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Bamboo, 56, last Seattle zoo elephant, euthanized in Oklahoma City

November 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Her life story was the story of most U.S. zoo elephants OKLAHOMA CITY,  Oklahoma––“Where will Woodland Park Zoo elephants be sent to die?”,  ANIMALS 24-7 asked on December 7,  2014,  as the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle finalized plans to transfer Chai and Bamboo,  the last two elephants to reside there,  to the Oklahoma City Zoo. That […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Poaching & trafficking, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Chai elephant, David Hancocks, Merritt Clifton, Oklahoma City Zoo & Botanical Garden, Woodland Park Zoo

Winter, star of Dolphin’s Tale, showed aquariums can thrive as rescue centers

November 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Winter’s 16 summers helped to bring a new dawn for captive wildlife             CLEARWATER, Florida––Winter,  16,  an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin who spent almost her entire life at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium after losing her tail to a blue crab trap at just two months of age,  died on November 11,  2021 from a twisted intestine. […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dana Zucker, James "Buddy" Powell, Kevin Carroll, Mary Mosely, Merritt Clifton, Shelly Marquardt, Stephen McCullough, Sunset Sam

Marine mammal activist Ben White,  53,  dies of abdominal cancer

July 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Long problematic career Ben White,  53,  died on July 30,  2005,  in Friday Harbor, Washington,  after a six-month struggle against abdominal cancer. White “cut open dolphin-holding nets in Japan,  scaled buildings to hang anti-fur banners, jumped in front of naval ships in Hawaii to stop sonar tests,  and slept atop old-growth trees to protest logging,” […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Faroe Islands, Humane history, Iceland, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill Wewer, Clair George, David Howitt, Feld Entertainment, Kathleen Marquardt, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Rick Spill, Rod Coronado

Former child star chimp Cobby, 63, had troubling hidden past

June 12, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“Golden age of television” survivor had caregivers influential in the rise of animal rights opposition to zoos and circuses SAN FRANCISCO––The San Francisco Zoo chimpanzee Cobby,  63,  who died on June 5,  2021,  was remembered by mass media as “the oldest male chimp living in an accredited North American zoo.” But that may have been the […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Obituaries (human), Sanctuaries, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Arlan Seidon, Carroll Soo-Hoo, Donna McRae, Merritt Clifton, Murray Hill, Violet Soo-Hoo

Animal deaths at Primarily Primates were not “acts of God”

February 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Why was Primarily Primates less ready for the Texas freeze than a pizza parlor?             SAN ANTONIO,  Texas––“After 4 days without power, we finally have electricity back at the sanctuary!” Primarily Primates posted on the morning of February 19,  2021. “Due to the tenuous situation here in Texas,”  the posting added,  “we will be using […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry Kent MacKay, Brooke Chavez, Carroll Soo-Hoo, Lynn Cuny, Merritt Clifton, Nicole Rivard, Priscilla Feral, Vernon Weir, Violet Soo-Hoo, Wally Swett

Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, follows tiger act partner Roy Horn, 75, in death

January 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Illusionist Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, created image of partner Horn as “positive reinforcement” trainer & conservationist Both were role models for “Joe Exotic” et al             LAS VEGAS––Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher,  81,  died of pancreatic cancer on January 14,  2021,  at the Las Vegas home he had shared with Roy Horn,  his partner in life […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Obituaries (human), Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Chris Lawrence, Doc Antle, Joe Exotic, Merritt Clifton, Robert McFadden, Roy Horn, Siegfried Fischbacher

Legendary giant turtle, believed extinct, resurfaces in Hanoi lake

January 1, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Five years after the “last” giant softshell turtle died,  one and possibly three more turn up, plus one in zoo             HANOI, Vietnam––Five years after the January 2016 death of Cu Rua in Hoan Kiem Lake plunged Vietnam into national mourning for the legendary giant softshell turtle,  then believed to have been the last of […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Soft-shelled turtles, Southeast Asia, Turtles, Vietnam Tagged With: Cu Rua, Dong Mo Lake, Ha Dinh Duc, Hoan Kiem Lake, Merritt Clifton, Robert Swinhoe

Trixie the whale shark dies young at the Georgia Aquarium

December 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Three whale sharks left of six brought from Taiwan in 2006-2007             ATLANTA, Georgia––Trixie the whale shark,  who could have lived up to 130 years in the wild,  died on November 27,  2020 after just 14 years at the Georgia Aquarium. Trixie,  believed to have been about 32 feet long,  still about eight feet short […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Taiwan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: David Malakoff, Elson Aca, Eric Hoffmayer, Janet McConaughey, Merritt Clifton, Morari Bapu

Takaya the “sea wolf” headed for home, but hunter shot him

April 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Lived for eight years almost within sight of British Columbia provincial parliament             VICTORIA, B.C.,  Canada––Takaya,  10,  the “sea wolf” star of the 2019 CBC Nature of Things documentary “Takaya: Lone Wolf,”  was on March 24,  2020 shot by a hunter near Shawnigan Lake,  British Columbia,  possibly after being chased and/or mauled by the hunter’s […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Native American beliefs, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Predators, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Darimont, Chris Genovalli, Gosia Bryja, Leyland Chacco, Merritt Clifton, Paul Paquet

Arun Rangsi, 39, “heart gibbon” of IPPL founder Shirley McGreal

December 23, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Arun Rangsi was living link to IPPL origins             SUMMERVILLE,  South Carolina––“The International Primate Protection League is devastated to report the loss of our first lab gibbon, Arun Rangsi,  who was also my ‘heart gibbon,’”  IPPL founder Shirley McGreal posted to social media. Arun Rangsi was a living link to IPPL cofounder Ardith Eudey,  Ph.D.,  a […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ardith Eudey, Belton Mouras, Bo Petersen, Jan Moor-Jankowski, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Vernon Weir

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