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For auld lang syne: last ANIMALS 24-7 obituaries of 2022

January 1, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

John Neville Hare,  Mark Stanley-Price,  Faith Maloney, & Vivienne Westwood The camel man John Neville Hare,  88,   died on January 28,  2022,  but ANIMALS 24-7 did not learn of his death until almost a year later. Born in Bexhill, Kent,  Hare became acquainted with working camels as a British army officer assigned to the Royal […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Central Asia, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Isles, Nigeria, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, Wildlife, Wildlife, World Tagged With: & Vivienne Westwood, Faith Maloney, John Neville Hare, Mark Stanley-Price, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson

Monkey-laundering? Busts of lab suppliers follow 15 years of warnings

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Wild-caught macaques may have flooded into U.S. labs for more than 15 years before the feds moved to stop the traffic HONG KONG–Did a small amount of monkey-eating in southern China cover for the development of large amount of monkey trafficking from the wild to U.S. labs? ANIMALS 24-7 and the International Primate Protection League […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, China, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food & agriculture, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Legislation, Malaysia, Morocco, North Africa, Poaching & trafficking, Science, Science, Southeast Asia, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: International Primate Protection League, Masphal Kry, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Stephen Chen, Vanny

Lab animal supplier Inotiv allegedly sold smuggled monkeys

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Company hits trifecta:  alleged monkey-trafficking,  mass neglect of beagles,  & accused of stock fraud MIAMI,  Florida––It isn’t easy to get caught in the middle of the biggest monkey-smuggling case associated with biomedical research,  the biggest beagle neglect case in the history of vivisection,  and the alleged biggest pump-and-dump stock-selling scandal to hit biomedical research investors,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, China, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Regulation, Science, Science, Southeast Asia, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: David Grimm, Envigo, Masphal Kry, Merritt Clifton, Omaliss Keo, Shirley McGreal, Steve Hindi

H5N1 avian flu: bird culls, food prices, Ukraine war, & cockfighting converge

March 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Waterfowl meeting mostly in the Russian Arctic infect factory farms worldwide             AMES,  Iowa––Just as the COVID-19 pandemic afflicting the world since January 2020 seems to be letting up,  the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories are warning everyone concerned about birds,  wild or domestic,  to beware of the first outbreak of High […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Central Europe, Chickens, China, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Disease, Ducks & geese, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, France, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Pigeon flying, Poultry, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: cockfighters, foie gras, Ian Brown, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Beldomenico, United Poultry Concerns

Richard Leakey, 77, saved elephants & found missing links to veg past

January 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Richard Leakey both extended human history backward & helped Kenyan wildlife survive into the future NAIROBI, Kenya––Richard Erskine Frere Leakey,  77,  known to the world as simply Richard Leakey,  died on January 2,  2022,  in Nairobi,  the Kenyan capital city and his home for most of his life. Born in Nairobi on December 19,  1944,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Kenya, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Emmanuel de Merode, Louis Leakey, Louise Leakey, Mary Leakey, Meave Epps, Merritt Clifton, Nehemiah Rotich, Paula Kahumbu, WildlifeDirect

“Ivory Queen” wins appeal––and gets 15 years again

December 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But elephant poachers featured in Leonardo DiCaprio film are released due to faulty prosecutions             DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania––The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court on December 8,  2021 re-sentenced “Ivory Queen” Yang Feng Glan and two alleged Tanzanian co-conspirators to 15 years imprisonment each for illegally trafficking 860 elephant tusks. (See “Ivory queen” sentence helps to […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Boniface Mathew Malyango, Chris Morris, Dickens Olewe, John Magufuli, Leonardo Di Caprio, Merritt Clifton, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Yang Feng Glan

South Africa debates end to “canned lion” industry & ivory sales

June 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“High-Level Panel Report on Lions, Rhinos, Elephants & Leopards” recommends turnabout in national wildlife policy             JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––A South African government wildlife policy study recommends an end to breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots of captive-bred and raised lions,  and exports of lion bones for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The paper also […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Captive animals, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Barbara Creecy, Bill Jordan, Born Free Foundation, Care for the Wild, Don Pinnock, Fundisile Mketeni, Merritt Clifton, Pam Yako

Diseased pigs & mink gave the world COVID-19, scientists suspect

March 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Forthcoming World Health Organization report is expected to confirm Chinese investigators’ suspicions          BEIJING, BOSTON, WUHAN––Will a World Health Organization report expected to be released within days indict the Chinese mink industry for infecting the world with COVID-19?          Beijing University researchers have already suspected for more than a year that mink farming was likely […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bats, China, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Fur & leather, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Live markets, Meat issues, Science, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Dan Silver, Ecohealth Alliance, Linfa Wang, Merritt Clifton, Michaeleen Doucleff, Peter Daszak

Did Namibia sell 170 elephants to China to make way for oil drilling?

March 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Murky Namibian elephant deal might involve as much as $22 million paid to someone,  even if oil rights are not involved WINDHOEK,  Namibia––Two weeks after the Namibian government sold 170 elephants to five undisclosed buyers,  to be transported to parts unknown,  Namibian minister of environment and tourism Pohamba Shifeta has yet to reveal the details […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Namibia, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Karl Ammann, Luke Pato, Merritt Clifton, Nyasha Nyaungwaohamba Shifeta, Peter Kenny

Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House after Big Cat Rescue mauling

December 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Accident to volunteer emphasized need for the bill          TAMPA, Florida;  WASHINGTON D.C.–– December 3,  2020 began as a very bad day for Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin. But it was an even worse day for five-year volunteer Candy Couser,  69,  of Land O’Lakes,  Florida,  mauled by Kimba the tiger at the Big Cat […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Fitzpatrick, Candy Couser, Carole Baskin, Dan Bishop, Earl Blumenauer, Ed Case, Joe Exotic, Kevin Antle, Mike Quigley, Tim Stark

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