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Hurricane Irma: survival stories from 27 zoos & sanctuaries 

September 13, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

No losses of zoo & sanctuary animals reported! (See also Hurricane Irma: first reports on animals in the Caribbean islands,  Hurricane Irma: Hemingway cats & dolphin rescuer Rick Trout rode it out in the Keys ,  and Hurricane Irma: how wildlife endured) Current USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service licensing data indicates that at least 217 […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Sanctuaries, Sea turtles, Snakes, Spectacles, Turtles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alexander Lacey, Carole Baskin, Casey Taylor, Howard Baskin, Merritt Clifton, Patti Ragan, Sharon DuMond, Shirley McGreal

Dick Gregory, 50 years a vegan activist, dies at 84

August 25, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Had record of advocacy for non-violent food nearly as long as careers in comedy and civil rights Dick Gregory,  84,  remembered by most media as “a groundbreaking comedian and civil rights activist,”  but also actively advocating a vegan lifestyle for nearly two-thirds of his life,  died in Washington D.C. on August 19,  2017 from a […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: A. Breeze Harper, Adrian Brune, Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, Dick Gregory, Lillian Gregory, Martin Luther King Jr., Merritt Clifton, Riddick Bowe, Rynn Berry, Traci Thomas, Tracye McQuirter, Victoria Moran

Will ALDF fight return to Europe of big cats who performed for Ringling?

May 29, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Endangered Species Act definitions changed while 15 cats were in U.S. on tour          ELLENTON,  Florida;  COTATI,  California––The Animal Legal Defense Fund on May 25,  2017 let the world know via media release that it “strongly objects” to an application from the no longer performing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for a U.S. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Central Europe, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Germany, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alexander Lacey, Feld Entertainment, Merritt Clifton, Ringling, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Zirkus Krone

Why the Oregon Zoo euthanized Packy the elephant

February 11, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Antibiotic-resistant asymptomatic TB strain had epidemic potential          PORTLAND,  Oregon––Oregon Zoo veterinary staff on February 9,  2017 euthanized Packy,  54,  the oldest male elephant in the U.S.,  after a multi-year losing battle against an antibiotic-resistant strain of the lung disease tuberculosis which had already killed two other Oregon Zoo elephants and infected seven zoo staff […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Southeast Asia, Spectacles, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Ed Stewart, Marilyn Kroplick, Merritt Clifton, Pat Derby, Toni Frohoff

Ringling Bros. circus folds, upstaging last SeaWorld San Diego “Shamu” show

January 15, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Last Ringling performances set for May 2017 ELLENTON,  Florida––The epoch of performing animal extravaganzas drew closer to an end over the weekend of January 14-15,   2017 with the near-simultaneous announcements by Feld Entertainment that the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus will cease performing in May 2017,  and by SeaWorld that the Sunday “Shamu” show […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Lab animals, Marine mammals, Other species, Science, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Juliette Feld, Kenneth Feld, Merritt Clifton, Michael Pollick, P.T. Barnum

Animal Rights Action Network stages Corker of finale

October 31, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Limerick’s Carmody leaves ’em laughing          CORK,  Ireland––Disbanding,  21 years after bringing multi-issue grassroots animal rights activism to Ireland,  the Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) on October 25,  2016 finished with a rally in Cork against lackadaisical official responses to complaints about cruelty to animals. Allied animal advocacy organizations from Limerick,  Clare,  Galway, Dublin,  Kildare, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Ireland, Isles, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Zoos

A tale of two of the world’s oldest tigers, both named Bengali

June 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

One Bengali lived at Big Cat Rescue,  the other at Associated Humane Societies’ Popcorn Park Zoo Bengali,  21 or 22 years of age,  either way one of the half dozen oldest tigers on record,  and one of two tigers within that elite half dozen to share the name Bengali,  died on May 31,  2016 at […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, China, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Sanctuaries, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Bengali, Big Cat Rescue, Carole Baskin, Flavio, John Bergmann, Popcorn Park Zoo, Roseann Trezza

Ringling elephant dies of herpes

February 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Blow to breeding & research plans          ELLENTON,  Florida––The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation on January 25,  2016 lost a baby elephant named Mike to elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus––a blow to Ringling ambitions both in captive elephant breeding and in disease research. Birthed on June 27,  2013,  Mike was among 26 […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal organizations, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Other species, Sanctuaries, Science, Spectacles, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Alana Feld, Ashley Settles, Daniel Salazar, Tam Garland

Ringling may be illegally sending elephant blood to researchers, charges SAEN

January 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Michael Budkie writes:    Re Ringling to move all elephants from the circus ring into cancer research by May 2016,  Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus may be violating federal law by providing research material to the University of Utah from its soon-to-be retired elephants. Public records disclose that Feld Entertainment,  the owner of the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Lab animals, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Other species, Regulation, Science, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: Michael Budkie, Ringling, SAEN

Ringling to move all elephants from the circus ring into cancer research by May 2016

January 11, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Potential profits from cancer-fighting gene discovery trump show biz ELLENTON, Florida; UDAWALAWE, Sri Lanka––Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus executive vice president and show producer Alana Feld on January 11,  2016 “told The Associated Press exclusively” that all eleven elephants now touring with the three Ringling circus units “will be permanently retired to the company’s […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Indian subcontinent, Spectacles, Sri Lanka, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alana Feld, Feld Entertainment, Juliette Feld, Kenneth Feld, Merritt Clifton, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

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