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Charles River Labs sending bootlegged macaques back to traffickers

March 16, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals & Born Free USA sanctuary offer snubbed HOUSTON, Texas––If 1,000 juvenile long-tailed macaques held in Houston at this writing by Charles River Laboratories had the rights of humans,  they would either be returned to their homes in the wild in Cambodia or be granted asylum as refugees. If […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Pacific rim, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Born Free USA, Kathy Guillermo, Lou Griffin, Merritt Clifton, PETA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

International animal advocacy influencer Brian Davies dies at 87

December 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Founded IFAW to fight the Atlantic Canada seal hunt             CAPE COD,  Massachusetts––Brian Davies,  87,  founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare,  Network for Animals,  the Political Animal Lobby,  and Animal Survival International,  died after a prolonged illness on December 27,  2022. Born on February 4,  1935 in Tonyrefail,  Wales,  an impoverished mining village,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Isles, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, Seals, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Doncaster, Anne Streeter, Brigitte Bardot, Gloria Davies, Harry Rowsell, IFAW, International Wildlife Coaliton, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Stephen Best, Tom Hughes

The damage is done, by Helene Hesselager O’Barry

December 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Editor’s note: Helene O’Barry,  wife of longtime dolphin freedom advocate Ric O’Barry,  follows up below on An open letter to James Cameron & Avatar crew by Ric O’Barry,  posted on December 15,  2022. Meanwhile,  clarifies Ric,  “Dolphin Project is not boycotting the movie Avatar: The Way of Water. “The problem is with their obscene publicity […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Zoos Tagged With: Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa, Ric O'Barry, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

An open letter to James Cameron & Avatar crew by Ric O’Barry

December 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“I was hoping it was a mistake.  “It wasn’t,  but it was a brutal wake up call.” I watched the video of the Avatar: The Way of Water Tokyo Press Event several times – held on/around December 10 at the Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa. I hope you will watch it, too.  (See link below.) To watch this […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins Tagged With: Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Jon Landau, Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Taiji, Zoe Saldaña

Rebuilding Neptune’s Navy: Captain Paul Watson post-Sea Shepherd

September 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Build me an ark!” or at least help to buy one,  Watson tells supporters WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson on September 13,  2022 thanked Sea Shepherd France,  Sea Shepherd UK,  Sea Shepherd Brazil,  Sea Shepherd Austria,  and Sea Shepherd Tahiti for “loyal and much appreciated support for the establishment of the Captain Paul […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Jeff Hansen, Jolly Roger, Merritt Clifton, Pritam Singh

PIRATES! Captain Paul Watson goes down with the sinking Sea Shepherds

September 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Under new brass,  it isn’t even the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society any more             SOUTH WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Japanese and Russian whales,  Atlantic Canadian sealers,  and oceans of marine poachers in other parts of the world never succeeded in sinking Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,  but the organization he founded in 1977 on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Humane history, Japan, Marine life, Mexico, Organizations, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Seals, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Cornelissen, Deborah Bassett, Haans Siver, Merritt Clifton, Peter Hammarstedt, Phil Wollen, Pritam Singh, Rob Stewart, Sharkwater

Seven members of Alabama cockfighting family plead guilty to federal charges

August 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Exported gamecocks around the world             MONTGOMERY, Alabama––Cockfighters and gamefowl breeders Brent Easterling,  William Easterling,  and five other members of their family on August 11,  2022 pleaded guilty to federal and state of Alabama charges filed in 2021 as “conspiracy to violate federal anti-animal fighting laws,  including operating fighting pits on their properties,  possessing thousands of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Laws & standards, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Brent Easterling, L&L Game Farm, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Swift Creek Game Farm, Wayne Pacelle, William Easterling

Hoofed animals worldwide put at risk by foot-&-mouth outbreak in Indonesia

June 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fatwa allowing Eid-al-Adha slaughter of “mildly ill” animals spares some from slaughter,  but may expose thousands more  JAKARTA, Indonesia––Simultaneous foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks among cattle in Aceh and Java provinces,  1,650 miles apart,  have just about everyone in the cattle,  sheep,  goat,  and pig industries worried that a global foot-and-mouth disease pandemic may be just ahead. […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indonesia, Islam, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, South Korea, Southeast Asia Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Eid al Adha, Indonesian Ulema Council, Merritt Clifton, ProMED

Alleged cockfighter indicted for bribery in Kentucky, others named

March 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

31 missing cockfighters becomes a presidential campaign issue in the Philippines LEXINGTON,  Kentucky;  MANILA, Philippines––The U.S. Department of Justice on March 2,  2022 disclosed the names of four more alleged cockfighters against whom sealed federal indictments were issued on February 24,  2022 in London,  Kentucky. No further information,  however,  has been forthcoming about who was […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Pacific rim, Philippines, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Carlton S. Shier IV, Cruz Alejandro Mercado-Vazquez, Jerrard McVey, Jodi Cohen, Linda McVey, Millard Oscar Hubbard, Panfilo Lacson, Rodrigo Duterte, Steve Hindi, Vicente Sotto III, Walter H. Mitchell

CITES doomed the vaquita, sold the elephant in the room, & worse

March 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

U.N. Environment Assembly calls for yet another report on “the interlinkages between animal welfare,  the environment and sustainable development” after ignoring a mountain of others produced at least since 1950             LYON, France––This is not just a fish story,  nor just a fish-and-elephant story,  nor even just another story about the failures and shortcomings of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Kenya, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Marine life, Meat issues, Namibia, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, USA, Welfare, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, World Tagged With: CITES, International Whaling Commission, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, totoaba, United Nations Environment Program

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