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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

Thinking out-of-the-horse-box to save wild horses from slaughter

June 16, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

by Anthony Marr When Charles Darwin first revealed his theory of evolution,  his friend Thomas Huxley exclaimed,  “It is so simple and obvious!  Why didn’t I think of it?!” It is because Huxley, like most people, thought inside the box,  meaning within the confines of an established concept,  while Darwin not only thought outside the box,  but […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Behavior, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Slaughter, USA, Welfare, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Gonacon, PZP-22, SpayVac, ZonaStat-H

Down Under drive to kill brumby wild horses brings bill to save them

May 26, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Man from Monaro stands in the bootprints of The Man From Snowy River             SYDNEY,  Australia––In a reversal of fortune as abrupt as a stallion wheeling on hind legs to strike at an aggressive rival,  the wild horses of Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales are suddenly slated for protected […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Conservation, Donkeys, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, Politics, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Arian Wallach, Banjo Patterson, Calla Wahlquist, Don Driscoll, Erick Lundgren, John Barilaro, Madison Young, Merritt Clifton, Sandy Radke, Tom Lowrey

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

Leaving The Wild:  The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows & Horses

December 5, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Gavin Ehringer Pegasus Books,  distributed by W.W. Norton & Co. 364 pages.  $27.95 hardcover.  In stores December 5,  2017. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Remember the most gripping and informative few books you ever read about dogs,  cats,  cows,  and/or horses,  by authors as thorough as the multi-time best sellers Desmond Morris,  Elizabeth Marshall Thomas,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Cats, Cattle & dairy, Central Asia, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Show, Training, USA, Uses of dogs, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Working horses Tagged With: Charles Darwin, Desmond Morris, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Gavin Ehringer, Herodotus, Merritt Clifton, Sonia Faruqi, Stanley Coren, Walt Disney

Hurricane Maria: monkeys hold on, horses endure

September 29, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

“Oh my goodness, how could anything have survived this?”          CAYO SANTIAGO,  Puerto Rico––Hurricane Irma mostly missed the renowned Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque colony,  on an island just east of the Puerto Rican mainland,  but Hurricane Maria hit it head-on,  at full Category 5 strength. The thousand-odd macaques on Cayo Santiago are ninth generation descendants from […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Birds, Caribbean, Chimps & other primates, Disasters, Educational use, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Racing, Research & testing, Science, Show, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Clarence R. Carpenter, Ed Yong, Elizabeth Redden, Frank Angst, James Higham, Linda Horn, Mark Samuel, Merritt Clifton, Shelley Gagnon-Blodgett

Hope Ryden, 87, revealed the lives of wild horses, beaver, & coyotes

July 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Known for film work before winning acclaim as author          HYANNIS,  Massachusetts––Hope Elaine Ryden,  87,  author and/or photographer for 26 books mostly on wildlife subjects,  and a frequent photo contributor to National Geographic,  died on June 18,  2017 in Hyannis,  Massachusetts from complications of hip surgery. Minister’s daughter Born on August 1,  1929,  in St. […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, Malaysia, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Southeast Asia, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: E.E. Ryden, Hope Ryden, John Miller, Merritt Clifton, Milburn Stone, Pan Am, Robert Drew

Settlement of alleged neglect case at ISPMB could set up a repeat

February 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros is allowed to keep & breed horses          LANTRY,  South Dakota––The fate of the remaining horses at the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros ranch straddling the Dewey and Ziebach county lines in north-central South Dakota was on January 27,  2017 “settled” on […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA, Wild horses Tagged With: Elaine Nash, Fleet of Angels, Karen Sussman, Merritt Clifton, Return to Freedom, Seth Tupper, Velma Johnston

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