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Legendary giant turtle, believed extinct, resurfaces in Hanoi lake

January 1, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Five years after the “last” giant softshell turtle died,  one and possibly three more turn up, plus one in zoo             HANOI, Vietnam––Five years after the January 2016 death of Cu Rua in Hoan Kiem Lake plunged Vietnam into national mourning for the legendary giant softshell turtle,  then believed to have been the last of […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Soft-shelled turtles, Southeast Asia, Turtles, Vietnam Tagged With: Cu Rua, Dong Mo Lake, Ha Dinh Duc, Hoan Kiem Lake, Merritt Clifton, Robert Swinhoe

From gorillas to shelter dogs: animals caught in the COVID-19 crunch

March 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

No animals other than bats & humans are known to get COVID-19,  but millions are affected by the human response             WASHINGTON D.C.––Animals and animal-related projects from Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to National Institutes of Health-funded laboratories are feeling the impact of the international COVID-19 scare underway throughout early 2020,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Gabon, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Humphrey, David Grimm, Eric Hutchinson, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Jenny G. Zhang, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Rodney Muhumuza, Shirley McGreal

No, China did not ban sales of pangolin scales. But it might.

March 15, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

National People’s Congress has been asked to consider banning sales of pangolin scales             BEIJING,  China––Pangolins,  perhaps the cutest and most harmless animal jeopardized by poaching and wildlife trafficking whom hardly anyone has heard of,  remain in as much trouble today as yesterday,  two years ago,  and five years ago,  despite news items,  activist alerts,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cameroun, China, Culture & Animals, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Laws, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Amy Yee, Daniel Ingram, Merritt Clifton

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

Trump stalls elephant & lion trophy imports after meal of shark fin soup

November 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Appointees had put elephants & lions back on trophy hit list             WASHINGTON D.C.––Tweeting “Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts,”  U.S. President Donald Trump on November 17,  2017 unexpectedly suspended U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services decisions –– trumpeted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and praised by both […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump, Merritt Clifton, Ryan Zinke

Rhinos worldwide put at risk in South African crap game

April 8, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Can rhinos survive a real-life test of libertarian economic theory? JOHANNESBURG,  SOUTH AFRICA—The South African Constitutional Court on April 5,  2017 opened the way to legal trade in rhino horn––and probably more illegal rhino horn trafficking worldwide––by dismissing an appeal from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to keep a moratorium on domestic sales of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Allison Thompson, Amanda Watson, Edna Molewa, Merritt Clifton, Michael Eustace, Pelham Jones, Rachel Bale

Philippine mad dogs claim deadly revenge for being eaten

April 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Eradicating rabies requires ending dog-eating too          CAUAYAN,  Philippines––For the second time in three years a rabies outbreak linked to eating dogs has hit the western Philippines,  underscoring the importance of ending dog meat consumption if canine rabies is to be eradicated. The rabies outbreak was declared by the Negros Occidental provincial department of health […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Food, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Meat issues, Myanmar, Pacific rim, Philippines, Rabies, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, Uses of dogs, Vietnam Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Basilio Ponce, Merritt Clifton, Ponciano Deogoro, Ressia Mae Edoria, Rolando Carmelita Jr., Tin Tin Myaing

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

Tom Hayden, author of California’s Hayden Act, dies at 76

October 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

1998 act required public shelters to release animals to any nonprofit takers          Tom Hayden,  76,  best known as a civil rights activist and opponent of the Vietnam War,  but also author of one of the most influential and controversial animal care and control laws ever,  as an 18-year member of the California state assembly […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Southeast Asia, USA, Vietnam Tagged With: Barbara Williams, Mark Goldstein, Merritt Clifton, Sandra Cason, Tom Hayden

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