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Jimmy Buffett, 76, was there when needed for dolphins & manatees

September 7, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Jimmy Buffett fans calling themselves “Parrotheads” reinforced the dolphin & manatee causes             SAG HARBOR,  New York––James William Buffett,  76,  born on Christmas Day 1946, known to the world as entertainer and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett,  died on September 1, 2023,  at his home in Sag Harbor, New York,  from complications of Merkel-cell carcinoma,  a rare and aggressive skin […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Graham, Charlie Crist, Fred Neil, Jeb Bush, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Save the Manatees Club

Tigers menaced by Nepal bureaucrat as well as by poaching, et al

July 30, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

New environment minister Birendra Prasad Mahato proposes to auction tiger hunting rights KATHMANDU,  Nepal––“We could charge $25 million for every tiger killed,”  Nepalese minister for forests and environment Birendra Prasad Mahato reportedly told a podcast audience in mid-July 2023,  as International Tiger Day,  July 29,  2023,  approached. Mahato recommended that Nepal should begin auctioning tiger […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Predators, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Abhaya Raj Joshi, Birendra Prasad Mahato, Chitwan National Park, Jim Corbett, Mark Elbroch, Merritt Clifton

Spain seeks more wild horses, even as U.S. & Australia seek fewer

July 15, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Wild horses are being reintroduced in part to help prevent wildfires MADRID, Spain––Wild horses have been restored,  in the names of fire prevention and protecting biodiversity,  to three different Spanish conservation areas,  scattered across the northwestern Iberian peninsula,  and are actively conserved and protected in another,  to the extreme south. The Spanish horse restorations come […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Horses, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Mediterranean, Spain, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Andalusia, Galicia, Mariseño, Merritt Clifton, Przewalski’s horse, Retuerta, Rewilding Europe, Rewilding Spain

Thousands of chinook: see video sequel to Hidden Beach salmon saga

June 13, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

If every Puget Sound beach had chinook like this,  the endangered orca whales would be fat and happy! Remember Exploiting starving orcas to push a boondoggle,  posted by ANIMALS 24-7 on August 29,  2018? This afternoon,  June 12,  2023,   Beth Clifton of ANIMALS 24-7 documented in the attached video the presence of thousands of baby […]

Filed Under: Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Marine life, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Chinook, orcas, Puget Sound, Saratoga Passage

Which animals, where, lost habitat to the Sackett vs. EPA verdict?

May 28, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. Supreme Court decision on Clean Water Act may not jeopardize much actual wetland habitat,  but may clarify definitions of what is what WASHINGTON D.C.––With actions on behalf of wetland and shoreline creatures including octopi,  salmon,  sea turtles,  and horseshoe crabs underway elsewhere around the world and the United States,  the U.S. Supreme Court on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cephalopods, Conservation, Crocodilians, Crustaceans, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brent Kavanaugh, Chantell Sacket, Merritt Clifton, Michael Sackett, Nina Totenberg, Samuel Alito

Speeding boater tried to hit sea lions on the Columbia River near Portland

April 6, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Frustrated would-be salmon fisher suspected,  but not yet caught PORTLAND, Oregon––The Oregon State Marine Board,  the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office,  and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration––as well as ANIMALS 24-7,  many other concerned media,  and countless outraged private citizens––are all hunting for an as yet unidentified individual who on April 3,  2023 was caught […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Seals, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Daisy Cabellero, Holmes Harbor, Isabella Breda, Joseph Gaydos, Lesley Evans Ogden, Michael Brady, Orca Network

Big Cat Rescue turns a corner, sending big cat residents to Arkansas

March 31, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Sanctuary property to be sold,  proceeds to go to wildcat conservation TAMPA, Florida––If Howard and Carole Baskin had hoped to make headlines with their March 27,  2023 announcement that the Big Cat Rescue large and exotic cats are soon to be relocated to the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs,  Arkansas,  they picked the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joe Exotic, Merritt Clifton, Tanya Smith, Tiger King, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Rescue

Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?

March 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify             HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories,  the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,  and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Anna Schecter, Born Free USA, Charles River Laboratories, Edwin Wiek, Merritt Clifton, PETA, Primarily Primates

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

Advocate for shooting seals turns to pushing hunt for Sasquatch

March 2, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

But seals are still getting shot GREENBANK, Washington––The hunt for whoever is shooting harbor seals,  apparently from a boat,  along the west side of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  intertwines with the hunt for the mythical Sasquatch,  but no,  Sasquatch is not shooting seals,  nor is Sasquatch in any danger of being shot. Yet another young female […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Marine life, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Garry Heinrich, Harrison Mills, Justin Humphrey, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Thomas Sewid

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