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Prince Charles, sea lice, & why salmon farming stinks

July 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Norwegian investors hope to delouse the salmon industry with new facility in Maryland BALTIMORE, Maryland––Salmon farming stinks. Business media worldwide have for weeks failed to mention that fact in amplifying a July 7,  2020 announcement that the Norwegian firm AquaCon plans to build a $300 million land-based salmon farm on the eastern shore of Chesapeake […]

Filed Under: Canada, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Marine life, Meat issues, Norway, Scandinavia, Scotland, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: John Robins, Merritt Clifton, Paal Haldorsen, Prince Charles, Rob Edwards, Yonathan Zohar

Wrestler Megan Milner is first Canadian pit bull fatality of 2020

June 14, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Milner is fifth of six dog attack deaths in two weeks, four by pit bulls             HALIFAX, Nova Scotia––Wrestler,  martial arts expert,  and experienced pit bull owner Megan Milner,  38,  of Middle Musquodoboit,  Nova Scotia,  on the morning of June 9,  2020 became the twentieth known pit bull fatality of the year in the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Breeding, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Shelters, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Brittany Duncan, Joan Sinden, Megan Milner, Meghan MacAdams, Merritt Clifton, Paul Hollingsworth

Fatal truck crash spotlights lack of attention to safety in dog transport

May 21, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Pit bull rescue was hauling 48 dogs to Canada             SHELLEY, Idaho;  PHOENIX, Arizona––Dog rescue-and-rehomers elsewhere around the U.S. on May 20,  2020 celebrated “National Rescue Dog Day.” Many from Phoenix,  Arizona,  and southern Idaho,  however,  searched the hills and woods around U.S. Interstate 15 milepost 105,  just south of Shelley,  Idaho,  for nine dogs––mostly […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, The Americas, USA Tagged With: "English" John Murray, Amanda Cevering, Ann Watson, Christopher Kracht, Merritt Clifton

Pandas follow the Calgary Stampede out of town––and back to China

May 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

COVID-19 red ink left the Calgary Zoo with a black-and-white choice  CALGARY,  Alberta,  Canada––Giving up hope that a rare giant panda exhibit will continue to pay for itself––and of managing to keep the pandas fed through the COVID-19 pandemic––the Calgary Zoological Society on May 12,  2020 disclosed to media that it has asked the Canadian […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Canada, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, The Americas, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Anugrah Andriansyah, Clement Lanthier, Da Mao, Er Shun, Jia Panpan, Jia Yueyue, Merritt Clifton, Stephen Harper

Kathi Travers, 69, vehemently non-“animal rights” animal advocate

April 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Legendary for deeds with ASPCA & WSPA,  but worked nearly twice as long for the British Columbia SPCA in St. George             PRINCE GEORGE,  British Columbia,  Canada––If Kathi Travers,  69,  could still shout aloud,  she might be shouting yet,  more than six months later,  about the first sentence of her Prince George Citizen obituary. Belatedly […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Caribbean, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, The Americas, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Andrew Dickson, Gene Reitnauer, George Travers, Jo Graber, Kathleen Waldrop, Mary Tyler Moore, Merritt Clifton, Roger Caras, Sarah Schweitzer

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

COVID-19 hot tip for coffee growers:  don’t go [email protected]#$% nuts!

March 17, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

COVID-19 shows “Eat @#$% & die!” is a warning,  not a metaphor KUNMING,  China;  LONDON, U.K.;  SEATTLE––One might imagine that the midst of a global pandemic of COVID-19,  a disease apparently originating in bats, would not be the best time for selling bat-processed coffee. At this writing,  COVID-19 has infected nearly 175,000 people,  worldwide,  killing […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Bats, Central America, China, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Mexico, Science, The Americas, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Jane Qiu, Lin-Fa Wang, Merritt Clifton, Shi Zhengli

“Invasive” grey squirrels, feral pigs, & rats: leave ’em alone, say scientists

February 29, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Studies suggest grey squirrel, feral pig,  & rat control are barking up the wrong tree BELFAST;  GUAM;  VANCOUVER––“Invasive” grey squirrels are allegedly extirpating red squirrels in the British Isles by transmitting squirrel pox. Feral pigs allegedly run amok to the detriment of rare native plants on Guam,  a remote Pacific island. Rats present a perennial […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Canada, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Fur trapping, Hunting & trapping, Ireland, Isles, Pacific islands & other, Scotland, The Americas, United Kingdom, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann Marie Gawel, Becca Cudmore, Brandon Keim, Chelsea Himsworth, David Tosh, Joshua P Twining, Merritt Clifton, Robbin Lindsay

Are conservationists becoming an endangered species?

February 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Three alleged murders among five recent deaths of note The butterfly guys             OCAMPO,  Mexico––Monarch butterfly conservationists Homero Gómez González, 50,  and Raúl Hernández Romero,  44,  were found dead on January 29,  2020 and February 1,  2020,  respectively,  at the El Rosario butterfly preserve that they helped to found and develop […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Indonesia, Latin America, Marine life, Mexico, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: David Bellamy, Golfrid Siregar, Hans Nicholas Jong, Homero Gómez González, Michael Krützen, Norm Rosen, Raúl Hernández Romero

Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2019 log

January 5, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Breeding, Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, The Americas, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Merritt Clifton

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