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Farley Mowat, 92, author of Never Cry Wolf, A Whale for the Killing, and Sea of Slaughter

May 8, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Farley McGill Mowat, 92, collapsed and died on May 6, 2014 at his longtime home in Port Hope, Ontario, six days short of his 93rd birthday. Possibly the most widely read Canadian author ever, Mowat produced more than 40 books, mostly with pro-animal themes, which sold more than 17 million copies and were translated into […]

Filed Under: Canada, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), The Americas Tagged With: Farley Mowat, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson

Remembering Ed Blotzer, 1924-2002

April 29, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness posts tribute Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on April 29,  2014 published a YouTube “Tribute to Ed Blotzer,”  featuring two video clips showing the late longtime volunteer humane officer on the job in 1988 and 1989. The clips demonstrate how Blotzer used a neatly uniformed appearance,  professional demeanor,  and emphasis […]

Filed Under: Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human) Tagged With: Ed Blotzer

Elephant Family founder Mark Shand, 62

April 26, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

            Mark Shand, 62, died on April 23, 2014 from a head injury suffered in a fall when he reportedly tried to re-enter a New York City bar through a revolving door, after smoking a cigarette outside. Shand,  the younger brother of British Prince Charles’ wife Camilla Parker Bowles, was author of the 1992 British […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Elephants, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Wildlife Tagged With: Help In Suffering, Mark Shand, Merritt Clifton, Parbati Barua

Anne Doncaster, 76, founder or cofounder of four noted animal advocacy organizations

April 25, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Anne Doncaster,  76,  founder or cofounder of four noted animal advocacy organizations,  died of cancer on April 19,  2014 in Toronto,  Ontario. Born Anne Procter,  in 1962 she married former Mississauga Board of Trade president David Doncaster,  who survives her,  and raised three daughters before becoming involved in animal advocacy. Recalled Mississauga.com,  “Anne Doncaster attended […]

Filed Under: Canada, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), The Americas Tagged With: Anne Doncaster, Barry Kent MacKay, Merritt Clifton, Toronto Humane Society

Wildlife in America author Peter Matthiessen, 86

April 22, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Saw CIA job as “free trip to Paris” Peter Matthiessen,  86,  died on April 5,  2014 at his home in Sagaponack, New York,  after a year-long struggle with leukemia. Raised in Manhattan,  in the same building as another later famous author,  George Plimpton,  who was two months older,  Matthiessen served in the U.S. Navy as […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human) Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Peter Mattheisen

Alleged Sariska tiger poacher Sansar Chand, 56, dies of cancer

April 2, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Imprisoned since 2005 JAIPUR,  India––Sansar Chand,  56,   on March 18,  2014 died of cancer at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur. Chand,  who spent his life mostly in New Delhi,  was scheduled to attend a hearing that day on charges pertaining to his role in poaching tigers out of Sariska National Park in 2004.  The […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Tigers, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Sansar Chand, Sariska

Virginia Handley, longtime California animal lobbyist, dies at 68

April 1, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Was also involved in performing arts Virginia Handley,  68,  was on March 20,  2014 found dead by a neighbor at her home in El Sobrante,  California.  Handley apparently died from natural causes. A second-generation animal advocate,  Virginia Handley and her mother Grace Handley cofounded the San Francisco-based Animal Switchboard information hotline in 1970,  assisted by […]

Filed Under: Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human) Tagged With: Merritt Clifton

Petco Foundation founding director Paul Jolly, 57

March 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Long struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease             Paul E. Jolly,  57,  died in his sleep on March 8,  2014 after a long struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. A 35-year employee of the Petco pet supply chain,  Jolly in 1999 became founding executive director of the Petco Foundation. Under Jolly the Petco […]

Filed Under: Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human) Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Paul Jolly, Petco

Terry DeGaw, 70, founder of the Serenity Springs Sanctuary

March 4, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Terry DeGaw,  70,  founder of the 20-year-old Serenity Springs Sanctuary in Forestburg,  Texas,  died of cancer on December 18,  2013.  Volunteers closed the 25-acre sanctuary,  transferring most of the resident pigs,  chickens,  horses,  donkeys,  dogs,  sheep,  cats,  and peacocks to the Atlasta Home Sanctuary in Ennis,  Texas.  Other sanctuaries and individuals adopted the rest.

Filed Under: Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human) Tagged With: Terry DeGaw

Molly Richardson, 85, director of Native Animal Rescue

March 4, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Molly Richardson,  85,  longtime director of Native Animal Rescue in Live Oak,  California,  died on January 19,  2014.  Born in India of British parents,  Richardson later lived in New Zealand,  before teaching for many years in Pacific Grove,  California. “The 30-year-old Native Animal Rescue was first operated out of the local animal shelter,”  recalled Jason Hoppin […]

Filed Under: Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human) Tagged With: Molly Richardson

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