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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

South Korean court rules that killing dogs for meat is illegal

June 25, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Verdict for the first time upholds 1991 law              BUCHEON,  South Korea––Upholding parts of the Korean Animal Protection Act which have been on the books since 1991,  but were never before successfully prosecuted,  a Bucheon city court judge has fined a dog meat farmer the equivalent of $2,050 in U.S. dollars for “killing animals without […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laos, Live markets, Meat issues, Pacific rim, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Kim Kyung-eun, Merritt Clifton, Park So-youn, Soi Dog Foundation

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

Soi Dog Foundation & Indian Ocean tsunami heroine Gill Dalley, 58

February 28, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Lost legs rescuing a dog in 2004          PHUKET,  Thailand––“It is with profound regret and unfathomable sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Dalley,”  the Soi Dog Foundation announced on February 13,  2017. “The inaugural winner of the Canine Hero of the Year award at the 2011 Animals for Asia conference in Chengdu, China, […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cambodia, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Laos, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Gill Dalley, John Dalley, Leone Cosens, Margot Homburg Park, Merritt Clifton, Tim Cosens

Viet shelter sold dogs for meat; U.S. shelters sold dogs to fighters

April 25, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Horrific case,  but no cause for cultural finger-pointing          DA NANG,  CHAMBERSBURG,  TAMPA––Vu Van Chinh,  founder of the Da Nang Dogs & Cats Information & Rescue Station in Da Nang,  Vietnam,  “has admitted that he killed dogs and sold them to local restaurants,”  reported Philip Sherwell,  Bangkok correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph,  on April […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hunting, Lab animals, Laos, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Science, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, Better Days Animal League, Da Nang Dogs & Cats Information & Rescue Station, Hillsborough County, John Seales, Pamela Kramer, Philip Sherwell, Tuan Bendixsen, Vu Van Chinh

“Xi & Obama: please talk tigers!”

September 24, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Fourteen leading tiger experts appeal to Chinese and U.S. presidents Discussion of China’s tiger farms and its growing domestic trade in luxury tiger products was unfortunately not on the table for President Xi’s September 24,  2015 visit with U.S. President Barack Obama.  Between 5,000 and 6,000 tigers are being farmed today in China for a luxury […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cambodia, Captive animals, Central Asia, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Laos, Laws, Legislation, Letters, Malaysia, Meat issues, Myanmar, Opinions & Letters, Organizations, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tigers, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Barack Obama, Carole Baskin, Debbie Banks, Iris Ho, Judith Mills, President Xi, Sharon Gunyup

United Nations arm CITES recommends trade boycott of Laos over wildlife trafficking

March 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Suspend commercial trade in specimens of CITES-listed species with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic” GENEVA, VIENTIENE–– The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a treaty organization formed by the United Nations, on March 19, 2015 issued a rare recommendation that all 170 CITES member nations […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Laos, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Wildlife Tagged With: " Environmental Investigation Agency, "Sin City, CITES

Wildlife Friends is converting Lao Zoo into rescue center

February 12, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT) is proud to announce that from January 26,  2015 we are actively involved with the “Laos wildlife rescue center” as a part of the Lao Zoo,  Vientiane in the Laos PDR. The Lao Zoo is owned by the Ministry of Defense of Laos,  and has been kept running by donations […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Laos, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Southeast Asia, Thailand Tagged With: Edwin Wiek, Lao Zoo, Wildlife Friends

ASEAN nations move to implement dog meat trafficking ban

March 19, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Four-nation agreement                  BANGKOK,  Thailand–– Representatives of the Thai Department of Livestock Development, Vietnam Department of Public Health,  and parallel agencies in Laos and Cambodia on February 28,  2014 agreed on plans to intercept traffic in dogs for slaughter along the Vietnamese/Laotian border and the Thai/Laotian border.     […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Laos, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Animals Asia, Change for Animals, HSI, Merritt Clifton, Soi Dog

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