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Celebrity bowhunters Josh & Sarah Bowmar cop a plea

October 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Claim victory despite accepting penalties totaling $138,000 OMAHA, Nebraska––Charged in July 2020 with six counts each of violating the Lacey Act,  the U.S. federal law prohibiting interstate wildlife offenses,  self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness gurus Josh and Sarah Bowmar for more than two years squawked defiance. (See Celebrity bowhunters Josh & Sarah Bowmar […]

Filed Under: Bears, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Poaching & trafficking, Screen industry, U.S., Wildlife Tagged With: Conrad Heuftle, Jacob Hueftle, Josh Bowmar, Merritt Clifton, Rod Owen, Sarah Bowmar

“Fear thy Neighbor”––with our help––explores murders of Hansman family

August 20, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

ANIMALS 24-7 details our investigation of dog attack,  possible horse racing grudge,  & the killings of Harper & Guy Hansman by dog owner Ronald DelSerro PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida;  TORONTO,  Ontario––The July 2020 ANIMALS 24-7 investigation of the murders of 11-year-old Harper Hansman and her father Guy Alexander Hansman,  55,  helps to frame the narrative […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Screen industry Tagged With: Guy Hansman, Harper Hansman, Larry Hansman, Merritt Clifton, Monique Hansman, Ronald Delserro, Sandra DelSerro

See the video exposé that sent Jack Hanna into demented retirement––free!

February 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Conservation Game Directed by Michael Webber, featuring Tim Harrison,  founder,  Outreach for Animals If you have not yet seen The Conservation Game,  the acclaimed exposé of exotic cat exhibition and trafficking that sent longtime animal exhibitor Jack Hanna into retirement due to alleged dementia,  there will never be a better time to watch it––free––than […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Jeff Kremer, Merritt Clifton, Michael Webber, Tim Harrison

Betty White, 99, “white-washed” animal use industries for 50 years

January 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Betty White reputation for animal advocacy rewrites history             LOS ANGELES––Betty White,  99,  a radio and television actress,  producer,  talk show and game show personality whose broadcast career began at eight years old in 1930,  died on December 31,  2021,  just 18 days before what would have been her 100th birthday. Most of the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Screen industry, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Allen Ludden, Bea Arthur, Gail Eisnitz, Koko, Merritt Clifton, Michael Mountain, Penny Patterson, Sean Hawkins

Vernon Weir: “This man loved his family and animals with all of his heart!”

December 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Quiet right-hand man for 40-plus years to legends Belton Mouras,  Gretchen Wyler,  & Tippi Hedren Vernon Weir,  74,  died from a stroke on December 6,  2021. Born on March 8, 1947,  Weir attended Normandy Senior High School in St. Louis,  Missouri,  then earned a B.A. in political science and government from the University of Missouri […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: American Sanctuary Association, Animal Protection Institute, Belton Mouras, Genesis Awards, Gretchen Wyler, Merritt Clifton, Tippi Hedren, Wally Swett

Jack Hanna shenanigans get Columbus Zoo the boot from the AZA––again

October 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Previous “one year” suspension lasted just seven months––& many other AZA zoos then did what Jack Hanna had done             COLUMBUS, Ohio––Forty-plus years of Jack Hanna shenanigans finally caught up to the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium on October 1,  2021. The Association of Zoos & Aquariums [AZA] for the second time yanked the Columbus Zoo’s […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Screen industry, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dan Ashe, Jennifer Smola Shaffer, Kevin Landers, Merritt Clifton, Michael Webber, Steve Graham

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 (See also Celebrity bowhunters Josh & Sarah Bowmar cop a plea.) 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 […]

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

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