,  Sonora,  Mexico––Wall or no wall along the Mexican border,  the furious rejection of environmental regulation characterizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s first six weeks in office appears to be shared by some of the violent lawbreakers whom […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Cultural, Endangered species, Fish, Food & agriculture, Habitat, Latin America, Laws, Marine life, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Amalia Escobar, bahaba, totoaba, vaquita

Under the Skin: How ejiao threatens the common ass

March 10, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

The Donkey Sanctuary saddles up Free download from https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/under-the-skin/full-report Reviewed by Merritt Clifton          BEIJING––Can demand for a commodity that constitutes only one ten-thousandth of the global market for traditional Chinese medicine really pose what Donkey Rescue World blogger David C. Duncan calls “an existential threat” to barnyard animals as abundant worldwide as donkeys? This is […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Donkeys, Europe, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Fur & leather, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pakistan, Slaughter, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom Tagged With: David C. Duncan, Given Sigauqwe, Govan Whittles, Merritt Clifton, P. Naveen, Savanna Myszka

Sharkwater maker Rob Stewart, 37, saved five million sharks’ lives

February 16, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Died after videotaping sharks around wreck of former Canadian flagship          KEY WEST,  Florida––Sharkwater documentary series filmmaker Rob Stewart,  37,  died on January 31,  2017 after his third deep dive of the day to the wreck of the Queen of Nassau, near Alligator Reef off Islamorada,  Florida. “Stewart and a small group of divers were […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Canada, Caribbean, China, Cultural, Fish, Food & agriculture, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), The Americas, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alexandra Stewart, Cara Sands, David Goodhue, Diana Peters, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Rob Stewart, Tyler Macleod

Witness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtse River Dolphin

January 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Samuel Turvey Oxford University Press (198 Madison Ave.,  New York,  NY  10016),  2008.  224 pages,  paperback.  $29.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Samuel Turvey,  born in Lohja,  Finland,  as a child enjoyed a rare sighting of the Lake Saimaa seal.   Landlocked by receding glaciers about 9,500 years ago,  the Saimaa seal has adapted to […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Seals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Samuel Turvey, Stephen Leatherwood

Jasper’s gift: the real-life care bear

May 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

“Poster bear” for ending bile farming  Jasper,  30,  the moon bear who became “poster bear” for the Animals Asia Foundation campaign against farming bears to extract bile from their livers,  was euthanized on April 29,  2016 due to incurable cancer. “Moon bear Jasper spent 15 years in a Chinese bile farm crush cage,”  the Animals […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Habitat, Laws, Organizations, Other, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, Jill Robinson, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton

Fur farm releases in China reflect falling fur demand worldwide

April 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Raccoon dogs freed twice in eight months          BEIJING,  China––For the second time in eight months a Chinese fur farmer appears to have released his animals in response to three years of steeply falling pelt prices and fur garment demand worldwide,  with no upturn in sight. Reported the Beijing Daily News on April 13, […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cats, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Fur & leather, Fur trapping, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Legislation, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Uses of dogs, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Dalai Lama, Joseph Buddenberg, Merritt Clifton, Nicole Kissane, Shenzen, Tyler Lang

Two furors bring China draft standards for lab animals

March 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Lab animal standards are step toward Chinese national animal welfare act BEIJING,  China––A brief public comment period on draft animal welfare and ethics standards for Chinese laboratories closed on March 20,  2016. The draft standards were released soon after two furors erupted over the use of lab animals in China. Medical university dog use “In […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Chimps & other primates, China, Cultural, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Lab animals, Legislation, Mice & rats, Other species, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Science, Science Tagged With: George Dvorsky, Peter Li

Ric O’Barry reports campaign success in China

May 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Good news continues from China,  where I have been on a book promotion tour for the Simplified Chinese edition of The Cove,  with Swiss journalist Hans Peter Roth and photographer Sasha Abdolmajid. A user of the Chinese social media platform WeChat posting under the name Enterprise Volunteers on May 23,  2015 merged three media reports […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Letters, Marine life, Marine mammals, Opinions & Letters, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Enterprise Volunteers, Ric O'Barry, Taiji, WeChat

Norway proposes to pelt the fur trade

May 14, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

50% cut in subsidies          OSLO, Norway––Norwegian finance minister Siv Jensen on May 12, 2015 presented a Revised National Budget to Parliament that includes a proposed 17.8 million kroner cut in agricultural subsidies to fur farmers. The proposed cut, amounting to $2.35 million in U.S. funds, or 2.1 million euros, would halve the total amount […]

Filed Under: China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Netherlands, Norway, Scandinavia Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Pål Vasbotten, Victor Watkins

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