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Finches found in hair curlers: trafficked to sing, or to fight?

June 29, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Singing said to be behind smuggling busts,  but the money may be in fights among caged finches NEW YORK, N.Y.––Circumstantial evidence hints that some or perhaps all of a parade of men caught in the act of allegedly bootlegging Guyanese seed finches into the U.S.,  purportedly to sell for use in high-stakes singing contests,  might […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Indonesia, Other animal fighting, South America, Southeast Asia, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Francis Gurahoo, Gabriel Harper, Jurames Goulart, Merritt Clifton, Natalie Musumeci, Nonato Raimundo, Sebastian Andrade

Last acts for animal circuses in Russia, India, New Jersey, & Hawaii

January 2, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Russian law protects Moscow State Circus monopoly             MOSCOW,  NEW DELHI––New legislation in Russia,  whose circuses have for almost a century been the most attended worldwide,  and in India,  where the circus tradition started,  appear to be among the final acts in several thousand years of traveling exhibitions of performing animals. The new Russian “Law […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Elephants, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Mexico, Organizations, Russia, Show, South America, Spectacles, The Americas, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Jacob Croninshield, Merritt Clifton, Thomas Chipperfield, Varda Mehotra, Vladimir Putin

Over-counting jaguars, over-estimating poaching

November 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

1964-1966 flood rescue data suggests there were never as many jaguars in Suriname as World Animal Protection claims have been poached PARAMARIBO,  Suriname––Claims recently amplified on social media about the alleged extent of jaguar poaching in Suriname appear to have inflated at most a handful of rare,  scattered incidents occurring over many years into a […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, South America, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alan Rabinowitz, Alex Muiruri, George Schaller, Jane Dalton, John Walsh, Merritt Clifton, Nicholas Bruschi

“We can still save them”: wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz, 65

August 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

The “Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation” was an optimist in a field dominated by doom-and-gloom              NEW YORK CITY––Wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz died of cancer on August 5,  2018 in Manhattan, New York City,  after an 18-year struggle that began with a diagnosis of leukemia in 2001 and spanned most of the achievements for […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Central America, Central Asia, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Mexico, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Politics, South America, Southeast Asia, Thailand, The Americas, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashley Yeager, George Schaller, Lily Huang, Peter Popham, Salisa Rabinowitz, Tibor Krausz

Yellow fever mosquitoes now killing at 10 times the rate of pit bulls

March 25, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Monkey killings contribute to disease outbreak death tolls in Brazil & India             RIO DE JANEIRO,  Brazil;  SINGHUDURG,  India––Panic-driven monkey massacres are contributing to human illness and death,  with yellow fever deaths up 60% since the end of fiscal 2017,  and could help to spark global epidemics,  warn Brazilian health officials. More than 718 Brazilians […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, South America, The Americas, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Fabiana Lucena, Jack Woodall, Merritt Clifton, Tom Youill

Death of Florida 6-year-old reminds that bat rabies can strike anywhere

January 21, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Humans & bats evolved to live in frequent proximity, yet rarely meet. That keeps us both safe.             ORLANDO,  Florida––The January 14,  2018 death of Ryker Roque,  6,  at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando,  just 20 minutes from Disney World and half an hour from Walt Disney’s Wild Animal Kingdom,  came as […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Bats, Caribbean, Central America, Dogs, Feature Home Bottom, Mexico, Rabies, South America, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Henry Roque, Jeanna Giese, Martin Hugh-Jones, Merritt Clifton, Michelle Roque, Pablo Beldomenico, Rodney Willoughby, Ryker Roque

Russ Rector, “the feared activist feared even among activists,” dead at 69

January 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Said of marine mammal parks, “We’re all showing our age,  but I don’t have to pass building inspections.”             FORT LAUDERDALE,  Florida––Russ Rector,  69,  a former Ocean World dolphin trainer whose campaigns on behalf of marine mammals later closed Ocean World,  unexpectedly died from natural causes at about 10:00 p.m. on January 7,  2018. Though […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Humane history, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, South America, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Aldemaro Romero, Alex Kompothecras, Bill Wewer, Billy Causey, Dawn Branchau, Ignacio Agudo, Jonathan Kendall, Linda Rector, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Rick Spill, Rick Trout

Time Is Short And The Water Rises

July 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by John Walsh with Robert Gannon (E.P. Dutton & Co.,  1967.  224 pages,  hardcover.) Reviewed by Merritt Clifton One can still find battered copies of Time Is Short And The Water Rises through online book search services,  often selling for less than the orignal cover price of $6.95,  plus postage.  My copy was discarded years […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, South America, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Eric Hansen, Hope Ryden, John Walsh, Merritt Clifton, Robert Gannon

Favor to speedboaters: Trump administration downlists manatees

April 1, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

But manatees may benefit from global warming           HOMOSASSA SPRINGS,  Florida––After a record 104 Florida manatees were killed by speeding boaters in 2016,  one might almost expect the March 30,  2017 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announcement that Florida manatees are no longer officially endangered to be followed by a shout of “April Fool!” But […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Central America, Conservation, Endangered species, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, Mexico, South America, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Craig Pittman, Frank Jackalone, James "Buddy" Powell, Merritt Clifton

Animal advocates cleared of Macarena barrio, Bogota bullring bombing

February 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

24 police,  two civilians injured;  six critical          BOGOTA,  Colombia––Preliminary investigation indicates that anti-bullfighting activists had nothing to do with a bombing on the morning of February 19,  2017 that rocked the Plaza de Toros La Santa María in El Barrio La Macarena. El Barrio La Macarena is the Bogota neighborhood where […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, South America, Spectacles, The Americas Tagged With: Enrique Penalosa, Gustavo Petro, Hoover Penilla, Joshua Goodman

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