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Ice age rock art find exposes nearly 200 years of horse manure

December 14, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

The discovery does not improve  the case for horses having survived the Ice Ages in the Americas CHIRIBIQUETTE NATIONAL PARK, Colombia––Images of ice age horses,  among thousands of other animals painted along an eight-mile mural of rock art recently found in southern Colombia,  have revived hopes among wild horse advocates––and Mormon literalists––that horses somehow remained […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Beliefs, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mexico, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, The Americas, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife

Killing the dam sea lions is about hook-&-bullet votes for Trump

August 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

And Jaime Herrera-Beutler, Trump stooge in Congress             PORTLAND, Oregon––As many as 540 California sea lions and up to 176 Stellar sea lions are to be sacrificed to placate frustrated recreational salmon fishers,  beginning during the run-up to the November 2020 election and continuing throughout what would be President Donald Trump’s second term if re-elected. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry Thom, Carolyn Long, Donald Trump, Jaime Herrera-Beutler, Lynda V, Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Monica Samayoa

Takaya the “sea wolf” headed for home, but hunter shot him

April 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Lived for eight years almost within sight of British Columbia provincial parliament             VICTORIA, B.C.,  Canada––Takaya,  10,  the “sea wolf” star of the 2019 CBC Nature of Things documentary “Takaya: Lone Wolf,”  was on March 24,  2020 shot by a hunter near Shawnigan Lake,  British Columbia,  possibly after being chased and/or mauled by the hunter’s […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Native American beliefs, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Predators, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Darimont, Chris Genovalli, Gosia Bryja, Leyland Chacco, Merritt Clifton, Paul Paquet

Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?

August 7, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 86th annual edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to be held nightly,  August 8-11,  2019. Bizarre as the race itself is,  even more bizarre––and perplexing––is that the 12 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Native American beliefs, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Wild horses Tagged With: Alex Dick, Allison Williams, Claire Pentz, Karen West, Larry Lansburgh, Lillian A. Ackerman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Timiraos, Roger Harnack, Warren Cox, Will Anderson

Beavers gnaw way toward wolf, grizzly & economic recovery in the Cascades

July 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Future of logging,  hunting,  fishing & ranching region lies with nonlethal wildlife tourism             TWISP,  Washington––Vanishing salmon,  Washington’s worst wildfire roaring through the Methow River Valley in July 2014,  and flash floods that turned roads into rivers even before Finley Canyon stopped reeking of smoke and ash have brought beaver back to the Upper and […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Dog use, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fur trapping, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Predators, Racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Spectacles, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann McCreary, Christopher Solomon, Joel Kretz, John Sirois, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Paul Wagner, Rob Wielgus

Shoot wild horses, sell them to slaughter, or just let them die?

May 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Navajo Nation & BLM look at grim options  CAMERON,  ARIZONA––Why did 111 wild horses die stuck in the mud at a Navajo Nation stock pond near Cameron,  Arizona,  during the last week of April 2018? Photos distributed by Navajo Nation spokesperson Mihio Manus “showed clusters of horses with dried mud on their bodies, some overlapping one […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Donkeys, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Brian Maffly, Gloria Tom, Hannah Grover, Merritt Clifton, Mihio Manus, Neda DeMayo

Standing Rock: Who let the dogs out?

September 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

With suspects identified, will the injured Sioux sue?          FORT YATES,  North Dakota––Who let the dogs out? Confronting protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation on September 3,  2016 with five to eight leashed but leaping,  lunging,  and biting dogs,  who injured at least six people and a horse,  the Dakota Access pipeline construction security […]

Filed Under: Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, Training, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Amy Goodman, Ashley Nicole Welch, Bob Frost, David Archambault II, Gavin Ehringer, Jonni Joyce, Merritt Clifton

Security guards set dogs on Sioux demonstrators at Standing Rock

September 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Oil pipeline builders didn’t await court verdict before bulldozing on Labor Day weekend (Part I of two parts.  See also How Standing Rock 2016 echoes Birmingham 1963.)          FORT YATES,  North Dakota––1,130 linear miles,  almost the 1,168-mile length of the projected Dakota Access pipeline route from the Bakken oil shale fields of North Dakota to Illinois, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bakken oil shale, Bull Connor, David Archambault II, Donnell Preskey, Jayla Rodriguez, John Hoeven, Julia Charging Whirlwind, Kyle Kirschmeir, Marcus Frejo, Merritt Clifton, Sarah Sunshine Manning, Standing Rock, Steve Sitting Bear, Ursula Young Bear

How Standing Rock 2016 echoes Birmingham 1963

September 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Use of dogs against protesters may mark turning point in pipeline campaign (Part II of two parts.  See also Security guards set dogs on Sioux demonstrators at Standing Rock.) FORT YATES,  North Dakota––History may in the long run favor the Dakota Access pipeline,  or a modified and re-routed version of it.  But history is unlikely to […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Native American beliefs, Police & military, Religion & philosophy, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Bull Connor, Dakota Access, LaDonna Braveheart Allard, Merritt Clifton, Roger Witherspoon, Sitting Bull, Whitestone Massacre, William T. Hornaday, Wovoka

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