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How ancient bison survived in the land & times of Good King Wenceslaus

December 17, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Wenceslaus,  911-935,  left bison alone.  Successors alternately hunted & protected them. BIALOWIEZA FOREST, Poland––European wood bison,  also called wisent,  at risk of extinction for far longer than their North American cousins,  are no longer “vulnerable,”  and have accordingly been removed from the “Red List” maintained by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Austria, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Zoos Tagged With: Białowieża Forest, Kaukasas, Madison Grant, Merritt Clifton, Tsar Alexander II, Wenceslaus, William Temple Hornday, Wladyslaw II Jagietto

Kaavan flies to sanctuary with “elephant singers” Cher and Amir Khalil

November 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World of friends help “world’s loneliest elephant”             ISLAMABAD, Pakistan;  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia––Kaavan,  long billed “the world’s loneliest elephant,”  was a flying elephant this morning,  November 30,  2020,  en route from the defunct Marghuzar Zoo in Islamabad,  Pakistan,  to share a 25,000-acre habitat with three female Asian elephants inside the the one-million acre Kulen-Promtep Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Libya, North Africa, Pakistan, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan, Thailand, Ukraine, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Cher, Helmut Dungler, Merritt Clifton, Oliver Whang, Yahya Sinwar

Heart failure fells Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) founder Helmut Dungler, 56

January 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dungler died at the Lionsrock sanctuary he founded             BETHLEHEM,  South Africa––Helmut Dungler,  56,  founder of the international animal charity Vier Pfoten (Four Paws),  died on January 5,  2020 from a sudden massive heart attack suffered on one of his frequent visits to the Lionsrock sanctuary,  among the biggest and most ambitious of the many […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Central Europe, Chickens, Croatia, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Population control, Poultry, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Street dogs, Street performers, Sub-Saharan, Ukraine, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Chinny Krishna, Helmut Dungler, Ioana Dungler, Josef Pfabigan, Merritt Clifton, Signe Preuschoft

Why U.S. furriers don’t advertise much any more

December 30, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Mink coat ads vanish from newsprint  SACRAMENTO,  California––A furrier somewhere in the U.S. may yet buy a page of advertising,  in what little remains of 2019,  in one of the thousands of newspapers that are electronically searchable at www.NewspaperArchive.com. As of December 29,  2019,  however,  the year appeared to be ending without a single NewspaperArchive […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Austria, Belgium, Central Europe, China, Cultural, Denmark, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Fur & leather, Fur trapping, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Ireland, Isles, Netherlands, Norway, Scandinavia, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Douglas Lawson, Gavin Newsom, Karl Lagerfeld, Merritt Clifton, Queen Elizabeth II, Richard Carroll

Nazi zombies from hell: VW monkey tests & New Zealand use of 1080

September 24, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Pledging to quit animal tests, VW tries again to shake Nazi origin             WOLFSBURG,  Germany––Monkeys are no longer breathing diesel fumes. Volkswagen publicists are likely breathing sighs of relief. Nazi tactics and ideology live on elsewhere. Examples include the use of the Nazi-developed pesticide Compound 1080 to kill a targeted goal of two million feral […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Austria, Central Europe, Chimps & other primates, Dogs & cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Lab animals, Politics, Research & testing, Science, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ferdinand Karl Piech, Ferdinand Porsche, Herbert Diess, Jorian Jenks, Kate Connolly, Merritt Clifton, Tasgola Brune

Hitler:  Neither Vegetarian Nor Animal Lover,  by Rynn Berry

June 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Pythagorean Publishers (P.O. Box 8174, JAF Station,  New York,  NY 10116),  2004. 81 pages,  paperback.  $10.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Rynn Berry,  the late historical advisor to the North American Vegetarian Society,  who died on January 9,  2014 after collapsing during a New Year’s Eve jog in New York’s Central Park,  established his reputation as […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Austria, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Europe, Food, Germany, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Adolph Hitler, Boria Sax, Charlie Chaplin, Ian Kershaw, Joseph Goebbels, Merritt Clifton, Ronald Reagan

Stink over conditions at skunk & ferret “fur farm”

October 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

SAEN seeks Animal Welfare Act charges against “fur farm” that appears to breed animals mostly for laboratories & the pet trade             NEW SHARON,  Iowa––If the 85-year-old Ruby Fur Farm was just a fur farm,  producing mink or fox pelts for the garment industry,  it would not be subject to unannounced visits from the USDA […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Austria, China, Denmark, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Germany, Lab animals, Netherlands, Other species, Regulation, Scandinavia, Science, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Ruby Fur Farm, SAEN

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