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Uttam Dahal, 33, was dynamo for animals in Nepal despite ill health

July 28, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Dahal won 2014 Supreme Court of Nepal case against Gadhi Mai mass sacrifice             KATHMANDU, Nepal––Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center founder Uttam G.P. Dahal,  33,  died on July 26, 2019 after battling illness for most of his brief but dynamic life. Dahal left Santana Sharma,  his wife of just two years and two months,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Street dogs, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Gyanendra Bir Bikram Dev, Jane Goodall, Merritt Clifton, Santana Sharma, Sujan Bhandari, Uttam G.P. Dahal

Remove bees, wasps, or hornets without getting stung

August 26, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

First,  don’t go bugs by Merritt Clifton For years I was the fellow whom people would call for help when they had problems with bees and closely related species.  I never had much trouble handling bees,   wasps,  or hornets,  but even though handling them may not be hard,  there is not any one simple […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Bees, Beliefs, Buddhism, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hinduism, Horses & Farmed Animals, Insects, Other, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Merritt Clifton

Jasper’s gift: the real-life care bear

May 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

“Poster bear” for ending bile farming  Jasper,  30,  the moon bear who became “poster bear” for the Animals Asia Foundation campaign against farming bears to extract bile from their livers,  was euthanized on April 29,  2016 due to incurable cancer. “Moon bear Jasper spent 15 years in a Chinese bile farm crush cage,”  the Animals […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Habitat, Laws, Organizations, Other, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, Jill Robinson, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton

“On behalf of my suffering brothers & sisters, the insects, please help them.”

December 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Injuring invertebrates should bug the animal rights movement by A. Rosen While visiting India several years ago, I met people who practice the Jain religion. I think the Jain movement is ahead of the animal rights movement in some ways. For example, Jains include insects in their kindness to animals. I think that except for […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Beliefs, Buddhism, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Food, Food security, Global, Hinduism, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Other, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: A. Rosen, Ambuja Rosen, Barbara Rosen, Freddy the Fly, J. Allen Boone, Merritt Clifton

Vultures at play keep ghouls away

October 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Loss of vultures haunts the Indian subcontinent          CHANDIGARH,  NAIROBI,  LITTLE ROCK––Vultures darkening the sky,  trees,  and rooftops in growing numbers near slaughterhouses throughout the U.S. South and Midwest in recent years signify as Halloween 2015 approaches that the U.S. has little to fear from ghouls. Ghouls,  in original definition,  are grave robbers and scavengers […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Birds, Buddhism, Central Asia, Cultural, Culture & Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, North Africa, Other, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Lindsay Oaks, Merritt Clifton, Parsees, Zoroastrians

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