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Kaavan flies to sanctuary with “elephant singers” Cher and Amir Khalil

November 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World of friends help “world’s loneliest elephant”             ISLAMABAD, Pakistan;  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia––Kaavan,  long billed “the world’s loneliest elephant,”  was a flying elephant this morning,  November 30,  2020,  en route from the defunct Marghuzar Zoo in Islamabad,  Pakistan,  to share a 25,000-acre habitat with three female Asian elephants inside the the one-million acre Kulen-Promtep Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Libya, North Africa, Pakistan, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan, Thailand, Ukraine, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Cher, Helmut Dungler, Merritt Clifton, Oliver Whang, Yahya Sinwar

Horsemeat, dog meat, & how “angel” Marc Ching fell from grace

October 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Donors ignored years of warnings about convict turned “rescue” celebrity LOS ANGELES––Marc Ching,  who in November 2018 offered to sell the city of Los Angeles vegan food for impounded dogs at a substantial discount,  is reportedly to be arraigned in December 2020 on one misdemeanor count each of practicing veterinary medicine without a license,  false advertising,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Cambodia, China, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses, Indonesia, Meat issues, Organizations, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Uses of dogs, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alene Tchekmedyian, George Knowles, Jeffrey Beri, John Dalley, Marc Ching, Martyn Stewart, Merritt Clifton, Paul Pringle, Phyllis Daugherty

COVID-19: India feeds stray dogs; ASPCA says “don’t fix them”

April 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

ASPCA advice to shelters could increase puppy & kitten litters by about half a million  While pet keepers in the developed world fret about the apparently infinitesimally small risk of pets and humans infecting and reinfecting each other,  following the discovery of COVID-19 infecting one cat in Liege,  Belgium,  and two dogs and a cat […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, China, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Isles, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Rabies, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: David Semple, Emmanuel Andre, Janice Girardi, John Dalley, Marjorie Pollack, Merritt Clifton, Steven Van Gucht, Varda Mehrotra, William F. Harvey

Sex, COVID-19,  & the Thai monkey apocalypse

March 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Monkey menace” emerged first & will likely be around a lot longer             BANGKOK,  Thailand––Nightmares that a flying monkey army might ransack Thailand leaped across the Indian Ocean during the second week of March 2020,  out of Hindu mythology and the daily fears of Buddhist temple keepers,  and into the imagination of social media video-watchers […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Apilaporn Vechakij, Aylin Woodward, Lydia Luncz, Nathaniel Dominy, Noppawan Bunluesilp, Rebecca Radcliffe, Soe Zeya Tun, Theerapat Prayurasiddhi

Arun Rangsi, 39, “heart gibbon” of IPPL founder Shirley McGreal

December 23, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Arun Rangsi was living link to IPPL origins             SUMMERVILLE,  South Carolina––“The International Primate Protection League is devastated to report the loss of our first lab gibbon, Arun Rangsi,  who was also my ‘heart gibbon,’”  IPPL founder Shirley McGreal posted to social media. Arun Rangsi was a living link to IPPL cofounder Ardith Eudey,  Ph.D.,  a […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ardith Eudey, Belton Mouras, Bo Petersen, Jan Moor-Jankowski, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Vernon Weir

The view from Phuket, Thailand: Jeff Young, DVM is right!

December 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

by John Dalley,  co-founder,  The Soi Dog Foundation Unfortunately,  owing to health issues,  I was unable to attend the International Companion Animal Welfare conference last year to hear Jeff Young,  DVM speak,  so have never met him.  But Young’s ANIMALS 24-7 guest column We cannot adopt, warehouse or rescue our way out of dog & […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Myanmar, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, USA

“We can still save them”: wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz, 65

August 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

The “Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation” was an optimist in a field dominated by doom-and-gloom              NEW YORK CITY––Wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz died of cancer on August 5,  2018 in Manhattan, New York City,  after an 18-year struggle that began with a diagnosis of leukemia in 2001 and spanned most of the achievements for […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Central America, Central Asia, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Mexico, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Politics, South America, Southeast Asia, Thailand, The Americas, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashley Yeager, George Schaller, Lily Huang, Peter Popham, Salisa Rabinowitz, Tibor Krausz

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

“Kenya’s wildlife should remain in the wild” –– Sidney Quntai, 57

May 4, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Little known outside Kenya, hugely influential within             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Pioneering Kenyan journalist and wildlife advocate Sidney Quntai Tauwo,  57,  died “on the morning of April 20,  2018 after a short illness which he courageously fought,  but lost,”  Africa Network for Animal Welfare senior officer for communications and advocacy Sebastian Mwanza emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 on […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Laws, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Thailand, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zoos Tagged With: Chris Mbaisi, Eric Latiff, G.G. Kariuki, Josphat Ngonyo, Mwai Kibaki, Patrick Mugo Mugo, Ramadhan Rajab, Sebastian Mwanza, Sidney Quntai Tauwo

Will videotaped beatings kill the last elephant polo tournament?

March 12, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

PETA video shows mahout hit elephant on the head “approximately 15 times”             BANGKOK,  Thailand––The likelihood that the recently completed 16th annual King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Bangkok,  Thailand will mark the end of the sport increased on March 9,  2018,  the second day of the four-day event,  concluded on March 11,  when PETA/Asia […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Other entertainment topics, Southeast Asia, Spectacles, Sports, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Golden Triangle Elephant Foundation, Jason Baker, King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, Merritt Clifton

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