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Walls, boar purges, & no-man’s-land fail to stop African swine fever

January 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Wild boar to blame for only 1% of outbreaks, Chinese learn             PARIS,  France––Donald Trump is not the only world leader who has yet to learn that walls don’t work––not if the goal is really to keep a foreign threat out,  as opposed to presenting the appearance to a political base of doing something drastic […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Central Europe, China, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Disease, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lithuania, Meat issues, Netherlands, Pigs, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine Tagged With: Donald Trump, Frank Fang, Merritt Clifton

Last acts for animal circuses in Russia, India, New Jersey, & Hawaii

January 2, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Russian law protects Moscow State Circus monopoly             MOSCOW,  NEW DELHI––New legislation in Russia,  whose circuses have for almost a century been the most attended worldwide,  and in India,  where the circus tradition started,  appear to be among the final acts in several thousand years of traveling exhibitions of performing animals. The new Russian “Law […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Elephants, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Mexico, Organizations, Russia, Show, South America, Spectacles, The Americas, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Jacob Croninshield, Merritt Clifton, Thomas Chipperfield, Varda Mehotra, Vladimir Putin

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 gift of reindeer dwarfs the value of Christmas

December 24, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Reindeer stand between us & the next Great Flood Admit it:  you did not think about reindeer even once between the last Christmas season and this one. Even when you last did think of reindeer,  you thought about them in association with Santa Claus. You probably never thought of reindeer as defenders of the Far […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Norway, Russia, Scandinavia, Sweden, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Dropkin, Bob Berwyn, Johan Olofsson, Jon Georg Dale, Mariska Te Beest, Martin Hugh-Jones, Merritt Clifton, Tam Garlan

Drone video moves Russia to halt orca & beluga captures

November 27, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Drone found 90 belugas & 13 orcas allegedly held pending sale to China VLADIVOSTOK,  Russia––Responding to international outrage over drone video showing 90 belugas and 13 orcas in small holding pens in Srednaya Bay near Nakhodka,  just north of Vladivostok in the Russian Far East,  the Russian government in 2019 will prohibit whale captures,  reports the […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Iceland, Laws, Marine mammals, Poaching & trafficking, Russia, Scandinavia, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Masha Netrebenko, Merritt Clifton, Todd Woody

From Uzbekistan to Whidbey Island, Washington: Vegan Runner Eats

June 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

and goes the distance LANGLEY,  Washington––“I’m going to become a mommy to a little girl this fall!,”  Alina Zavatsky posted to the Vegan Runner Eats Facebook page on May 31,  2017. “I’ll be sharing more info on Vegan Runner Eats,”  Zhukova Zavatsky pledged,  “including my experience with running a 5k [five kilometer roadrace]  a few days ago while 20 weeks pregnant––stay tuned!” Running blog Explains […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Top, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Russia, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alina Zavatsky, Fiona Oakes, Jill & Dave Campbell, Johannes Kolehmainen, Josh Garret, Merritt Clifton, Paavo Nurmi, Rob Zavatsky, Scott Jurek

Reindeer are the presents for remote Yamal herders

December 25, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Gift reindeer may help for a while,  but global warming dooms the herding way of life          YAMAL PENINSULA,  Siberia––Reindeer did not deliver presents to 45 families of herders on the remote Yamal Peninsula of Siberia at Christmas Eve 2016,  but rather were the presents. The reindeer were sent to help the Yamalo-Nenets residents recover […]

Filed Under: Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Top, Food, Hooved stock, Meat issues, Norway, Reindeer, Russia, Scandinavia Tagged With: Gazprom, Martin Hugh-Jones, Merritt Clifton, Santa Claus, Tatiana Vasilieva, Yamalo-Nanets

What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals

July 6, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part IV of a five-part series.   (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?,  Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan,”  Farmed animals & money talks,  and Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) LONDON,  U.K.––Among the signal achievements for animal welfare during the 43 years that the United Kingdom has been […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Behavior & health, Cats, Chimps & other primates, China, Culture & Animals, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Dogs & cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Mice & rats, Rabies, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Scotland, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Adrian Burder, Clarissa Baldwin, Helmut Dungler, Julia Lewis, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Thew, National Canine Defence League

Attack of the sausage-swingers: what was behind the raid on the vegan Kiwi Cafe?

June 9, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Raid may have been more anti-gay than anti-vegan          TBILISI,  Georgia––The headline “Sausage-wielding protesters attack patrons at vegan café” and the shorter version,  “Sausage thugs target vegan café,”  flew around the world on June 1, 2016 at social media warp speed,  amplified by at least 11,500 online media,  before the bizarre story was upstaged by […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Dan Bilefsky, Kiwi Cafe, Merritt Clifton, Tbilisi

WHO to recommend against global restrictions on ketamine

March 1, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Regulators consider request from China (See also Loss of access to ketamine threatens progress in humane euthanasia,  by Ruth Steinberger.)          GENEVA,  Switzerland––The World Health Organization Expert Committee on Drug Dependence is to recommend at the March 2016 meeting of the United Nations Single Commission on Narcotic Drugs that the drug ketamine not be internationally regulated. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Behavior & health, Cats, China, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Middle Left, Food & agriculture, Laws & politics, Legislation, Population control, Population control, Russia, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Food & Drug Administration, Jennifer Cashman, Merritt Clifton, Patrick Ryan, World Health Organization

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