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Washington voters trounce hook-&-bullet crowd on behalf of endangered species

November 4, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

71% in favor          OLYMPIA––Washington state voters on November 3,  2015 overwhelmingly approved Initiative Measure 1401,   introducing state-level felony penalties for the purchase, sale,  and/or distribution of products made from elephants,  rhinos,  lions,  tigers,  leopards,  cheetahs,  sea turtles,  pangolins,  sharks and rays. At least 50 individuals have reportedly been apprehended in possession with such contraband […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Tigers, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Paul Allen, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Seattle Aquarium, Woodland Park Zoo

Judge scuttles Georgia Aquarium beluga import bid

October 1, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Like something out of a Russian spy novel” ATLANTA,  Georgia––Rejecting an appeal by the Georgia Aquarium,  which if upheld would have weakened key parts of the Marine Mammal Protection Act,  U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg of the Northern District of Georgia on September 28,  2015 ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service correctly refused to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, Habitat, Humane history, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Georgia Aquarium, Judge Amy Totenberg, Kamogawa Sea World, Merritt Clifton, Ocean Park, Sea World, the Mystic Aquarium

“Xi & Obama: please talk tigers!”

September 24, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Fourteen leading tiger experts appeal to Chinese and U.S. presidents Discussion of China’s tiger farms and its growing domestic trade in luxury tiger products was unfortunately not on the table for President Xi’s September 24,  2015 visit with U.S. President Barack Obama.  Between 5,000 and 6,000 tigers are being farmed today in China for a luxury […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Cambodia, Captive animals, Central Asia, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Laos, Laws, Legislation, Letters, Malaysia, Meat issues, Myanmar, Opinions & Letters, Organizations, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tigers, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Barack Obama, Carole Baskin, Debbie Banks, Iris Ho, Judith Mills, President Xi, Sharon Gunyup

Barred owls on the hit list

August 11, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Feds say they compete with endangered northern spotted owls PORTLAND,  Oregon––Barred owls are on the federal hit list at 100 West Coast locations,  from San Francisco Bay to the Canadian border,  because conservationists more than 30 years ago opted to make the northern spotted owl the poster bird for forest conservation. Officially,  the U.S. Fish […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Barred owls, Bob Sallinger, Friends of Animals, Lowell Diller, Merritt Clifton, Portland Audubon, spotted owls

U.S. consumer demand helps push pangolins toward extinction

July 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Microsoft founder Paul Allen pushed a Washington state ballot initiative to criminalize trafficking WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society International, International Fund for Animal Welfare,  Born Free USA, and the Center for Biological Diversity on July 15, 2015 petitioned the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to list pangolins as endangered under […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: and the Center for Biological Diversity, Born Free USA, Humane Society International, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Paul Allen, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wayne Pacelle

Viet officials agree to send last bile farm bears at Halong Bay to sanctuary

April 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Officials agree to end bile farming HONG KONG––Local authorities in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam “have agreed to completely end bear bile farming in the province by transferring all of the remaining 38 bears [still on bile farms] to Animals Asia’s Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre,” publicists Maya Gottfried and Steve Jackson of the Hong Kong-based Animals […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Right, Food, Laws, Meat issues, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, bile farm, Quang Ninh, Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre

Alleged rhino poaching gang served trophy hunters as well as Asian medicinal demand

October 8, 2010 By Merritt Clifton

Rhino industry insiders in the dock JOHANNESBURG––Startling photos of the September 22,  2010 arraignment of 11 alleged members of an international rhino poaching syndicate reached the world despite the officially unexplained efforts of police to keep photographers out. News photographers Werner Beukes of the South African Press Agency,  Herman Verwey of Beeld,  and Lewellyn Carstens […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Cultural, Endangered species, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, Vietnam, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Dawie Groenewald, Johnny Rodrigues, Joseph Okori, Karel Toet, Manie du Plessis, Marisa Toet, Merritt Clifton, Petros Fernando Byrne, Sariette Groenewald, Tielman Erasmus

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