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Elephant polo follows woolly mammoths toward extinction

December 27, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Scheduled at only one place,  for just four days, in 2018             BANGKOK,  Thailand––Elephant polo might in theory stagger on for years or even decades after the four-day 2018 King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament––if the last tournament host,  Anantara Hotels & Resorts,  remains willing to pour promotional effort into it and mahouts have elephants to […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Southeast Asia, Sports, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Geoffrey Dobbs, James Manclark, Jim Edwards, Mark Shand, Merritt Clifton, Naomi Campbell, Naresh Kadyan

From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”

November 25, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Dismissing dangerous dog behavior––or blaming the victims––disregards public trust             SPRINGFIELD,  Missouri;  PHUKET,  Thailand––Superficially,  the dog-versus-human conflicts raging in Springfield,  Missouri,  where breed-specific legislation is at issue,  and in Phuket,  Thailand,  where few dogs have any evident breed-specific traits,  could scarcely look more different. Pit bull attacks are the problem in Springfield:  38 in three […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Organizations, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Training, USA Tagged With: Anjali Sharma, Anna Cotter, Daxton Borchardt, Ian Dunbar, John Dalley, Ken McClure, Kristi Fulnecky, Ledy Van Kavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton

Monsoon floods threaten animals below the Himalayas

July 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Devastation along one of the world’s longest yet most remote rivers  GUWAHATI,  ASSAM,  INDIA––Exceptionally heavy monsoon rains pelting the southeast side of the Himalayas,  believed to be symptomatic of global warming,  have for the fifth year in a row triggered deadly landslides and caused the Brahmaputra river and tributaries to overflow their banks. More than […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Poultry, Sheep & goats, Wildlife

Snehal Bhatt, “The Cobra Girl of Gujarat,” dies at 55

January 29, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Made famous by The Snake Wranglers Snehal Bhatt,  55,  made famous worldwide as “The Cobra Girl of Gujarat” by the second episode of the National Geographic reality television series The Snake Wranglers,  died in her sleep from a heart attack in the early morning hours of January 23,  2017 at her home in Vadodara,  Gujarat,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Crocodilians, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Snakes, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Gyan Marwah, Jose Louies, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Nick Jukes, Shubhobroto Ghosh

Ashok Kumar, 81, brought India’s most notorious poacher to justice

September 6, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Co-founded Wildlife Trust of India      NEW DELHI,  India––Ashok Kumar,  81,  the quiet man of Indian wildlife conservation,  died on August 19,  2016,  after a lifetime of undercover and behind-the-scenes work on behalf of tigers,  elephants,  and every other iconic,  rare,  or struggling species on the subcontinent. Co-founder and president emeritus of the Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Birds, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ashok Kumar, Debbie Banks, Merritt Clifton, Sansar Chand, Urmila Shastri, Vivek Menon

“ANIMALS 24-7 is right” on pit bulls, says Animal Aid India

August 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

An open letter from Animal Aid Unlimited co-founder Erika Abrams Dear ANIMALS 24-7: I want to applaud your perseverance in bringing light to the numerous sorrowful fatal consequences of pit bull/mix attacks. I am aware that you have adversaries who claim among other things that your statistics are questionable; that breed “profiling” is similar to racial […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Animal Aid, Erika Abrams

Eluding jail since 1998, alleged poacher Salman Khan to be tried one last time

August 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Mythical “Famous Persons Act” appears to protect one of Bollywood’s biggest stars          JAIPUR,  India––Arguably the most notorious case of allegedly poaching endangered species still before the courts of any nation,  and certainly the longest running soap opera of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s career may end on August 10,  2016,  when Khan goes to court […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Screen industry, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Harish Dulani, Merritt Clifton, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, Satish Shah, Sonali Bendre

Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan”

July 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part II of a 5-part series   (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & money talks,  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.)          LONDON,  U.K.––Quipsters have it that Brexit,  as the June 23,  2016 choice of United Kingdom […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Organizations, Pacific rim, Pigs, Politics, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Taiwan, United Kingdom, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, CIWF, Jill Phipps, Julia Lewis, Martyn Stewart, Merritt Clifton, ProMED, RSPCA, Sean McCormack

India drops animal welfare rep from lab oversight board

May 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board of India chief ousted for opposing bullfighting          CHENNAI,  India––Crippling the ability of the Animal Welfare Board of India to monitor animal use in biomedical research and product safety testing,  Indian minister of environment and forests Prakash Javadekar has removed AWBI chair R.M. Kharb from his position on the 13-member Committee for […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Organizations, Politics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Science Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Prakash Javadekar, R.M. Kharb

Supreme Court of India rules against harvest festival mayhem

January 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board of India chair R.M. Kharb & vice-chair Chinny Krishna refuse to quit NEW DELHI,  CHENNAI––Animals may be killed and injured by the hundreds of thousands during the 2016 Indian harvest festivals,  January 12-18,  but the mayhem may not proceed with government approval,  ruled a two-judge bench representing the Supreme Court of India […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cockfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Left, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Other animal fighting, Other animal racing, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Welfare Board of India, AWBI, bulbul fighting, Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Makar Sankranti, Merritt Clifton, Pongal, R.M. Kharb, Supreme Court of India

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