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An Easter bunny, cat, & mongoose story from a Japanese island

April 21, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Predators wrongly blamed for losses,  ancient Amami rabbits make a comeback AMAMI,  Amami-Oshima,  Japan––The Easter 2019 bunny story of the year,  and island ecology story,  too,  with even an angle involving egg hunts by ornithologists,  is underway on Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima islands,  between Japan and Okinawa.  Much to the evident embarrassment of the Japanese Environment […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Cats, Conservation, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Population control, Sheep & goats, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Doubutukikin, Masahiko Ohta, Merritt Clifton, Mitsushi Ikeshima

Are kosher & halal slaughter bans anti-Semitic & Islamophobic?

January 14, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocacy, religious teaching, & cultural insecurity collide in Belgium             BRUSSELS,  Belgium––Is Belgium moving rapidly to ban slaughter without pre-stunning out of concern for animals? Or are prohibitions of the traditional kosher and halal slaughter methods rooted in latent anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? Slaughter without pre-stunning becomes illegal Whatever the political truth is,  legal reality […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Judaism, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Ann De Greef, Barbara Kay, Ben Weyts, Henry Spira, Merritt Clifton, Richard Schwartz

Live animal markets in New York City: a cut-throat business at best

August 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Customs change with waves of immigration             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Escaping the Iranian Revolution with her parents at age 6,  artist Sara Rahbar as an adult has produced an internationally recognized portfolio on themes often involving human and animal suffering. Yet Rahbar found herself wholly unprepared for the misery she met close to hand on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Judaism, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pollution, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Turkeys, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Alex Felsinger, Andrew Zollman, Anne Barnard, Christian Zhang, Clarence Birdeye, Heather Greenhouse, Lore Croghan, Patty Lee, Tom Embury-Dennis

“Best science” won’t protect “clean meat” from foes, warns vet of biotech wars

July 23, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Fear of science & change will be weapons for animal industries trying to save their rump roasts             CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts––“Do not assume that doing the best science possible will insulate you from criticism,”  AquaBounty Technologies chief executive Ronald L. Stotish warned the New Harvest 2018 conference on “cellular agriculture,”  toward the end of two days […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Alternatives, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Eggs, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, France, Fur & leather, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Pigs, Poultry, Regulation, Science, Sheep & goats, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Bruce Friedrich, Craig Medred, Frankenfish, Johann Georg Faust, Lisa Murkowski, Mary Shelley, Merritt Clifton, New Harvest, Ronald L. Stotish

Sages testify about overgrazing in wild horse habitat

July 20, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Western range issues can be seen from space             BILLINGS,  Montana––No one needs to take anyone else’s word about the condition of the western range.  Monitor Google Earth for a while and ancient sages will tell you all about it. First,  though,  it is necessary to understand the evolutionary and ecological relationships among sagebrush,  grasslands,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Birds, Canada, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Mexico, Predators, Religion & philosophy, Science, Sheep & goats, The Americas, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Craig C. Downer, David Ganskopp, Erik A. Beever, K.W. Davies, Martin Vavra, Merritt Clifton, Molly M. Kawecka

Beavers gnaw way toward wolf, grizzly & economic recovery in the Cascades

July 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Future of logging,  hunting,  fishing & ranching region lies with nonlethal wildlife tourism             TWISP,  Washington––Vanishing salmon,  Washington’s worst wildfire roaring through the Methow River Valley in July 2014,  and flash floods that turned roads into rivers even before Finley Canyon stopped reeking of smoke and ash have brought beaver back to the Upper and […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Dog use, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fur trapping, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Predators, Racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Spectacles, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann McCreary, Christopher Solomon, Joel Kretz, John Sirois, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Paul Wagner, Rob Wielgus

BLM to gather 575 Nevada wild horses, thanks to Friends of Animals’ “victory”

July 15, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Friends of Animals blocked use of contraception while wild horse herd multiplied             GARDNERVILLE,  Nevada––One of the largest planned gathers of wild horses in recent memory,  scheduled for Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area of western Nevada in fall 2018,  results directly from Friends of Animals’ May 2016 claimed success in causing the Bureau of […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Sheep & goats, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Benjamin Spillman, Byron Clark, Craig C. Downer, Ed Counts, Jay Kirkpatrick, Jenny Lesieutre, Judge Larry Hicks, Logan Ramsey, Mark Amodei, Merritt Clifton, Velma Johnston

Shoot wild horses, sell them to slaughter, or just let them die?

May 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Navajo Nation & BLM look at grim options  CAMERON,  ARIZONA––Why did 111 wild horses die stuck in the mud at a Navajo Nation stock pond near Cameron,  Arizona,  during the last week of April 2018? Photos distributed by Navajo Nation spokesperson Mihio Manus “showed clusters of horses with dried mud on their bodies, some overlapping one […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Donkeys, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Brian Maffly, Gloria Tom, Hannah Grover, Merritt Clifton, Mihio Manus, Neda DeMayo

The poop on live transport, whaling, & Ramadan 2018

May 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Old ships,  ancient customs             FREMANTLE,  Australia––Seventy thousand Australian sheep aboard the 38-year-old livestock carrier Al Messilah,  or anyhow those who survive the journey,  are due to reach Kuwait on May 14,  2018,  according to VesselFinder.com. The voyage continues a trade that Animals Australia likens to whaling in terms of cruelty and obsolescence,  but which […]

Filed Under: Africa, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Egypt, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, North Africa, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Welfare Tagged With: David Littleproud, Glenys Oogjes, Lyn White, Merritt Clifton, Natalie Kotsios, Victoira Laurie

Two inches of rain means life or death to animals in Kenya

March 19, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Flash floods broke devastating drought, but not drought cycle menacing wildlife & livestock             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Just two inches of rain over two days,  about what Seattle gets on average in just two weeks, in mid-March 2018 triggered flash floods killing at least 15 Kenyans,  marooning six tented camps for wildlife tourists in the Maasai Mara […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Cattle & dairy, China, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Kenya, Meat issues, Reptiles, Sheep & goats, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: George Murage, George Sayagie, Karen Blixen, Merritt Clifton, Rex Tillerson, Somini Sangupta

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