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Bali: fighting rabies & dolphin captivity amid mud & ashes of a live volcano

October 12, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

Long uphill struggles pay off             DENPASSAR, Bali,  Indonesia––Fireballs and lava are no longer flying from Mount Agung,  the reputed Balinese home of the gods,  but smoke,  steam,  and noxious gases are still rising from thermal vents,  keeping most humans at a distance,  Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) dog rescuers excepted. Rabies persists in three […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Helene O’Barry, Janice Girardi, Lincoln O’Barry, Made Mangku Pastika, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Wayan Koster

Dolphin defender Ric O’Barry, cleared by Tokyo court, plans return to Japan

October 5, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

Three-judge panel rules O’Barry was wrongly barred entry & deported in 2016 TOKYO––“I’m gonna go back and do it again!” dolphin defender Ric O’Barry emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 late on October 3,  2019,  after attorneys Megumi Wada and Takashi Takano won a Tokyo District Court ruling on O’Barry’s behalf that O’Barry is free to return to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Helene Hesselager O'Barry, Hideaki Mori, Megumi Wada, Ric O'Barry, Takashi Takano

Cockfighters vs. coal miners, Taiji vs. Hong Kong: animal suffering gets lost

September 19, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

What happens when animal issues are overwhelmed by current events?             HARLAN COUNTY, Kentucky;  TAIJI, Japan;  BALI, Indonesia––A trainload of coal worth $1.4 million,  blockaded for six weeks by illegally laid off miners whose last pay checks bounced,  might at a glance appear to have nothing to do with an alleged cockfighting ring run by […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Japan, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, USA Tagged With: Dan Mosely, Kyle Simpson, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Ronnie Bennett, Steve Hindi, Sydney Boles, Tim Burns

Elephants, giraffes, sharks, Asian otters & seahorses fare well in Switzerland

August 28, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

African elephants win protection near where exports for display began             GENEVA, Switzerland––Live elephant exports from Africa for exhibition at least nominally ended by plenary vote at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Triennial Conference of the Parties on August 27,  2019 in Geneva,  Switzerland,  about 200 miles north from where the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Botswana, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Food & agriculture, Gabon, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Japan, Kenya, Laws, Marine life, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Hannibal Barca, Merritt Clifton, Nina Larson, Tom De Meulenaer

An Easter bunny, cat, & mongoose story from a Japanese island

April 21, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

Predators wrongly blamed for losses,  ancient Amami rabbits make a comeback AMAMI,  Amami-Oshima,  Japan––The Easter 2019 bunny story of the year,  and island ecology story,  too,  with even an angle involving egg hunts by ornithologists,  is underway on Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima islands,  between Japan and Okinawa.  Much to the evident embarrassment of the Japanese Environment […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Cats, Conservation, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Population control, Sheep & goats, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Doubutukikin, Masahiko Ohta, Merritt Clifton, Mitsushi Ikeshima

Mercury Toxicity as a Cause for Stranded Marine Mammals is not a Mystery

April 7, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

by Bill McGraw (Ph.D. in aquaculture, Boquete, Panama;  www.newaquatechpanama.com) Approximately 37% of marine mammal species are in danger of extinction,  according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.  Among the most often reported concerns regarding deaths of whales and dolphins are the phenomena of these animals beaching or “stranding” themselves en masse. Episodic […]

Filed Under: Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Isles, Japan, Marine life, Mediterranean, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Science, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill McGraw

Japan hands whales a Christmas gift camouflaged as coal

December 27, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Withdrawal from IWC covers for decision to halt Antarctic whaling TOKYO––Handing whales a Christmas Day gift camouflaged as coal,  Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga on December 25,  2018 confirmed months of speculation and decades of threats that Japan would withdraw from membership in the International Whaling Commission,  which has maintained a global moratorium on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Norway, Organizations, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, South Korea, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Astrid Fuchs, Darren Kindleysides, Mari Yamaguchi, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry, Yoshide Suga

Who killed ivory trade investigator Esmond Martin, why?

February 11, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Survived more than 30 years of work in some of the world’s most dangerous places,  only to be stabbed in his bed             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Nairobi police homicide detectives appear to believe that renowned elephant ivory and rhino horn trafficking investigator Esmond Bradley Martin Jr.,  75,  was murdered on February 5,  2018 in connection with a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cambodia, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Isles, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Laws, Laws & politics, Legislation, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, North Africa, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, U.S., Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Chrysee MacCasler Perry Martin, Daniel Stiles, Fred Mukinda, Iain Douglas Hamilton, John Muchangi, Josphat Ngonyo, Kamore Maina, Lucy Vigne, Merritt Clifton, Pak Choi-Jun, Robyn Dixon

From nuts to high tech: veggie food emerges as investment trend

July 4, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Hedge funds bet that the foliage is where our next meals are coming from          LAS VEGAS,  LONDON––Food industry leaders placing investment bets on what they believe will be the next big trend in eating are putting more and more of the money on alternatives to animal products and byproducts. Three paths away from meat […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Central Europe, China, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Germany, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Isles, Japan, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Amy's Kitchen, Eric Schulze, GlobalData, Hampton Creek, Linda McCartney, Memphis Meats, Merritt Clifton, Mintel

SAEN asks USDA to close lab that paid near-record fine

June 19, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Repeated Animal Welfare Act violations found in follow-up inspection          EVERETT,  Washington––Citing repeated and continuing alleged violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act by the Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories’ facility in Everett,  Washington,  Stop Animal Exploitation on June 19,  2017 asked USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service western regional director Robert Gibbens to terminate […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Lab animals, Other species, Pacific rim, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Michael Budkie, Robert Gibbens, SAEN, SNBL

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