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Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, follows tiger act partner Roy Horn, 75, in death

January 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Illusionist Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, created image of partner Horn as “positive reinforcement” trainer & conservationist Both were role models for “Joe Exotic” et al             LAS VEGAS––Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher,  81,  died of pancreatic cancer on January 14,  2021,  at the Las Vegas home he had shared with Roy Horn,  his partner in life […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Obituaries (human), Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Chris Lawrence, Doc Antle, Joe Exotic, Merritt Clifton, Robert McFadden, Roy Horn, Siegfried Fischbacher

Ice age rock art find exposes nearly 200 years of horse manure

December 14, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

The discovery does not improve  the case for horses having survived the Ice Ages in the Americas CHIRIBIQUETTE NATIONAL PARK, Colombia––Images of ice age horses,  among thousands of other animals painted along an eight-mile mural of rock art recently found in southern Colombia,  have revived hopes among wild horse advocates––and Mormon literalists––that horses somehow remained […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Beliefs, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mexico, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, The Americas, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife

Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House after Big Cat Rescue mauling

December 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Accident to volunteer emphasized need for the bill          TAMPA, Florida;  WASHINGTON D.C.–– December 3,  2020 began as a very bad day for Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin. But it was an even worse day for five-year volunteer Candy Couser,  69,  of Land O’Lakes,  Florida,  mauled by Kimba the tiger at the Big Cat […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Fitzpatrick, Candy Couser, Carole Baskin, Dan Bishop, Earl Blumenauer, Ed Case, Joe Exotic, Kevin Antle, Mike Quigley, Tim Stark

Philadelphia apologizes for killing African-American animal advocates

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

What if the MOVE cofounders had attended Cambridge,  or the Best Friends Animal Society cofounders had come from inner Philadelphia? PHILADELPHIA,  Pennsylvania;  KANAB,  Utah––The Philadelphia City Council on November 12,  2020 formally apologized for the May 13,  1985 bombing of a row house compound that killed 11 members of MOVE,  an inner city cult whose […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Delbert Africa, Gregory Castle, John Africa, Mary Ann deGrimston, Merritt Clifton, Michael Mountain, Ramona Africa

Mob destroys the Nigeria SPCA amid national crisis

October 24, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Similar attack trashed & looted renowned drill conservation project LAGOS,  Nigeria––Amid the chaos and violence engulfing Lagos,  the economic capital of Nigeria,  the October 14,  2020 mob destruction of the Nigeria SPCA has so far not even won local media coverage. But the attack crippled the oldest institution in Nigeria that offers humane education and  […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Disasters, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Nigeria, Sanctuaries, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ayodele Williams, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Bada Olamilekan, Emmanuel Eyoh, Lisa Gadsby, Merritt Clifton, Peter Jenkins, Trevor Scott

Kevin “Doc” Antle’s secret life on the lam from Iowa

October 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges?             RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin “Doc” Antle,  who styles himself “Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle,”  appears to have spent most of his adult life trying to  avoid being identified with his youth in Bettendorf,  Iowa,  never once mentioned in any of dozens of interviews with him collected by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Barbara Fisher, Carole Baskin, Christian Dall’Acqua, Don Elroy, Ellen Dahnke, Jack Hanna, Joe Exotic, John Weinhart, Keith Wilson, Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle, Merritt Clifton, Sue Pressman, Tawny Antle, Tilakum Antle

HSUS-backed Project Chimps drops lawsuit vs. whistleblowers

September 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Defamation case settled,  defendants vow to press on for sanctuary improvements             BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––In fewer than 20 terse words,  the Project Chimps sanctuary defamation lawsuit against former chimpanzee caregivers and whistleblowers Crystal Alba and Lindsay Vanderhooght ended on August 14,  2020: “Plaintiff Project Chimps Inc.,”  said the legal paperwork,  filed in the U.S. District […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Liberia, Sanctuaries, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Brad Jakeman, Crystal Alba, Donny Moss, Lindsay Vanderhoogt, Merritt Clifton, Robert Ingersoll, Susan Atherton

Wildlife Waystation closure: where are the animals now?

August 24, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

32 chimps still need homes             SYLMAR, California––32 chimpanzees are the last residents of the former Wildlife Waystation sanctuary in Little Tujunga Canyon,  east of Glendale and Los Angeles. A year after Wildlife Waystation closed,  on August 13,  2019,  by order of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife,  finding the funds to rehome the […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Sanctuaries, Science, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Bob Wenners, Champ Davenport, Joe Taft, John Gregory, Martine Colette, Merritt Clifton

Anna Briggs lived for animal rights & no-kill before the movements existed

August 5, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Quiet personality long set an example,  yet did not emerge as a leader of causes Anna Catherine Briggs,  101,  died on February 15,  2011 in Berryville,  Virginia,  21 years after publishing her autobiography,  For the Love of Animals. For the Love of Animals,  a 122-page paperback, was written essentially as a fundraising device,  distributed chiefly to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Cats, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Top, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA Tagged With: Alice Morgan Wright, Ann Cottrell Free, Anna C. Briggs, Edith J. Goode, James P. Briggs, Merritt Clifton, Ruby Brown, Virginia W. Sargent

Ape learning experiments? When will humans ever learn?

June 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Whether chimps can talk is much less perplexing than whether humans can care for them adequately after research use BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––Few people visit Blue Ridge,  Georgia,  population fewer than 1,500 humans,  plus 78 chimpanzees retired from biomedical research use to the Project Chimps sanctuary. Quality of care issues have in 2020 emerged as a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Book & film reviews, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Lab animals, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, USA Tagged With: Bruce Wagman, Cleveland Amory, Crystal Alba, Donny Moss, Kathleen Conlee, Lindsay Vanderhoogt, Merritt Clifton, Nim Chimpsky, Robert Ingersoll

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