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Advocate for shooting seals turns to pushing hunt for Sasquatch

March 2, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

But seals are still getting shot GREENBANK, Washington––The hunt for whoever is shooting harbor seals,  apparently from a boat,  along the west side of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  intertwines with the hunt for the mythical Sasquatch,  but no,  Sasquatch is not shooting seals,  nor is Sasquatch in any danger of being shot. Yet another young female […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Marine life, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Garry Heinrich, Harrison Mills, Justin Humphrey, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Thomas Sewid

Who shot pregnant harbor seals? Thomas Sewid encouraged it.

January 27, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Seal hater even buys ammo for seal killers             DINES POINT, Washington––Who apparently cruised along the east shore of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  shotgunning pregnant harbor seals on or about January 24,  2023 is as yet officially unknown. ANIMALS 24-7 spent much of January 26,  2023 examining the bloated,  eagle-pecked remains of harbor seal victims,  and […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Meat issues, Native American beliefs, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sea otters, Seals, The Americas, U.S., USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Becca Jaffe, Beth Clifton, Dines Point, Merritt Clifton, Pacific Balance Marine Management, Pacific Balance Pinniped Society

Caribbean tax shelter wants to kill 450 tiny vervet monkeys––why?

January 20, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Technically not a banana republic,  Sint Maarten acts like one PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten––Suddenly globally infamous for a scheme to exterminate an estimated 450 feral vervet monkeys,  who have colonized the 16-square-mile Caribbean island nation for nearly 400 years,  the former Dutch colony of Sint Maarten might be considered a banana republic. Sint Maarten does have […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Caribbean, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, The Americas, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alice Manley, Dave Du Toit, Eusebio Richardson, Leslie Hickerson, Merritt Clifton, Nature Foundation St. Maarten, vervet

Did a deer hunter murder Goldie Smith? By accident, or was it a hit?

January 11, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Killed by arrow in deer hunting stronghold,  but in mid-town STEELTON,  Pennsylvania––Imagine an avid archery deer hunter,  a poacher actually,  who spots a big buck in rut just before dawn on Chambers Hill,  overlooking Steelton,  Pennsylvania. Leaving his pickup truck,  the archer follows the buck down into town through several cemeteries and/or the Dauphin Highlands […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Canada, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Anders Erikkson, Anthony Bilodeau, Cha Vang, Chambers Hill, Donald Rogerson, Jacob Sansom, Karen Wood, Maurice Cardinal, Merritt Clifton, Roger Bilodeau, Steelton, Susquehanna

Dogs killed 62 Americans & three Canadians in 2022; pit bulls killed 41

January 6, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Deaths due to dog eclipse previous records.  Deaths by pit bull might;  it’s all in how you count them. Dogs caused the deaths of a record 62 Americans and three Canadians in 2022,  the fortieth consecutive year that ANIMALS 24-7 has logged fatal and disfiguring dog attacks occurring throughout the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. […]

Filed Under: Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Bennard, Betty Ann "Rusty" Williams, Evangeline Brooks, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Sheeks, Olivia Grace Floyd, Pam Robb

International animal advocacy influencer Brian Davies dies at 87

December 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Founded IFAW to fight the Atlantic Canada seal hunt             CAPE COD,  Massachusetts––Brian Davies,  87,  founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare,  Network for Animals,  the Political Animal Lobby,  and Animal Survival International,  died after a prolonged illness on December 27,  2022. Born on February 4,  1935 in Tonyrefail,  Wales,  an impoverished mining village,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Isles, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, Seals, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Doncaster, Anne Streeter, Brigitte Bardot, Gloria Davies, Harry Rowsell, IFAW, International Wildlife Coaliton, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Stephen Best, Tom Hughes

Shooting cats to save lizards, or to please billionaire birders?

December 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Cayman Islands may have more billionaires’ mansions than rock iguanas,  but cats are not to blame             GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands––If free-roaming cats were really a significant threat to iguanas––of any subspecies––one might expect most of Florida to be devoid of iguanas. Florida,  after all,  has reputedly the most optimal habitat for feral cats […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Caribbean, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Reptiles, Sea turtles, The Americas, Turtles, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, Cayman National Trust, Cayman Turtle Farm, Darwin Plus, David Fleshler, Fred Burton, Merritt Clifton, Tamlin Magee

Pit bull body count (& other breeds too)

December 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

• Dogs killed 62 Americans & three Canadians in 2022; pit bulls killed 41 • Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2021 log • 10-year totals: pit bulls kill 81% of pets & livestock animals killed by dogs • How many other animals did dogs––& pit bulls––kill in 2021? • All 56 of the 2021 […]

Filed Under: Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, The Americas, USA

Sea pen fish farming ordered to cease along entire U.S. west coast

November 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Washington forced shutdown follows bans in California,  Oregon,  & Alaska OLYMPIA,  Washington––Sea pen fish farming––if Cooke Aquaculture complies with a November 18,  2022 order from Washington state public lands commissioner Hilary Franz––is within two weeks of abolition along the entire west coast of the United States. The Franz order,  unfortunately,  may not be a win […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cooke Aquaculture, Hilary Franz, Hope Island, Merritt Clifton, Rich Passage

Georgia pit bull owner hit with rare criminal charges in mother’s death

October 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fewer than 15% of fatal dog attacks bring prosecutions of dog owners LaGRANGE, Georgia––Rosetta Marian Russell Gesselman, 81,  of La Grange,  Georgia,  on October 7,  2022 became the 56th dog attack fatality of the year in the U.S. and Canada. Forty-three of the 56 dog attack victims thus far in 2022 were not the actual […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Brandy Lee Dowdy, Denis Ivan Bagarić, Matthew Leroy Satchell, Merritt Clifton, Olivia Grace Floyd, Penny Lee Bashlor, Rise Jo Morrow, Samuel Joseph Cartwright, Shalom Guifarro, Shamaine Cato, Stephen Christopher Kachmar, Tongia Gesselman

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