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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

Virunga ranger, Taiwanese doctor, & PETA staffer lived & died for animals

October 28, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Virunga National Park Ranger Bagurubumwe Chuhoze Deogene,  47,  Mira Fong,  74,  and Jennifer Woods,  58,  died on October 10,  September 6,  and August 22,  2020,  respectively,  having in common almost nothing in their life histories except their dedication to animals. Bagurubumwe Chuhoze Deogene Joining the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature in 1996,  at […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, DRC, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Pacific rim, Rwanda, Sub-Saharan, Taiwan, USA Tagged With: Bagurubumwe Chuhoze Deogene, David Cantor, Jennifer Woods, Lisa Lange, Merritt Clifton, Mira Fong, Pei Su, Wilbur Cerate

Three-legged bears in the Great Smokies may be no accident

May 29, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. bear hunters & Asian gangsters cut paws & deals             ASHEVILLE,  North Carolina––Jody Williams and his Facebook group Help Asheville Bears want to catch the perp,  or multiple perps,  responsible for their recent discovery that at least 15 three-legged North American black bears are struggling for survival in the Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laos, Legislation, Malaysia, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Russia, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, U.S., Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann Bryant, Hwang Mei-hsiu, Jody Williams, Justin McVey, Merritt Clifton, Soeurn Simeth

How can we fight the veterinary suicide epidemic?

January 8, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

New CDC study confirms soaring vet suicides, especially among women ATLANTA–– American female veterinarians are five times more likely to commit suicide as other American women,  while American male veterinarians are “only” twice as likely to commit suicide as other American men,  according to a newly published study of 36 years’ worth of veterinary death data. […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Asia/Pacific, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Pacific rim, Shelters, Taiwan, USA Tagged With: Jeffrey Proulx, Kelly Ann Rada, Merritt Clifton, Shirley Koshi, Sophia Yin, Suzanne E. Tomasi

Live animal markets in New York City: a cut-throat business at best

August 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Customs change with waves of immigration             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Escaping the Iranian Revolution with her parents at age 6,  artist Sara Rahbar as an adult has produced an internationally recognized portfolio on themes often involving human and animal suffering. Yet Rahbar found herself wholly unprepared for the misery she met close to hand on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Judaism, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pollution, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Turkeys, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Alex Felsinger, Andrew Zollman, Anne Barnard, Christian Zhang, Clarence Birdeye, Heather Greenhouse, Lore Croghan, Patty Lee, Tom Embury-Dennis

Mike O’Connor & the Zen of saving the Olympic mountain goats

May 17, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Port Townsend author emerges as defender of mountain goats slated for extirpation “Attached is a copy of a flyer I have put together in defense of the mountain goats of the Olympic Peninsula,”  emailed Mike O’Connor of Port Townsend,  Washington,  on May 17,  2018,  in response to the May 8,  2018 ANIMALS 24-7 article Goat sacrifice to begin at Olympic National Park. “I […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Book & film reviews, Buddhism, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Taiwan, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ling-hui O'Connor, Merritt Clifton, Mike O'Connor

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

Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan”

July 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part II of a 5-part series   (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & money talks,  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.)          LONDON,  U.K.––Quipsters have it that Brexit,  as the June 23,  2016 choice of United Kingdom […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Organizations, Pacific rim, Pigs, Politics, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Taiwan, United Kingdom, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, CIWF, Jill Phipps, Julia Lewis, Martyn Stewart, Merritt Clifton, ProMED, RSPCA, Sean McCormack

Many human casualties in global shelter “culture war”

May 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

“Animal care-workers are pain-saturated people” Part II of a three-part series Part I:  Taiwan shelter director suicide illustrates global crisis. Part III:  Shelter culture war:  “Heal.  Then get up to fight the next battle.” Taiwanese animal shelter director and veterinarian Jian Zhicheng,   who killed herself on May 12,  2016,  was only the most recent […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Pacific rim, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Taiwan, USA Tagged With: Aimee St. Arnaud, Bowette Indrathana Thera, Jeffrey Proulx, Jian Zhicheng, Kelly Ann Rada, Merritt Clifton, Shirley Koshi, Sophia Yin, Wang Pei

Taiwan shelter director suicide illustrates global crisis

May 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Jian Zhicheng was casualty of pressure to go no-kill Part I of a three-part series Part II:  Many human casualties in global shelter “culture war.” Part III:  Shelter culture war:  “Heal.  Then get up to fight the next battle.”           TAIPEI,  Taiwan––Veterinarian Jian Zhicheng,  director of the Xinwu Animal Protection and Education Centre,  on May […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Pacific rim, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, Taiwan, USA Tagged With: Connie Chiang, Jian Zhicheng, Merritt Clifton, Wu Hung

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