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Hotter climate makes “no-see-ums” a global threat to horned, hoofed animals

October 30, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Bighorn sheep,  deer,  goats & cattle are among vulnerable species             OKANAGAN, B.C.;  BISMARCK, N.D.;  ALBANY, N.Y.;  MADRID, Spain;  LISBON,  Portugal––Hardly anyone saw “no-see-ums” coming as one of the most ubiquitous and insidious effects on animals due to global warming. Indeed,  hardly anyone saw “no-see-ums” coming even before global warming began visibly disrupting climate and […]

Filed Under: Africa, Belgium, Cattle & dairy, Central Europe, Disease, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Insects, Italy, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Portugal, Sheep & goats, Spain, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: bluetongue, EHD, epizootic hemorrhagic disease, Merritt Clifton, no-see-ums, Pablo Beldomenico

Is mink farming “too dirty to die”? Or is pending bill the coup-de-grace?

August 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Some in the U.S. mink industry see COVID-19 as a growth opportunity  WASHINGTON D.C.––Will the COVID-19 delta variant finally kill mink farming in the U.S.,  after COVID-19 in all forms has killed more than 633,000 Americans? Or will HR 4310,  dubbed the MINKS Act as acronym for “Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces Are Superspreaders Act,”  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, France, Fur & leather, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Poland, Scandinavia, Spain, Uncategorized Tagged With: Joan Schaffner, Karen Manci, Kate Golden, Kitty Block, Meg Kinnard, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Mace, Rosa DeLauro, Sara Amundson

Vultures: canaries in the pharmaceutical waste coal mine?

April 18, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Diclofenac-related vulture death in Spain may point toward a much bigger problem Should the end times be near,  whether through global warming,  loss of fish from the oceans,  nuclear war,  or any of myriad other calamities,  vanishing vultures might  be among the early harbingers of the apocalypse. Vultures might be expected to descend on the […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Birds, Disease, Donkeys, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Mediterranean, Pakistan, Spain, Wildlife, Wildlife, Working animals, Working horses Tagged With: Diana Aga, Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, John Mallord, Motrin, Rachel Carson, Rebecca Klaper, Robin McKie

Sheep & cattle stranded at sea by Suez Canal blockage are moving again

March 26, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

3,000-year-old livestock shipping route opened by Pharoahs is unblocked             ISMAILIA, Egypt––Tens of thousands of sheep,  cattle,  and other live animals stranded for up to six days aboard more than 20 transport vessels are moving again through  the Suez Canal,  as of March 29,  2021. Egyptian Lieutenant General Osama Rabei,  heading the Suez Canal Authority,  […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Romania, Sheep & goats, Spain, Turkey, Welfare Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, Elbeik, Gerit Weidinger, Karim Allah, Lyn White, Merritt Clifton, Suez Canal

Wisconsin hunters overkill the wolf bag limit by half in just 72 hours

February 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But Spain,  with twice as many wolves in about the same amount of habitat,  puts wolves off limits to hunters             MADISON, Wisconsin;  MADRID,  Spain––Wisconsin hunters and trappers killed 216 wolves in under 72 hours during the last week of February 2021,  97 more than the “management target” of 119,  obliging the state Department of […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Predators, Sheep & goats, Spain, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: James Badcock, Merritt Clifton, Paul A. Smith, Todd Richmond, Vincent West

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

Gorilla attack just latest episode in 246 years of Zoo de Madrid infamy

October 2, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Opened in 1972,  “new” zoo was already obsolete MADRID, Spain––A brutal reminder of the realities of gorillas,  zoos,  and keeping wildlife in starkly unnatural conditions on September 27,  2020 left a 46-year-old female zookeeper with multiple fractures,  head and chest trauma,  and compound fractures of both arms at the Zoo Aquarium de Madrid,  in the […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Mediterranean, Spain, Zoos Tagged With: Binti Jua, Bioko, Harambe, Koko, Malabo, Merritt Clifton, Ndume

Iconic animal use events fall to COVID-19: “Running of the bulls” is latest

April 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Social distancing” also shuts down SeaWorld, seal hunt, fur auctions, Kentucky Derby,  & the carriage horses in Central Park             PAMPLONA,  Spain ––The 700-year-old Festival of San Fermin, featuring bullfights and the “running of the bulls” through the cobbled streets of the oldest part of Pamplona, Spain, was on April 21, 2020 indefinitely postponed due […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal racing, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Fur trapping, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mediterranean, Racing, Scandinavia, Spain, Spectacles, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Working horses Tagged With: Ana Elizalde, Ernest Hemingway, Kentucky Derby, Kopenhagen Fur, Merritt Clifton, Saga Furs

Spanish Supreme Court ends 566-year-old bull-spearing rite

March 26, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Judges rule against hearing further appeals against order to stop MADRID––A March 18,  2019 decision by the Spanish Supreme Court to hear no further appeals of a Castilla y León provincial order banning the traditional Toro de la Vega bullfight appears to have finally ended one of the oldest annual celebrations of cruelty persisting into […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Mediterranean, Spain Tagged With: Ana Teresa Roca, Ernest Hemingway, González Poncela, Mariano Rajoy, Merritt Clifton, Silvia Barquero

Can plant-based “meat” be made to satisfy the Yellow Vests?

December 6, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Demand for more & cheaper meat underlies strikes over high fuel cost             PARIS,  SAN FRANCISCO–– The “yellow vest” riots ripping apart France,  bringing at least 412 arrests on December 1,  2018 alone,  more than 260 injuries,  half of them in Paris,  and two reported deaths,  are behind the scenes adding a social peace-and-justice imperative […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, France, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Other animals & science topics, Research & testing, Science, Spain, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alshakim Nelson, Giuseppe Scionti, Jean-Baptiste Moreau, Josh Tetrick, Mark Post, Merritt Clifton, Nick Giordano, Patrick O. Brown, Tom Levitt, Yaakov Nahmias

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