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Worst horse movie ever made? Wild Beauty:  Mustang Spirit of the West

May 15, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

It ain’t a horse opera because the fat lady doesn’t sing Wild Beauty:  Mustang Spirit of the West Directed by Ashley Avis.  Premiered on May 12,  2023. 101 minutes https://wildbeautyfoundation.org/films/wild-beauty-documentary/ Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Never before,  in almost a century of combined experience with equines and in environmental journalism,  have the ANIMALS 24-7 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Sheep & goats, USA, Wildlife

New Zealand exempts cats from killing contest, finds cure for FIP

April 24, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

But all other land predators & even non-native waterfowl remain in the crosshairs CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand––Nationally hellbent on destroying any semblance of a natural,  normal predator/prey ecology since the introduction of the Predator Free 2050 program in 2012,  New Zealand might be the last place the rest of the world might expect to produce a […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunting & trapping, Population control, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Lynley Tulluch, Merritt Clifton, North Canterbury Hunting, Patrick Gower, Rotherham School, Tam Garland

Even the giant new Wild Horse Refuge can’t catch up to the mustang surplus

February 9, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Sanctuaries & anti-slaughter legislation address the wrong end of the problem             DENVER, Colorado––Wild horse advocates rejoiced on February 8,  2023 when the $29-million-a-year Wild Animal Sanctuary announced the purchase of 22,450 acres near Craig in northwest Colorado,  to become The Wild Horse Refuge. “Spanning 29 square miles,  a landmass larger than Manhattan,  the refuge […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Slaughter, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Bureau of Land Management, Julie Marshall, Merritt Clifton, Pat Craig, Wild Horse Refuge, William Perry Pendley

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

Cat-friendly Portland Audubon director Bob Sallinger retires

December 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fought against many schemes to kill one species to “help” another             PORTLAND,  Oregon––Few changings of the guard anticipated among animal advocacy leadership in 2023 may be felt more than the impending retirement of Bob Sallinger,  55,  longtime public face of the 124-year-old Portland Audubon Society and a distinctly different voice from the stodgy,  conventional […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Elisabeth Neely, Merritt Clifton, peregrine falcons, Peter Wolf, spotted owl, Tweety & Sylvester

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

Monkey-laundering? Busts of lab suppliers follow 15 years of warnings

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Wild-caught macaques may have flooded into U.S. labs for more than 15 years before the feds moved to stop the traffic HONG KONG–Did a small amount of monkey-eating in southern China cover for the development of large amount of monkey trafficking from the wild to U.S. labs? ANIMALS 24-7 and the International Primate Protection League […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, China, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food & agriculture, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Legislation, Malaysia, Morocco, North Africa, Poaching & trafficking, Science, Science, Southeast Asia, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: International Primate Protection League, Masphal Kry, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Stephen Chen, Vanny

Smelling rats after alleged major mink release in Van Wert, Ohio

November 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The numbers & time frame don’t add up,  & neither does the money VAN WERT, Ohio––Something happened at a mink farm here.  What it is ain’t exactly clear,   despite saturation coverage by both local and national media. Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach announced on November 15,  2022 that his office “is investigating a […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Netherlands, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Allison Aye, Beatriz Gandara, Challis Hobbs, Leeyen Group, Lion Farms USA, Merritt Clifton, Pierre Leeijen, Rien Leeijen, TaTiana Cash

The Coasts of California, ecological apocalypse, & evolution

November 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Written & illustrated by Obi Kaufmann 639 pages $55.00 from HeydayBooks.com  Yes,  The Coasts of California would make an excellent holiday season gift for anyone interested in nature,  ecology, hiking,  or just in California generally,  if only by reason of living there and wanting to understand the habitat and the socio-economic and political issues associated […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Beliefs, Birds, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Marine life, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: E.O. Wilson, James Rust, Jean Jacques Roousseau, Merritt Clifton, Obi Kaufmann, Steve Wasserman

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