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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

Why vultures are not circling over the drought-parched world

June 25, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

It isn’t that vultures don’t feel the threat from global warming             GABORONE,  Botswana––Scarce over much of drought-parched India,  Central Asia, and Africa,  vultures still converge over dead livestock and wildlife in Botswana,  stripping the corpses of even elephants and hippos down to the bones within hours––but for how much longer? The Botswana Department of […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia, Birds, Birds, Birds, Botswana, Conservation, Dogs, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Hunted species, India, Indian subcontinent, Israel, Kenya, Mediterranean, Poaching & trafficking, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Çağan Şekercioğlu, Evan Buechley, J. Lindsay Oaks, Merritt Clifton, Salvatore Cardoni, Zafrir Rinat

Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, brought “humane spring” to Egypt

March 11, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Headed three leading organizations CAIRO,  Egypt––Ahmed el Sherbiny,  66,  who with his British-born wife Jackie led the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends,  the Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare,  and the Middle East Network for Animal Welfare,  on March 7,  2019 died at home in Shabramont,  Giza,  a Cairo suburb,  after several years of fighting multiple […]

Filed Under: Africa, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Egypt, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Isles, North Africa, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Slaughter, Street dogs, United Kingdom, Working horses Tagged With: Amina Abaza, Dina Zulfikar, Dorothy Brooke, Fatima Naoot, Jackie Sherbiny, Merritt Clifton, Mona Khalil, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, Robert Blumberg, Salim Mohammed Salim

How to count feral cats & street dogs in the 21st century

March 3, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Spay/neuter success makes old projection methods obsolete––& makes doing new surveys essential Counting feral cats and street dogs in the early 21st century is not what it was in your grandparents’ time,  or your own time any more,  either,  if you have lived much longer than the oldest cat or dog of your acquaintance. For […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Population control, Population control, Street dogs, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Carol Haspel, Clara Trumbull, Frank M. Chapman, Howard Trumbull, Merritt Clifton, Robert Calhoun

A Grim tale of suspected dumb rabies & a dumber response

February 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Who named the pit bull Faust,  and why? ST. LOUIS, Missouri––Faust in German legend was an alchemist,  sorcerer,  and perhaps even a necromancer,  meaning one who consorts with the dead,  who sold his soul to the devil for the secret of transforming “base” metals into gold. The much more complex Faust of many literary renditions––who […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, Street dogs, USA Tagged With: Beth Vesco-Mock, Cassady Caldwell, Chris Mcclaren, Ealgie Edwards, Merritt Clifton, Randy Grim, Rodney McAllister, Sarah Frei

Russia bans “dogs of dangerous breeds” under new humane law

December 31, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Vladimir Putin signs “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” into effect MOSCOW,  Russia––Possession and handling of pit bulls and other dogs of dangerous breeds is to be strictly regulated throughout Russia,  under a new national “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” signed into effect by Russian president Vladimir Putin on December 26,  2018. The new “Law […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Central Asia, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Rabies, Russia, Street dogs, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexei Nikolsky, Alexei Pushkov, Evgeny Biyatov, Irina Smirnova, Merritt Clifton, Pavel Astakhov, V.A. Gmyrya, Vladimir Putin

The view from Phuket, Thailand: Jeff Young, DVM is right!

December 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

by John Dalley,  co-founder,  The Soi Dog Foundation Unfortunately,  owing to health issues,  I was unable to attend the International Companion Animal Welfare conference last year to hear Jeff Young,  DVM speak,  so have never met him.  But Young’s ANIMALS 24-7 guest column We cannot adopt, warehouse or rescue our way out of dog & […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Myanmar, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Thailand, USA

“Undertaker birds” replace street dogs in African cities

September 4, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Marabou storks eat everything along the roads except the cars             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Marabou storks have replaced the street dogs. Twenty years ago the drive from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport past Nairobi National Park and into the central city via the Mombasa highway was an exercise in start-and-stop driving and sudden swerves to avoid the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Kenya, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Uganda, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alfred Owino, Beth Elias, David Ongare, Gerald Tenywa, Merritt Clifton, Oscar Pilipili

Insuring pit bulls, State Farm pays out double the norm for dog attacks

April 8, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Policies on other breeds subsidize pit bull owners BLOOMINGTON,  Illinois––State Farm,  both the leading U.S. property-and-casualty insurance company and among the few that cover pit bulls,  paid out a record $132 million in 2017 to settle dog attack claims. State Farm released this information in a prepared statement recognizing Dog Bite Prevention Week 2018,  April 8-14. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Rabies, Shelters, Street dogs, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Arthur J. Summerfield, Dolores Del Rio, Emily Mae Colvin, Joseph Mooring, Justin Clinton, Kylar Johnson, Merritt Clifton, Steven Constantine, Victoria Stilwell

Dog rescue on the slopes of Agung, Bali’s erupting “Mount Doom”

November 29, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

BAWA rushes to save animals beneath clouds of hot ash             UBUD,  Bali,  Indonesia––More than 4.2 million people,  350,000 dogs,  and perhaps a million other animals from monkeys and chickens to goats and cattle,  plus wildlife,  are looking over their shoulders at a 30,000-foot column of steam,  smoke,  and ash boiling out of Mount Agung. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Indonesia, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Agung, BAWA, Janice Girardi, Merritt Clifton

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