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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

Did Chinese zoos buy 170 Namibian elephants sold at secret auction?

March 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Namibian officials say disclosing purchasers might jeopardize the deal             WINDHOEK, Namibia––Who bought 170 elephants,  auctioned off by the Namibian government against international law,  despite months of protest? Suspicion is growing that Namibia will not disclose the elephants’ buyers until the elephants have already been flown to their destinations,  probably Chinese zoos,  the buyers of […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Namibia, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Arlana Shikongo, Beth Clifton, Colgar Sikopo, Ellanie Smit, Gail C. Thomson, John Grober, Mark Hiley, Melissa Reitz, Merritt Clifton, Pohamba Shifeta, Romeo Muyunda, Teofilus Nghitila

Trixie the whale shark dies young at the Georgia Aquarium

December 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Three whale sharks left of six brought from Taiwan in 2006-2007             ATLANTA, Georgia––Trixie the whale shark,  who could have lived up to 130 years in the wild,  died on November 27,  2020 after just 14 years at the Georgia Aquarium. Trixie,  believed to have been about 32 feet long,  still about eight feet short […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Taiwan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: David Malakoff, Elson Aca, Eric Hoffmayer, Janet McConaughey, Merritt Clifton, Morari Bapu

Pandas follow the Calgary Stampede out of town––and back to China

May 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

COVID-19 red ink left the Calgary Zoo with a black-and-white choice  CALGARY,  Alberta,  Canada––Giving up hope that a rare giant panda exhibit will continue to pay for itself––and of managing to keep the pandas fed through the COVID-19 pandemic––the Calgary Zoological Society on May 12,  2020 disclosed to media that it has asked the Canadian […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Canada, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, The Americas, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Anugrah Andriansyah, Clement Lanthier, Da Mao, Er Shun, Jia Panpan, Jia Yueyue, Merritt Clifton, Stephen Harper

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

Russians bust alleged “whale jailers”

March 1, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The suspects are already in Siberia ––where else can they go?             MOSCOW,  VLADIVOSTOK–– Responding to orders from Russian president Vladimir Putin,  the Russian agency for border security has reportedly brought criminal charges against four related companies for allegedly illegally capturing and holding more than 90 beluga whales and as many as 13 orcas in […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Russia, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dmitry Lisitsyn, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Maria Antonova, Masha Netrebenko, Merritt Clifton, Natasha Daly, Todd Woody, Vladimir Putin

Drone video moves Russia to halt orca & beluga captures

November 27, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Drone found 90 belugas & 13 orcas allegedly held pending sale to China VLADIVOSTOK,  Russia––Responding to international outrage over drone video showing 90 belugas and 13 orcas in small holding pens in Srednaya Bay near Nakhodka,  just north of Vladivostok in the Russian Far East,  the Russian government in 2019 will prohibit whale captures,  reports the […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Iceland, Laws, Marine mammals, Poaching & trafficking, Russia, Scandinavia, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Masha Netrebenko, Merritt Clifton, Todd Woody

Over-counting jaguars, over-estimating poaching

November 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

1964-1966 flood rescue data suggests there were never as many jaguars in Suriname as World Animal Protection claims have been poached PARAMARIBO,  Suriname––Claims recently amplified on social media about the alleged extent of jaguar poaching in Suriname appear to have inflated at most a handful of rare,  scattered incidents occurring over many years into a […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, South America, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alan Rabinowitz, Alex Muiruri, George Schaller, Jane Dalton, John Walsh, Merritt Clifton, Nicholas Bruschi

“We can still save them”: wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz, 65

August 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

The “Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation” was an optimist in a field dominated by doom-and-gloom              NEW YORK CITY––Wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz died of cancer on August 5,  2018 in Manhattan, New York City,  after an 18-year struggle that began with a diagnosis of leukemia in 2001 and spanned most of the achievements for […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Central America, Central Asia, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Mexico, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Politics, South America, Southeast Asia, Thailand, The Americas, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashley Yeager, George Schaller, Lily Huang, Peter Popham, Salisa Rabinowitz, Tibor Krausz

Greyhound racing goes to the dogs in Miami, Macau, & Australia

July 31, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Magic City is allowed to replace greyhound racing with jai alai––a precedent for “decoupling” animal racing from gambling permits          MIAMI,  Florida––The Magic City casino in West Flagler,  Florida,  after more than 13 years of legal struggle,  is soon to become the first Florida betting venue to be allowed to abandon animal racing while continuing […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Horse racing, Indian subcontinent, Other animal racing, Pakistan, Uses of dogs, Zoos Tagged With: Charlie McClellan, Dara Kam, Izzy Havenick, Jim Rosica, John Lockwood, Merritt Clifton

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