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Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, follows tiger act partner Roy Horn, 75, in death

January 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Illusionist Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, created image of partner Horn as “positive reinforcement” trainer & conservationist Both were role models for “Joe Exotic” et al             LAS VEGAS––Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher,  81,  died of pancreatic cancer on January 14,  2021,  at the Las Vegas home he had shared with Roy Horn,  his partner in life […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Obituaries (human), Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Chris Lawrence, Doc Antle, Joe Exotic, Merritt Clifton, Robert McFadden, Roy Horn, Siegfried Fischbacher

Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House after Big Cat Rescue mauling

December 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Accident to volunteer emphasized need for the bill          TAMPA, Florida;  WASHINGTON D.C.–– December 3,  2020 began as a very bad day for Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin. But it was an even worse day for five-year volunteer Candy Couser,  69,  of Land O’Lakes,  Florida,  mauled by Kimba the tiger at the Big Cat […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Fitzpatrick, Candy Couser, Carole Baskin, Dan Bishop, Earl Blumenauer, Ed Case, Joe Exotic, Kevin Antle, Mike Quigley, Tim Stark

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

Kaavan flies to sanctuary with “elephant singers” Cher and Amir Khalil

November 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World of friends help “world’s loneliest elephant”             ISLAMABAD, Pakistan;  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia––Kaavan,  long billed “the world’s loneliest elephant,”  was a flying elephant this morning,  November 30,  2020,  en route from the defunct Marghuzar Zoo in Islamabad,  Pakistan,  to share a 25,000-acre habitat with three female Asian elephants inside the the one-million acre Kulen-Promtep Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Libya, North Africa, Pakistan, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan, Thailand, Ukraine, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Cher, Helmut Dungler, Merritt Clifton, Oliver Whang, Yahya Sinwar

Maneka makes waves as animal welfare minister (November 1998)

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Moved rapidly on marine mammal exhibition, cattle transport, & wild-caught bird trade NEW DELHI––Contrary to Press Trust of India and New Zealand Press Association reports of October 7,  Indian minister for social justice and empowerment Maneka Gandhi did not ban animal experiments in India effective on October 8,  1998  but she did announce draft regulations […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Birds, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashoke Chatterjee, Chinny Krishna, Guman Mal Lodha, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

India bans dolphin exhibitions

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“We will not allow dolphinariums” May/June 2013 DELHI––“We will not allow dolphinariums,”  Indian environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan on May 8,  2013 told Chetan Chahan of the Hindustan Times. “The environment ministry rejected plans to develop dolphinariums in the Noida neighborhood of Delhi,  Kochi in Kerala,  and in Mumbai,  some of which have been […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Jayanthi Natarajan, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Nanditha Krishna

Kevin “Doc” Antle’s secret life on the lam from Iowa

October 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges?             RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin “Doc” Antle,  who styles himself “Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle,”  appears to have spent most of his adult life trying to  avoid being identified with his youth in Bettendorf,  Iowa,  never once mentioned in any of dozens of interviews with him collected by […]

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

Feds quit funding guns & ammo for “anti-poaching” militias

October 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

MacGregor throws the World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society & others out of the lettuce patch             WASHINGTON D.C.––Deputy Interior Secretary Katharine MacGregor on September 18,  2020 quietly ordered major reforms of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID] programs which have for decades routed millions of dollars in funding […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cameroun, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Katharine MacGregor, Merritt Clifton, Stephen Corry

Did Nagaland ban dog meat, or did a politician just repeat an empty promise?

July 18, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Advocacy groups in 2020 again claim the same “victory” they claimed in 2016––which never happened             KOHIMA, Nagaland, India––Two weeks after Nagaland chief secretary Temjen Toy on July 3,  2020 announced an impending ban on dog meat,  in the last part of India where dogs had been legally eaten,  how,  when,  and if the ban […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Anuradha Sawhney, Azam Siddique, Brinda Upadhyaya, Dolly Kikon, Tejal Shah, Temjen Toy

Killed for freeing parrot, young servant set example of compassion to the world

June 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Murder shocks Pakistan, but U.S. & other nations have much to learn as well             KARACHI, Pakistan;  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad;  JENKINTOWN, Pennsylvania–– Zohra Shah,  age seven or eight,  according to contradictory reports,  may have had the chance to make only one moral and ethical decision in her brief lifetime. On May 31,  2020,  Zohra […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Latin America, Laws & politics, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Hasan Siddiqui, Maheen Humayun, Merritt Clifton, Mukhtar Ahmad, Umme Kulsoom, Zohra Bibi, Zohra Shah

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