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Tony, the truck stop tiger since 2001, dies at 17––will he be the last?

October 19, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Had at least 13 predecessors in 30 years             IBERVILLE PARISH,  Louisiana––Tony,  17,  the latest and perhaps the last of a succession of at least 13 tigers exhibited for 30 years at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete,  Iberville Parish,  Louisiana,  was euthanized due to advanced kidney failure on the evening of October 16,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Sanctuaries, Sports, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Carole Baskin, Jamie Hargett, Jeremy Hargett, Lea Skene, Mary Sue Pearce, Merritt Clifton, Michael Sandlin, Natalie Lima

Payments for predation losses spark alleged attempts to get away with murder

July 10, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Schemes meant to save lives may be “gamed” for profit          PILIBHIT, India;  MADISON,  Wisconsin;  KALAMAZOO,  Michigan––As many as seven alleged murders in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve of northern India,  near the border of Nepal,  may help to spotlight a fatal flaw in schemes to pay compensation for wildlife depredation,  already evident in the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Cultural, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Donkeys, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Predators, Sheep & goats, Tigers, Uses of dogs, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: John Barnes, John Koski, Kalim Athar, Keshav Agarwal, Merritt Clifton

“Ban white tigers & lion/tiger hybrids,” sanctuarians beg feds

May 22, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Petition seeks rulemaking under Animal Health Protection Act & Animal Welfare Act             WASHINGTON D.C.––Nearly 200 years of entrepreneurs speculatively breeding white tigers and lion/tiger hybrids are enough,  say a coalition of animal advocacy organizations and several leading sanctuaries where “tigons,”  “ligers,”  and “liligers” have lived out their days after proving no longer profitable for […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Bhagavan Antle, Big Cat Rescue, Edward Maruska, Joe Schreibvogel, Lions Tigers & Bears, Merritt Clifton, Siegfried & Roy, William Conway

The Big Five: Peter Jackson, 90, helped to save Indian tigers

December 13, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part I of a three-part series (See also John & Margaret Craighead led fight to save grizzly bears and Browder helped save the Everglades, Kellert found the current changing for animals.)          Journalist Peter Jackson,  instrumental in saving Indian tigers,  died on December 9,  2016 in London,  England at age 90. Biologists John and Margaret Craighead,  instrumental in […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Predators, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Bittu Sahgal, Indira Gandhi, Joe Browder, John Craighead, Margaret Craighead, Merritt Clifton, Peter Jackson, Stephen Kellert

Tigers and Tigerwallahs

December 13, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Including Tiger-Wallahs:  Saving the Greatest of the Great Cats by Geoffrey C. Ward with Diane Raines Ward Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett The Secret Life of Tigers by Valmik Thapar Tiger Haven by Billy Arjan Singh Oxford University Press (YMCA Library Bldg.,  Jai Singh Rd.,  New Delhi 110 001,  India),  2002.   Circa 750 pages,  hardcover. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Billy Arjan Singh, Diane Raines Ward, Geoffrey C. Ward, Jim Corbett, Merritt Clifton, Valmik Thapar

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

Washington voters trounce hook-&-bullet crowd on behalf of endangered species

November 4, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

71% in favor          OLYMPIA––Washington state voters on November 3,  2015 overwhelmingly approved Initiative Measure 1401,   introducing state-level felony penalties for the purchase, sale,  and/or distribution of products made from elephants,  rhinos,  lions,  tigers,  leopards,  cheetahs,  sea turtles,  pangolins,  sharks and rays. At least 50 individuals have reportedly been apprehended in possession with such contraband […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Tigers, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Paul Allen, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Seattle Aquarium, Woodland Park Zoo

“Xi & Obama: please talk tigers!”

September 24, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Fourteen leading tiger experts appeal to Chinese and U.S. presidents Discussion of China’s tiger farms and its growing domestic trade in luxury tiger products was unfortunately not on the table for President Xi’s September 24,  2015 visit with U.S. President Barack Obama.  Between 5,000 and 6,000 tigers are being farmed today in China for a luxury […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cambodia, Captive animals, Central Asia, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Laos, Laws, Legislation, Letters, Malaysia, Meat issues, Myanmar, Opinions & Letters, Organizations, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tigers, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Barack Obama, Carole Baskin, Debbie Banks, Iris Ho, Judith Mills, President Xi, Sharon Gunyup

Leopards and lions of India learn to live among people

November 4, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service throws knotty challenge to opponents of trophy hunting Proposing to list African lions as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on October 29, 2014 issued a knotty challenge to opponents of trophy hunting and killing captive wildlife. Failing to distinguish between wild […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Other, Sub-Saharan, Tigers, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: African lion, Asiatic lion, leopard, Merritt Clifton

Alleged Sariska tiger poacher Sansar Chand, 56, dies of cancer

April 2, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Imprisoned since 2005 JAIPUR,  India––Sansar Chand,  56,   on March 18,  2014 died of cancer at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur. Chand,  who spent his life mostly in New Delhi,  was scheduled to attend a hearing that day on charges pertaining to his role in poaching tigers out of Sariska National Park in 2004.  The […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Tigers, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Sansar Chand, Sariska

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