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Vultures: canaries in the pharmaceutical waste coal mine?

April 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Diclofenac-related vulture death in Spain may point toward a much bigger problem Should the end times be near,  whether through global warming,  loss of fish from the oceans,  nuclear war,  or any of myriad other calamities,  vanishing vultures might  be among the early harbingers of the apocalypse. Vultures might be expected to descend on the […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Birds, Disease, Donkeys, Europe, Feature Home Top, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Mediterranean, Pakistan, Spain, Wildlife, Wildlife, Working animals, Working horses Tagged With: Diana Aga, Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, John Mallord, Motrin, Rachel Carson, Rebecca Klaper, Robin McKie

Will videotaped beatings kill the last elephant polo tournament?

March 12, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

PETA video shows mahout hit elephant on the head “approximately 15 times”             BANGKOK,  Thailand––The likelihood that the recently completed 16th annual King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Bangkok,  Thailand will mark the end of the sport increased on March 9,  2018,  the second day of the four-day event,  concluded on March 11,  when PETA/Asia […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Other entertainment topics, Southeast Asia, Spectacles, Sports, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Golden Triangle Elephant Foundation, Jason Baker, King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, Merritt Clifton

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

What if the U.S. Supreme Court ruled rodeo unconstitutional?

November 19, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

It happened in India!          NEW DELHI,  India––Imagine the U.S. Supreme Court resoundingly rebuking the Donald Trump presidential administration by holding rodeo to be unconstitutional,  regardless of how culturally entrenched it is among “red state voters,”  his support base. Difficult though it may be to imagine newly appointed U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions moving under […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Vegetarians & vegans, Working animals Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dipak Misra, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, R.M. Kharb, Rohinton Nariman

Shaktimaan the police horse dies of complications from assault

April 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Lost leg, suffered infection          DEHRADUN,  Uttarakhand,  India––Shaktimaan the police horse died at about 5:30 p.m. on April 20,  2016,  of causes officially unknown pending necropsy,  but believed to be a post-operative infection. “It is extremely unfortunate and heart-breaking for us that the horse is no more.  Post mortem will confirm the cause of death,”  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cruelty & neglect, Cultural, Hinduism, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Working animals, Working horses Tagged With: Ganesh Joshi, Gauri Maulekhi, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

The good guys don’t harm horses

March 24, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Facing charges,  protesters claim they didn’t          DEHRADUN,  KANSAS CITY––Populist protest leaders in Dehradun,  India and Kansas City,  Missouri are facing charges and on the defensive in the court of public opinion for alleged assaults on police horses during political rallies. The big white equine alleged victims look enough alike to have been a matched […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cruelty & neglect, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Working animals, Working horses Tagged With: April Foster, Chinny Krishna, Ganesh Joshi, Maneka Gandihi, Shaktiman

Elephant sanctuarian Carol Buckley takes up fencing

July 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Good fences make good neighbors.” ––Robert Frost Whatever became of Carol Buckley, the former circus elephant trainer who founded the world-renowned Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee,   but made a controversial exit in March 2010? “Buckley is currently in Thailand installing the country’s first solar powered chain-free corrals for captive elephants,” Elephant Aid International publicist Patricia Jones […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Other entertainment topics, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Spectacles, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Working animals, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Bannerghatta Biological Park, Boon Lott, Carol Buckley, Elephant Aid International, Merritt Clifton, Patricia Jones, Soraida Salwada, The Elephant Sanctuary

Elephant polo ends in Jaipur, but elephant use & abuse in tourism continue

January 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

From Azam Siddiqui,  New Delhi,  India: I have immense joy in sharing the news that elephant polo organizers have pledged not to hold elephant polo matches in the state of Rajasthan, India. Reported Rachna Singh for the Times of India on January 9, 2015, “Tour operators are now informing the foreign agents not to book […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, India, Indian subcontinent, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Other entertainment topics, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Amber Fort, Azam Siddiqui, Christine Townend, elephant polo, Help In Suffering, Jaipur, Mark Shand

Jurist V.R. Krishna Iyer, 100, fought for captive elephants

December 6, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Vaidyanathapura Rama Krishna Iyer, 100, among India’s most distinguished jurists, advocates for animals, and advocates in particular for improving the lives of temple elephants, died on December 4, 2014 from the combination of renal and cardiac failure. Though of Tamil Brahmin family background, V.R. Krishna Iyer was born and raised in the Malabar region of […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Kerala, Maneka Gandhi, Supreme Court of India, V.R. Krishna Ayer

Elephants no longer part of Indian Republic Day parades

March 2, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Elephants will no longer be part of India’s Republic Day parades. This welcome decision will be a shot in the arm for those who would like to see abuse of our heritage animals stopped.  The first step was when the Ministry of Environment & Forests during the tenure of Jairam Ramesh declared heritage status for the elephant. While […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Elephants, India, Indian subcontinent, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Chinny Krishna

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