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Murder along the equator: seven die defending parrots & gorillas

January 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Colombian and Congolese wildlife guardians were ambushed RONCESVALLES,  Colombia;  VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK,  Democratic Republic of Congo––Simultaneous sad reminders of the human cost of wildlife conservation came on January 10,  2021 from the Reserva Loros Andinos in southwestern Colombia and Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Reserva Loros Andinos and Virunga […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, South America, Sub-Saharan, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Gonzalo Cardona Molina, Merritt Clifton, Reserva Loros Andinos, Virunga National Park

When parrot “conservation” consisted chiefly of shooting them

January 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Vista Nieve by Melbourne R. Carriker Blue Mantle Press (36901 Marshall Hutts Rd.,  Rio Hondo-Arroyo City, TX  78583),  2001.  312 pages,  paperback.  $18.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton On July 28,  2002,  Colombian ornithologists Jorge Velasquez and Alonso Quevado photographed 14 examples of Fuertes’ parrot among tall trees in an alpine forest near the summit of […]

Filed Under: Birds, Birds, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Poaching & trafficking, Wildlife Tagged With: Fuertes' parrot, Gonzalo Cardona Molina, Meb Carriker, Melbourne Carriker, Merritt Clifton, Roger Tory Peterson

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

January 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

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

Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming

January 12, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

From “Joe Exotic” to Wayne Pacelle             WASHINGTON D.C.––Soon-to-be-former U.S. President Donald Trump and his die-hard defenders who are now facing criminal charges for storming the U.S. National Capitol building on January 6,  2021 were scarcely the only big losers from the events of the day. Former U.S. Air Force security dog handler Ashli Babbitt,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Cats, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Ashli Babbitt, Blair Brandt, Bradley Lane Croft, Brian Sweeney, Donald Trump, Jake Angeli Chansley, Joe Arpaio, Joe Exotic, Lara Trump, Pinky Cole, Raphael Warnock, Slutty Vegan, Stacy Abrams, Wayne Pacelle

Barry Lopez, 75, “literary naturalist,” inspired animal advocates

January 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Death came four months after Lopez lost home of 50 years to wildfire Barry Lopez,  75,  died on Christmas Day 2020 in Eugene,  Oregon,  after a years-long battle with prostate cancer. Sometimes described as a “literary naturalist,”  Lopez wrote often about animals,  but hardly exclusively,  and as often about the animals of Native American myth and […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting practices, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Predators, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry Holstun, Dave Blanchard, Debra Gwartney, Mary Holstun, Merritt Clifton, Sandra Landers

Strychnine for Christmas: Alberta gift to wolves, caribou & other wildlife

December 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Big Bad Wolf blamed for habitat loss due to global warming             EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada––Again this Christmas season,  Alberta Environment & Parks will welcome Santa’s reindeer by setting out strychnine. The strychnine will be not for Santa,  nor for the reindeer,  the North American variety of whom are called caribou,  but rather for the Big […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Predators, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Weber, Carolyn Campbell, Cathy Ellis, Cliff Wallis, Dave Hervieux, Merritt Clifton, Patty Hajdu

Trixie the whale shark dies young at the Georgia Aquarium

December 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Three whale sharks left of six brought from Taiwan in 2006-2007             ATLANTA, Georgia––Trixie the whale shark,  who could have lived up to 130 years in the wild,  died on November 27,  2020 after just 14 years at the Georgia Aquarium. Trixie,  believed to have been about 32 feet long,  still about eight feet short […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Australia & New Zealand, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Taiwan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: David Malakoff, Elson Aca, Eric Hoffmayer, Janet McConaughey, Merritt Clifton, Morari Bapu

Pit bulls, wolves win in Colorado; horse racing wins in Nebraska; Hsiung loses

November 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Colorado goes to the dogs             DENVER, Colorado; LINCOLN, Nebraska;  BERKELEY, California––Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly led Republican incumbent Donald Trump at 1:45,  Pacific time,  on November 4,  2020. The three major ballot issues and one mayoral race directly involving animals appeared to have ended,  however,  with a win for pit bulls in Denver,  a […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Herndon, Dave Dreeszen, David Bernhardt, Frances Dinkelspiel, Ho-Chunk, Merritt Clifton, Michael B. Hancock, Wayne Hsiung

Wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines & right whales sacrificed to Trump re-election bid

October 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Handouts to hunters, fishers, loggers, miners, & the oil and gas extraction industries             BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota––U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on October 29,  2020 announced that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection throughout the Lower 48 states. The wolf delisting is widely seen as a blatant […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Predators, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Sweeney, Craig McLean, David Bernhardt, Donald Trump, Erik Noble, Jennifer Bjorhus, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Frazin, Sara Amundsen

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

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