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Joe Biden signs the Big Cat Public Safety Act

December 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fifteen-year campaign nears climax for Howard & Carole Baskin             WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Joe Biden on December 20,  2022 endorsed the Big Cat Public Safety Act into law. The Big Cat Public Safety Act on December 6,  2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on a voice vote,  after clearing the House of Representatives […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joseph Schreibvogel Maldonado, Kevin Antle, Merritt Clifton, Tim Stark

What happened to the Shalom Zoo baby tigers, why?

November 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why did the Shalom Zoo strive for a year to obtain baby tigers at apparently any cost?             WEST BEND,  Wisconsin––Two tiger cubs born on August 6,  2022 at the Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bend,  Wisconsin,  formerly known as the Shalom Wildlife Zoo,  in the early morning of November 19,  2022 drowned in an […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Bethany Gengler, David Fechter, Lana Fechter, Merritt Clifton, Roadside Zoo News

Elephant release marks 75th anniversary of Indian independence

August 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

(Adapted,  with some explanatory text added and legal details deleted specific only to India,  from a much longer version by Norma Alvares,  president,  People for Animals,  Goa,  and Alok Hiswarwala Gupta,  Centre for Research on Animal Rights,  published by Herald Goa on August 14,  2022.)   While the people of India prepared to celebrate 75 […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Religion & philosophy, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alok Hiswarwala Gupta, Elephant Reintroduction Foundation, Janumani, Norma Alvares, Patricia Sims, Queen Sirikit, Santosh Kumar

Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House again, heads toward passage

July 31, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Odds for Senate approval look good this time WASHINGTON D.C.––Clearing the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 278-138,  the Big Cat Public Safety Act pushed since 2007 by Carole and Howard Baskin of Big Cat Rescue appears likely to win U.S. Senate approval as well,  and be signed into law by President Joe […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting practices, India, Laws, Laws & politics, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sanctuaries, The Americas, Tigers, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Fitzpatrick, Carole Baskin, Eduardo Serio, Ernesto Zazueta, Howard Baskin, Kevin Antle, Lacey Act, Merritt Clifton, Mike Quigley

Amit Deol saved camels, Anton Mzimba saved rhinos, & both died young

July 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Deol & Mzimba became legendary in India & South Africa,  respectively SIROHI, Rajasthan,  India;  ACORNHOEK,  Mpumalanga,  South Africa––Amit Deol,  46,  spent most of his short life helping camels in the Thar desert of Rajasthan state,  India. Anton Mzimba,  either 42 or 49 according to various sources,  spent his life protecting rhinos from poachers on the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Carina Crayton, Christine Townend, Eugene Moll, Help In Suffering, Merritt Clifton, People for Animals, Sirohi

Floods: Yellowstone animals don’t need Noah, but animals might in Assam, India

June 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

High water raises hell in both the Rocky Mountains & below the Himalayas             YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK,  U.S.A.;  GUWAHATI, Assam, India––While unprecedentedly catastrophic flooding closed Yellowstone National Park for a week in mid-June 2022,  also unprecedentedly severe monsoon flooding closed Manas National Park in Assam state,  India,  earlier and for longer. Both Yellowstone National Park,  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Disasters, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Left, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Brahmaputra, Just Be Friendly, Manas National Park, Merritt Clifton, Smriti R. Dutta, Yellowstone National Park

Busted again: the secret life of “Tiger King” Kevin “Doc” Antle on the lam from Iowa

June 4, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges? Charged with money laundering mucho bigtime MYRTLE BEACH,  South Carolina––Kevin Antle,  62,   self-styled as “Bhagavan” and “Doc” Antle,  was late on June 3,  2022 reportedly apprehended by agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Antle and alleged accomplice Andrew Jon Sawyer,  52,  also known […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Barbara Fisher, Carole Baskin, Christian Dall’Acqua, Don Elroy, Ellen Dahnke, Jack Hanna, Joe Exotic, John Weinhart, Keith Wilson, Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle, Merritt Clifton, Sue Pressman, Tawny Antle, Tilakum Antle

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

Save Animals Initiative cofounder Anil Malhotra, 80

December 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Anil & Pamela Gale Malhotra created reputedly the largest non-governmentally managed wildlife sanctuary in India Anil Malhotra,  80,  died on November 22,  2021 at the SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary he and his wife Pamela Gale Malhotra cofounded in 1991 at Theralu Village & Post,  South Kodagu,  Karnataka state,  India. Posted Pamela Gale Malhotra to […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Birds, Elephants, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Reptiles, Snakes, Tigers, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Pamela Gale Malhotra, SAI Sanctuary

International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal, 87

November 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocate,  teacher, conservationist,  investigative journalist,  and beloved friend to primates,  both human and nonhuman              SUMMERVILLE,  South Carolina––“With heavy hearts,  we are informing Shirley’s many friends that she died Saturday morning,”   the International Primate Protection League posted to founder Shirley McGreal’s Facebook page on November 21,  2021. McGreal,  87,  “had been in declining health […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, U.S., United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann Koros, Ardith Eudey, Beth Clifton, Colin Groves, Cyril Rosen, Diane Taylor-Snow, Geza Telecki, James Mahoney, Jean Martin, Leonie Vejjajiva, Lynette Shanley, Matthew Block, Merritt Clifton, Milka Knezevic-Ivaskovic

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