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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

In our time, a bonneted pit bull ate Grandma & Little Red Riding Hood

August 9, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Fatal pit bull attacks continue at record pace with two babies killed at grandparents’ houses AKRON,  Ohio––Perhaps not since the mythical big bad wolf first ate and then posed as Grandma,  and then ate Little Red Riding Hood too,  have canines posed a greater threat to small children visiting Grandma’s house. The identity of a […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Ukraine, USA Tagged With: Camden Bozell, Casey McDaniel, Charles Perrault, Kelton Swain, Lauren Talarico, Mason Swain, Merritt Clifton, Scarlett Pereira

Three-legged bears in the Great Smokies may be no accident

May 29, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. bear hunters & Asian gangsters cut paws & deals             ASHEVILLE,  North Carolina––Jody Williams and his Facebook group Help Asheville Bears want to catch the perp,  or multiple perps,  responsible for their recent discovery that at least 15 three-legged North American black bears are struggling for survival in the Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laos, Legislation, Malaysia, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Russia, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, U.S., Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann Bryant, Hwang Mei-hsiu, Jody Williams, Justin McVey, Merritt Clifton, Soeurn Simeth

Why Europe will not eat U.S. & Australian wild horses

May 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dutch & Danish seizures of illegally trafficked German horse meat do not mean revived demand             WASHINGTON D.C.,  BRUSSELS––Yes,  the Bureau of Land Management under Donald Trump appointee William Perry Pendley is desperately eager to dispose of as many as 45,000 wild horses in holding pens,  plus about 68,000 of the estimated 95,000 wild horses […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Live transport, Meat issues, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Slaughter, Slaughter, United Kingdom, Wild horses Tagged With: Jan Fasen, Manuel Coto, Merritt Clifton, Toby Sterling, William Perry Pendley, Willy Selten

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

Livestock shipment to Middle East goes sideways; to Hawaii, goes backward

December 9, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Drowned sheep & asphixiated cattle result from opposite approaches to maximizing profit MILILANI, Hawaii––Compared to the drowning deaths of more than 14,350 sheep on November 24,  2019 aboard the capsized Queen Hind in the port of Midia,  Romania,  the deaths of 21 Angus heifers aboard a Young Brothers barge en route from Honolulu to Kauai,  […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Isles, Live transport, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Romania, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom Tagged With: Bobby Farias, Carroll Cox, Jason Moniz, Jill Phipps, John Palmer Parker, Linda J. Cox, Wyatt Bechtel

Will African swine fever make China vegan?

November 4, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Whatever happens, most of the world will eat less pork SYDNEY,  Australia;  HONG KONG––Will African swine fever,  a viral disease now projected to kill at least half the pigs in China and a quarter of all the pigs in the world,  accelerate the trend toward vegan eating? Or speed the transition toward factory farming? Or […]

Filed Under: Africa, Central Europe, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & cats, Eastern Europe, Eating dogs, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Philippines, Pigs, South Korea, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Andriy Rozstalnyy, He Huifeng, Jason Gale, Mark Schipp, Merritt Clifton, Oma Seddiq, Orange Wong, Park Won-soon, Yu Kangzhen

Drove out the snakes? What did St. Patrick do with the Irish wolves?

March 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

He made friends with them!             DUBLIN, TEL AVIV,  ROME––As of St. Patrick’s Day 2019,  there are still no wild snakes in Ireland,  more than 1,660 years after the patron saint of Ireland allegedly drove them all out. Paleontologists say there were never any wild snakes in Ireland in the first place. But there were […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Central Europe, Christianity, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, France, Germany, Habitat, Hunting, Ireland, Isles, Italy, Laws, Mediterranean, Norway, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Brendan the Navigator, Kieran Hickey, Merritt Clifton, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Patrick, Veriticus, Zafir Rinat

Russians bust alleged “whale jailers”

March 1, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The suspects are already in Siberia ––where else can they go?             MOSCOW,  VLADIVOSTOK–– Responding to orders from Russian president Vladimir Putin,  the Russian agency for border security has reportedly brought criminal charges against four related companies for allegedly illegally capturing and holding more than 90 beluga whales and as many as 13 orcas in […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Russia, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dmitry Lisitsyn, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Maria Antonova, Masha Netrebenko, Merritt Clifton, Natasha Daly, Todd Woody, Vladimir Putin

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