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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

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

Spanish high court overturns Catalonian ban on bullfighting

October 28, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Catalonian leaders pledge defiance          MADRID,  BARCELONA––“In Spain,”  tweeted Catalonian nationalist member of the Spanish parliament Gabriel Rufian on October 20,  2016,  “it is unconstitutional to ban the public torture and murder of an animal.  Enough said.” The Spanish Constitutional Court,  the highest court in Spain,  had just voted  8 to 3 to overturn the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Mediterranean, Religion & philosophy, Spain, Spectacles Tagged With: Carmen Mendez, José Enrique Zaldívar, Manel Casas, Marta Esteban, Merritt Clifton, Montse Ong

Spanish animal defenders reject bullfighting as “cultural heritage”

September 28, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Toro de la Vega denounced by 300 protesters          MADRID––The prolonged death of a bull named Elegido at the Toro de la Vega “bull hunt” in Tordesillas, Spain on September 16, 2014 was simultaneously ballyhooed by mayor José Antonio González as emblematic of community determination to maintain cultural traditions, and denounced by about 300 protesters […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, European Union, Mediterranean, Spain Tagged With: Catalan, Toro de la Vega

Why boycotts cannot stop bullfights, pigeon shoots, or any culture-based cruelty

September 23, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

“Culture-based” cruelties are typically protected by governments which do not fully represent their citizens ANIMALS 24-7,  probably like most of our readers,  is inundated day and night by cross-posted messages soliciting boycotts of nations including nearly half of the world’s human population,  over animal abuse issues typically involving less than 1% of the people whose industries […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Entertainment, Europe, Mediterranean, Opinions & Letters, Spain Tagged With: boycott, fire bull, Henry Spira, Martin Luther King Jr., Merritt Clifton

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