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Celebrity bowhunters Josh & Sarah Bowmar face justice in Nebraska

November 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

TV hunting show star Rod Owen & two prominent outfitters already convicted OMAHA, Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness trainers Josh and Sarah Bowmar are expected to be next to go to trial for their roles in the biggest poaching case ever busted in Nebraska. Exactly when that will be,  though,  is uncertain.  The […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Poaching & trafficking, Screen industry, Wildlife Tagged With: Conrad Hueftle, Duane S. Mulvaine, G. Kline Preston IV, Gavin Higgins, Jacob Hueftle, Josh Bowmar, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Gaarder, Rod Owen, Sarah Bowmar

HSUS, Donald Trump, & the PACT Act: The Art of the Deal

November 29, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Good publicity for Trump,  fundraising photo-op for HSUS & friends,  but not much in it for animals WASHINGTON D.C.––One could almost suspect a quid-pro-quo deal––Latin for “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine”––among U.S. President Donald Trump and major U.S. animal charities,  especially the Humane Society of the United States,   in arranging the heavily […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Screen industry, USA Tagged With: David Wills, Donald Trump, Hillary Hanson, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Michael Vick, Sara Amundson, Vikki Lynn Kittles

Wildlife Waystation closed & to be dismantled, after 43 years

August 21, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

If a cat has nine lives,  Wildlife Waystation had dozens             SYLMAR, California––Wildlife Waystation,  the often embattled prototype for dozens of other sanctuaries for former exotic pets and animals used in laboratories and entertainment,  has closed,  after 43 years. The closure came nearly four months after the reportedly forced retirement of founder Martine Colette. Colette […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Belgium, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Humane history, Kenya, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Bob Lorsch, Bob Wenners, Daphne Sheldrick, James Mahoney, Martine Colette, Matthew Simmons, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Summers

Wild Kingdom star Jim Fowler, 89: the truth behind the legend

May 30, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Florida roadside zoo showman starred on TV for 50 years  NORWALK,  Connecticut––Few viewers of the NBC nature documentary television series Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom during the original run of the program,  1963-1971,  might have expected that host Jim Fowler would die quietly at home at age 89––but he did,  on May 8,  2019,  in […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Birds, Central America, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other entertainment topics, Screen industry, The Americas, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: John Hamlet, Johnny Carson, Marlin Perkins, Mary Louise Grossman, Merritt Clifton, Shelly Grossman

Secrets of Doris Day’s life & work for animals

May 15, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Publicity added much spin & gloss to what was already a positive record             CARMEL,  California––Doris Day,  97,  died from pneumonia on May 13,  2019. Day was remembered worldwide as a singer who recorded more than 650 songs between 1939 and 1967;  an actress who starred in more than 40 films between 1947 and 1968,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Morocco, North Africa, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, Bill Wewer, Charles Manson, Cleveland Amory, Doris Kappelhoff, Earl Holliman, Holly Hazard, Kitty Block, Lindsay Pollard, Merritt Clifton, Nick Thomas, Richard Bonner, Rick Spill, Shirley Temple, Terry Melcher

Did Koko sign “mauler”? Gorilla Foundation pit bulls ran amok

December 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Former senior staff member & plaintiff in 2005 lawsuit detail similar incidents, involving different pit bulls,  years apart             WOODSIDE,  California––We never expected to find alleged pit bull attacks involved in the long,  often sordid saga of the Gorilla Foundation,  home of Koko the signing gorilla from her infancy until her death on June 19,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Screen industry, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Andrea Morabito, Harambe, Jesse James, John Safkow, Ken White, Koko, Merritt Clifton, Ndume, Penny Patterson, Ron Cohn, Sandra Marchese

Pit bull attacks: the “divisive” issue that is NOT on 2018 ballots

November 6, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Two fatal dog attacks on the last weekend of 2018 campaign maintain pace toward matching 2017 record             WINDSOR TOWNSHIP,  Pennsylvania––Details of the 34th and 35th known fatal dog attacks to occur in the U.S. in 2018 remained scarce as Election Day 2018 dawned. The two fatalities matched the toll as of the same date […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, Screen industry, Shelters, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: April Collins, Berl Perdue, Fred Petke, Merritt Clifton, Pam Gay, Pete McTee, Ted Czech, Tim Damon

“Bollywood” star Salman Khan sleeps on jail floor after 2nd poaching rap

April 6, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

World’s 9th best-paid actor dodged conviction since 1998             JODHPUR,  Rajasthan,  India–– “Bollywood” macho-man movie star Salman Khan,  52,  dodging poaching charges for nearly 20 years,  was on April 5,  2018 convicted for at least the second time of allegedly poaching two endangered chinkara gazelles,  on September 26 and 27, 1998. Four other “Bollywood” stars accused […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, Screen industry, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Dev Kumar Khatri, Dominique Mosbergen, Merritt Clifton, Neelam, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu, Vikram Singh

Felony charges filed against Florida shark-draggers

December 13, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Prosecution protects the image of $7.6 billion recreational fishing industry             TAMPA,  Florida––The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office on December 12,  2017 announced that two third degree felony counts each of aggravated animal cruelty have been filed against three men who participated in dragging a live blacktip shark behind […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Marine life, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Screen industry, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Kompothecras, Mark 'The Shark' Quartiano, Merritt Clifton, Michael Wenzel, Rick Scott, Robert Lee Benac, Spencer Heintz

Pit bull advocacy exposed by the CBC Fifth Estate with host Mark Kelley

September 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Pit Bulls Unleashed:  Should They Be Banned? The Fifth Estate with Mark Kelley http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/ or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa-bX3gZC3YnCThlGM5d38Q   Pit bull advocates have been screaming bloody murder since the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation last night,  September  22,  2017,  aired Pit Bulls Unleashed:  Should They Be Banned? The hour-long documentary,  produced by the investigative news magazine program The Fifth […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Screen industry Tagged With: Brandi McNeely, Charlotte Alter, Christiane Vadnais, Colleen Lynn, Daxton Borchardt, Emily Vadnais, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy, Ledy Van Kavage, Mark Kelley, Merritt Clifton, Michael Golinko, Susan Iwicki, Trehlan Credit

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