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Betty White, 99, “white-washed” animal use industries for 50 years

January 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Betty White reputation for animal advocacy rewrites history             LOS ANGELES––Betty White,  99,  a radio and television actress,  producer,  talk show and game show personality whose broadcast career began at eight years old in 1930,  died on December 31,  2021,  just 18 days before what would have been her 100th birthday. Most of the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Screen industry, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Allen Ludden, Bea Arthur, Gail Eisnitz, Koko, Merritt Clifton, Michael Mountain, Penny Patterson, Sean Hawkins

E.O. Wilson, counter-evolutionary “evolutionary biologist,” dies at 92

December 29, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

E.O. Wilson considered himself the Charles Darwin of our time,  but contradicted many basic Darwinian precepts Edward Osborne Wilson,  92,  better known as E.O. Wilson,  died on December 26,  2021 in Burlington, Massachusetts,  16 miles north of Cambridge,  where he was for 46 years a star member of the Harvard University biology faculty. Wilson was perhaps […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Christianity, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Insects, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Ehrlich, Charles Darwin, Deborah Gordon, James Watson, Lynn Margulis, Mary Midgely, Merritt Clifton, Niles Eldridge, Paul Ehrlich, Stephen Jay Gould

Save Animals Initiative cofounder Anil Malhotra, 80

December 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Anil & Pamela Gale Malhotra created reputedly the largest non-governmentally managed wildlife sanctuary in India Anil Malhotra,  80,  died on November 22,  2021 at the SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary he and his wife Pamela Gale Malhotra cofounded in 1991 at Theralu Village & Post,  South Kodagu,  Karnataka state,  India. Posted Pamela Gale Malhotra to […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Birds, Elephants, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Reptiles, Snakes, Tigers, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Pamela Gale Malhotra, SAI Sanctuary

Robert Dole: why did Pacelle, Amundson, & Bershadker inflate his record?

December 9, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Robert Dole,  at best,  had a good record on animal issues for a Trumpist––but he was no Hubert Humphrey,  nor even a Richard Nixon Robert Joseph Dole,  98,  the 1996 Republican presidential nominee,  U.S. Senator from Kansas 1969-1996,  and a Kansas member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1960-1968,  died on December 5,  2021. Lauded […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Mice & rats, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Pigs, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Slaughter, Slaughter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Elizabeth Dole, Hubert Humphrey, Jesse Helms, Lyndon Johnson, Matt Bershadker, Merritt Clifton, Richard Nixon, Sara Amundson, Wayne Pacelle

Fauci vs. the White Coat Waste Project: did Hans Ruesch sire the conflict?

December 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

And who was auto racer, author, & anti-vivisectionist Hans Ruesch,  anyhow? The conservative-leaning anti-vivisection organization White Coat Waste Project has since August 11,  2021 issued frequent flamboyant appeals and media releases associating 37-year National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases chief Anthony Fauci,  80,  with a variety of cruel and gruesome experiments on beagles and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Isles, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Sports, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA Tagged With: Anthony Bellotti, Anthony Fauci, Dick Seaman, Hans Ruesch, Merritt Clifton

International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal, 87

November 23, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocate,  teacher, conservationist,  investigative journalist,  and beloved friend to primates,  both human and nonhuman              SUMMERVILLE,  South Carolina––“With heavy hearts,  we are informing Shirley’s many friends that she died Saturday morning,”   the International Primate Protection League posted to founder Shirley McGreal’s Facebook page on November 21,  2021. McGreal,  87,  “had been in declining health […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Isles, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, U.S., United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann Koros, Ardith Eudey, Beth Clifton, Colin Groves, Cyril Rosen, Diane Taylor-Snow, Geza Telecki, James Mahoney, Jean Martin, Leonie Vejjajiva, Lynette Shanley, Matthew Block, Merritt Clifton, Milka Knezevic-Ivaskovic

Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts

November 21, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Author of Animal Rights & Human Morality and The Unheeded Cry FORT COLLINS,  Colorado––Bernard Elliot Rollin,  Ph.D.,  78,  better known as just Bernie Rollin,  died on November 19,  2021. Remembered and appreciated as an entertaining,  provocative,  and often persuasive bridge among the animal rights,  animal welfare,  academic,  veterinary,  and legal communities during his 51 years […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Spay/neuter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: David DeGrazia, Fred Allison, Henry Spira, Jeff Dodge, Linda Rollin, Merritt Clifton, Rene Descartes, Richard Avanzino, Richard Bonner

Gary Tiscornia, 75, headed Michigan Humane & Monterey County SPCA

November 19, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Led Michigan Humane recovery post-David Wills             TUCSON,  Arizona––Gary Tiscornia,  75,  died on October 14,  2021 in Tucson,  Arizona,  his home for much of his childhood,  his university and early professional years,  and in retirement after 41 years of leading or helping to lead the Humane Society of Tucson,  the Michigan Humane Society,  the Society […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Circuses, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Rodeo, Shelters, Spectacles, USA Tagged With: David Wills, Eileen Liska-Stronczer, Eric Mills, Gary Francione, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi, Waldo Tiscornia, Warren Cox

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

Animal friends Kim Crumbo, David Amess, & Ali Laoual Abagana remembered

November 1, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Rewilding Earth board member,  Member of Parliament,  & giraffe advocate at CITES Crumbo presumed dead in Shoshone Lake,  Yellowstone National Park Conservationist Kim Crumbo,  74,  remembered by Project Coyote founder Camilla Fox as “a true environmental hero for wildlife and wildlands,”  has been missing and presumed dead since September 20,  2021,  when the remains of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Isles, Laws, Niger, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ali Harbi Ali, Camilla Fox, Mark O’Neill, Merritt Clifton, Roger Gale, Rosie Awori

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