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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

Ship down with 5,867 cows & 42 crew renews protest against live export

September 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Had history of engine failure AMAMI OSHIMA ISLAND, Japan––The Gulf Livestock 1,  a Panamanian-flagged converted container ship carrying 5,867 two-year-old heifers and 43 human crew,  capsized and sank on September 2,  2020 in the East China Sea,  about 100 nautical miles west of Amami Oshima Island,  Japan,  the first survivor to be rescued told the Japanese […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, China, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Live transport, Meat issues, Organizations, Pacific rim Tagged With: Damien O’Connor, Lukas Orda, Marianne Macdonald, Merritt Clifton, Michael Lowcock, Sareno Edvarodo

“Asian murder hornet”: surrogate for COVID-19 terror

May 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Or,  how two “great sparrow bees” incited a national hunt for alleged Chinese alien invaders             BLAINE, Washington––How did the Asian giant hornet,  known for centuries in Japan as the “great sparrow bee,”  generally regarded as beneficial to farmers for killing insect pests,  suddenly become feared in the U.S. as the so-called “murder hornet”? After […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Bats, Bees, China, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, India, Indian subcontinent, Insects, Japan, Pacific rim, Southeast Asia, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Don Sweeney, Jack Woodall, Merritt Clifton, Mike Baker, Tam Garland

Sidney Holt, 93, achieved goal that great whales would outlive him

December 28, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

70-year scientific career focused on whale conservation PACIANO, Italy––Marine scientist Sidney J. Holt,  93,  died on December 22,  2019 at his home in Paciano,  Italy,  about 80 miles north of Rome and 10 miles north of his previous longtime home in Citta della Pieve,  Italy. Holt thereby realized his often stated life’s ambition of having […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Japan, Laws, Marine life, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Kieran Mulvaney, Lyall Watson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Paul Watson, Ray Beverton

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

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