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Hawaii wildfires: who is helping animals on smoldering Maui?

August 11, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Communications down,  info scarce,  but rescuers are on the job WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii––With 53 human dead and counting,  1,700 homes burned,  3,000 acres razed,  cell phone and internet service down all over the island,  and more than 13,000 people homeless,  animal news from the Maui fire disaster area as of the evening of August 10,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Bats, Birds, Cats, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Bryan Kortis, Cathy Goegel, Catopia Hawaii, Dawn Pfendler, Laurelee Blanchard, Merritt Clifton, Nicole Rockett

Birds killing cats? Avian flu hits cats in Poland, FIP hits cats in Cyprus

July 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

FIP rages.  Avian flu outbreaks among cats are few,  but hint at increasing vulnerability of mammals to bird diseases NICOSIA, Cyprus;  WARSAW,  Poland;  HELSINKI Finland––Potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks hitting cats in Cyprus and Poland,  and farmed foxes in Finland,  have epidemiologists worried about emerging mutant strains of feline infectious peritonitis,  a coronavirus best known as […]

Filed Under: Behavior & health, Birds, Cats, Chickens, Disease, Dogs & Cats, Ducks & geese, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Food, Global, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Poland, Poultry, Wildlife Tagged With: Danièlle Gunn-Moore, Dinos Ayiomamitis, HPAI H5N1, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Beldomenico, ProMED, Sarah Newey

One African-American journalist’s view of John James Audubon

March 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

by Roger Witherspoon (Roger Witherspoon,  a member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors,  has reported about environmental issues for more than 50 years;  developed the global Save The Tiger program for the Exxon Corporation;  and cofounded the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists,   the first chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.) John James […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Beliefs, Birds, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forest, National Audubon Society, Roger Witherspoon, Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Elliot Smith

Audubon: brand recognition trumps what J.J. Audubon actually did

March 17, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

National Audubon Society squirms against truth that J.J. Audubon bought & sold slaves,  robbed graves,  shot birds with no thought of conservation,  & was a scientific fraud NEW YORK CITY––The National Audubon Society board of directors on March 15,  2023 voted to retain the Audubon name,  but the vote scarcely ends nearly two years of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: abolitionists, Ann Fabian, George Bird Grinnell, Gregory Nobles, Merritt Clifton, National Audubon Society, Peter Matthiessen

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

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

Bird flu means “cage free” & “free range” hens can run around indoors in the dark

May 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Cage free” & “free range” producers protect their “girls” by keeping them in jail Think that “cage-free” or “free-range” label on a box of eggs or meat package amounts to more than bull-feathers? Even if it is certified by any of the major farmed product certification organizations? Amid the current global H5N1 high pathogenic avian […]

Filed Under: Birds, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Ducks & geese, Eggs, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, France, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Poultry, Turkeys, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: Certified Humane, H5N1, Merritt Clifton, Pete & Gerry's, Sybille De La Hamaide, Tom Polansek, Vital Farms

Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth

May 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming,  chemical pollution,  and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Birds, Birds, Birds, Caribbean, Central Asia, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dog attacks, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Meat issues, Organizations, Other, Other species, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Police & military, Population control, Rabies, Religion & philosophy, Service dogs, Slaughter, South Africa, Street dogs, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Zimbabwe Tagged With: bald eagle, California condor, David Semple, Evan Buechley, Jim Sterba, Merritt Clifton, rabies, Scott Weidensaul, William F. Harvey

“Birds Aren’t Real” ––if only those in poultry barns were not

May 8, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The good news is,  vegan food technology means the birds on the menu need not be real MEMPHIS,  Tennessee––The avian advocacy world is still aflutter,  a week after CBS News 60 Minutes reporter Sharyn Alfonsi extensively exposed the “Birds Aren’t Real” hoax conspiracy theory orchestrated from Memphis by 24-year-old University of Arkansas dropout and former […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Turkeys, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cameron Kasky, Karen Davis, Merritt Clifton, Peter McIndoe, Respect for Chickens, Sharyn Alfonsi, United Poultry Concerns

Will bird flu cut the U.S. appetite for chicken, eggs, ducks, & turkey?

April 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Public notices eagle deaths & higher prices             CHICAGO,  Illinois––Soaring egg prices,  bald eagles dropping from the skies in at least 14 states,  and 200 dead birds found at Baker Lake in the Forest Preserves of Cook County,  forty miles northwest of Chicago,  in mid-April 2022 began to bring the mainstream mass media spotlight to […]

Filed Under: Birds, Canada, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Poultry, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Big Red Farms, Brome Lake Ducks, Cook County Forest Preserves, Grady Ferguson, Gro Intelligence, Merritt Clifton, Michael Foods, Nick Hytrek

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