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Revenge-seeking Icelandic “Ahab” denies killing the great blue whale

July 13, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

“Blood feud” with anti-whalers began when Sea Shepherds sank two of his ships in 1986 REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Kristján Loftsson,  the “Captain Ahab” of the North Atlantic,  has furiously denied that the 22nd of at least 27 whales killed by his ships in June and July 2018 was the first endangered blue whale harpooned by whalers since 1978,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Humane history, Iceland, Marine life, Meat issues, Norway, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Adam A. Pack, Captain Ahab, David Howitt, Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, Kristján Loftsson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Phil Clapham, Rod Coronado, Stefán Ásmundsson, Steinar Bastesen

Thin ice & few buyers for pelts, but Canadian sealers kill 60,000 seal pups anyway

April 29, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

2018 seal hunt close to the end ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland––Perhaps the surest sign that the annual Atlantic Canada seal hunt is fading into history is the lack of prominence it has had this spring in the St. Johns Telegram,  the leading media voice serving Newfoundland since 1879,  which through April 2018 had barely mentioned it […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Canada, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & politics, Marine life, Politics, Seals, The Americas, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ian Robichaud, Julia Page, Justin Trudeau, Merritt Clifton, Rejean Vigneau, Tristin Hopper

Who killed ivory trade investigator Esmond Martin, why?

February 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Survived more than 30 years of work in some of the world’s most dangerous places,  only to be stabbed in his bed             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Nairobi police homicide detectives appear to believe that renowned elephant ivory and rhino horn trafficking investigator Esmond Bradley Martin Jr.,  75,  was murdered on February 5,  2018 in connection with a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cambodia, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Isles, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Laws, Laws & politics, Legislation, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, North Africa, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, U.S., Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Chrysee MacCasler Perry Martin, Daniel Stiles, Fred Mukinda, Iain Douglas Hamilton, John Muchangi, Josphat Ngonyo, Kamore Maina, Lucy Vigne, Merritt Clifton, Pak Choi-Jun, Robyn Dixon

All cats want for Christmas are their two front paws (and hind paws too, intact)

December 23, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Nova Scotia and Denver ban declawing             FREDERICTON,  Nova Scotia;  DENVER,  Colorado––Christmas came early in 2017 for cats in Nova Scotia province,  Canada,  and in Denver,  Colorado. Both jurisdictions recently banned elective and non-therapeutic declawing surgery,  but through starkly different legal approaches. Nova Scotia vets make declawing “unethical” The Nova Scotia declawing ban was adopted,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Canada, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Laws & politics, Shelters, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Aubrey Lavizzo, Hugh Chisholm, Jennifer Conrad, Jon Murray, Kevin Bissett, Kirsten Butler, Merritt Clifton, Troy Singleton

Beyond sentience: will Brexit halt live animal exports from the U.K.?

December 14, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Minister for Agriculture & Rural Affairs confirms her government is “considering options to control live animal exports”             LONDON,  U.K.––British cabinet ministers,  after the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union,  called “Brexit” for short,  “must have regard to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings in formulating and implementing government policy,”  according to draft […]

Filed Under: Animal sentience & intelligence, Cattle & dairy, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Claire Horton, David Bowles, Jon Craig, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Phillip J. Lymbery, Theresa Villiers, Therese Coffey

Are politicians sentient? British animal advocates wonder

November 28, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Nothing yet on animal sentience in U.K. law             LONDON,  U.K.–– “Sentient,”  a word seldom used by mass media and little recognized by the public before a much decried vote of the British Parliament on November 15,  2017,  is overnight at the center of debate raging throughout the United Kingdom. Who is sentient?  What is sentience?  […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spectacles, United Kingdom, Zoos Tagged With: Andrew Griffin, Caroline Lucas, David Bowles, Merritt Clifton, Michael Gove, Philip J. Lymbery, Rowena Mason

Seal hunting in Atlantic Canada nears a bitter, bloody end

March 29, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Betting sealing will recover is like saving Confederate dollars in hopes the South will rise again (Donald Trump not withstanding) ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland––CBC Morning listeners,  recipients of fundraising “alerts” from the Humane Society of the United States,  and readers of The Dodo awakened on March 28,  2017 to reports,  devoid of context,  that the 2017 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Canada, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Humane history, Marine life, Religion & philosophy, Seals, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brigitte Bardot, Merritt Clifton, PhocaLux

Rescue, responsibility, & the need for legislation

January 17, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by John F. Robins,  campaigns consultant,  Animal Concern Scotland Recent reports about irresponsibly rehomed animals suffering from cruelty and neglect,  and attacking other animals and humans,   occurring right around the world,  have reminded me that nearly 30 years ago journalist John Nairn and I spent a couple of days camped on the roof of a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cats, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Isles, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Population control, Population control, Scotland, Shelters, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Animal Concern Scotland, Glasgow Dog & Cat Home, Milton Animal Welfare Center, Scottish SPCA

NOT harboring porpoises lands UK in International Court of Justice

October 12, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Brits may plead “Brexit”          BRUSSELS,  LONDON––Charged in the European Court of Justice with inadequately protecting harbor porpoises to the point of putting the species at regional risk,  the United Kingdom now runs the risk of becoming bracketed in international image with such other marine mammal-killing nations and treaty scofflaws as Japan,  Namibia,  Norway,  and […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, European Union, Habitat, Isles, Marine life, Scotland, United Kingdom, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Rob Edwards, Steve Williams, Therese Coffey

U.S. law to save seals in Scotland

September 29, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Save Our Seals Fund invokes Marine Mammal Protection Act where Scottish law failed         DUMBARTON,  Scotland––Believed to be allowing more seals to be killed than any nation without an actual seal hunt,  Scotland may soon have to stop the mayhem or risk losing access to U.S. markets,  under new U.S. trade rules. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Isles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Seals, USA, Wildlife

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