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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

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

Ravaging Asia & Africa: a much deadlier plague than COVID-19

February 28, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World fiddles while grasshoppers munch             NINGBO,  China;  NAIROBI,  Kenya––A much deadlier plague than the COVID-19 coronavirus is sweeping westward from China through Pakistan,  across Central Asia,  and throughout the Horn of Africa,  flying 100 miles a day,  devouring crops enough to feed as many as 34 million people,  according to the United Nations Food […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Central Asia, Chickens, China, Ducks & geese, Egypt, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Indian subcontinent, Insects, Kenya, North Africa, Pakistan, Poultry, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan, Uganda, Wildlife Tagged With: Cara Anna, Dominique Bourgeon, Donald Trump, Imran Khan, Kate Ng, Mark Lowcock, Merritt Clifton, Michael D’Estries, Rory Sullivan, Zhang Long

Greyhound racing goes to the dogs in Miami, Macau, & Australia

July 31, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Magic City is allowed to replace greyhound racing with jai alai––a precedent for “decoupling” animal racing from gambling permits          MIAMI,  Florida––The Magic City casino in West Flagler,  Florida,  after more than 13 years of legal struggle,  is soon to become the first Florida betting venue to be allowed to abandon animal racing while continuing […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Horse racing, Indian subcontinent, Other animal racing, Pakistan, Uses of dogs, Zoos Tagged With: Charlie McClellan, Dara Kam, Izzy Havenick, Jim Rosica, John Lockwood, Merritt Clifton

Under the Skin: How ejiao threatens the common ass

March 10, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

The Donkey Sanctuary saddles up Free download from https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/under-the-skin/full-report Reviewed by Merritt Clifton          BEIJING––Can demand for a commodity that constitutes only one ten-thousandth of the global market for traditional Chinese medicine really pose what Donkey Rescue World blogger David C. Duncan calls “an existential threat” to barnyard animals as abundant worldwide as donkeys? This is […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Donkeys, Europe, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Fur & leather, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pakistan, Slaughter, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom Tagged With: David C. Duncan, Given Sigauqwe, Govan Whittles, Merritt Clifton, P. Naveen, Savanna Myszka

Did the bastards kill any bustards? Oil sheik hunters evicted from Pakistan

February 21, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Officially,  the oil sheiks didn’t use their falcons          THARPARKAR,  Pakistan––Birding enthusiasts,  conservationists,  and inquiring minds throughout Pakistan are wondering how endangered houbara bustards really fared this past winter,  after––according to the Urdu newspaper Daily Dunya––an alleged falconing camp set up in Tharparkar,  Sindh district,  by Qatari prince Fahad Abdul Rahman Al Thani was removed […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Birds, Birds, Captive animals, Central Asia, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Indian subcontinent, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Wildlife Tagged With: Fahad Abdul Rahman Al Thani, Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Syed Rizvi

Horsewoman & horseman of the food Apocalypse

November 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Project Animal Farm:  An Accidental Journey into the Secret World of Farming & the Truth About Our Food by Sonia Faruqi Pegasus Books (80 Broad Street, 5th Floor,  New York,  NY  10004;  www.pegasusbooks.com);  390 pages,  hardcover.  $27.95.  Farmageddon:  The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery,  
CEO,  Compassion In World Farming,  with Isabel Oakeshott,  political editor, […]

Filed Under: Ag-gag laws, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Laws & standards, Malaysia, Meat issues, Pakistan, Poultry, Singapore, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Turkeys, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: CIWF, Compassion In World Farming, Isabel Oakeshott, Merritt Clifton, Peter Roberts, Philip Lymbery, Ruth Harrison, Sonia Faruqi

How plastic reindeer can feed the world

November 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

(at least as well as livestock gift charities) The 2015 holiday giving season is here.  Predictably as plastic replicas of Santa Claus’ reindeer appearing on Sunbelt rooftops where no snow ever falls,  livestock gift charities including World Vision,  Oxfam,  and the original,  Heifer International,  are saturating mass media with appeals to donors to subsidize distributing […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Central Asia, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, North Africa, Pakistan, Poultry, Sheep & goats, Sub-Saharan, USA

Super floods in Pakistan: question mark on animal agriculture

November 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Ill-considered food policies aggravate effects of global warming The super floods in Pakistan may be the result of a global ecological shift,  but the country is also suffering from misguided domestic food production policies,  possibly based on bad advice from donor nations and international charities. Has the world reached its limits on the production capacity […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Central Asia, Culture & Animals, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Pakistan, Poultry, Sheep & goats, USA Tagged With: Dost Muhammed, Merritt Clifton, South Asia, Steven Solomon, Taliban

What did the Prophet Mohammed really say about dogs?

November 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Kindness toward dogs could bring forgiveness for sin Will Islamic refugees from conflict in the Middle East respect western values? Of particular concern to animal lovers,  will the refugees respect our cultural concern for the well-being of dogs? Vehement foes of refugee immigration frequently allege that Islam is intolerant of dogs,  but reality is considerably […]

Filed Under: Africa, Algeria, Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Egypt, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Islam, Malaysia, North Africa, Pakistan, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Prophet Mohammed

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