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“Ban wildlife trophy imports!” pleads former Botswana president to U.K. & U.S.

July 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Elephants & lions,  alive to be photographed,  seen as keys to a prosperous future LONDON, U.K.;  GABORONE, Botswana––Botswana may have more elephants and lions than anywhere else in the world. Seretse Khama Ian Khama,  president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018,  considers that fact so important to maintaining and improving the prosperity of the nation […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Botswana, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Adam Cruise, African Elephant Journal, Boris Johnson, Hans Bauer, Ian Khama, Merritt Clifton

USDA-APHIS wants your 2¢ on animal-related federal law enforcement––NOW!!!

June 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Come on,  animal advocates,  let’s move fast!  Your big chance has come at last!  Want a chance to have your say?  Tell it to the USDA!”             WASHINGTON D.C.––The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS] is,  until the end of July 2022,  offering the public a unique chance to kibbitz on an “APHIS […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live transport, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Mice & rats, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, Spectacles, Urban wildlife, USA, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animal Welfare Act, Beth Clifton, BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Horse Protection Act, Merritt Clifton

“America’s rifle,” “America’s dog,” & some of America’s other most enduring fictions

May 27, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Promotions & defenses of the AR-15 and pit bulls are among “America’s big lies”             WASHINGTON D.C.;  KANAB, Utah––An AR-15,  as the world knows now,  dubbed  “America’s rifle,”  was on May 24,  2022 used yet again to massacre Americans,  this time 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,  Texas. (See […]

Filed Under: Canada, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: America's cup, AR-15, Best Friends Animal Society, Mary Pickford, Merritt Clifton, Newtown, pit bull, Uvalde

Hours after Uvalde school killings, Iowa lawmakers authorize AR-15 deer hunt

May 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

New doe-and-fawn season DES MOINES,  Iowa––Hours after Salvador Ramos used an AR-15 automatic rifle he gave himself as an 18th birthday present to massacre 19 fourth graders and two teachers in Uvalde,  Texas,  the Iowa state house of representatives ratified a bill to create a special January antlerless deer hunting season for AR-15 users. The […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Deer & other horned species, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Joe Biden, Ken Rozenboom, Kim Reynolds, Merritt Clifton, Newtown, Parkland, Salvador Ramos, Todd Prichard, Uvalde

Donald Trump Jr., client of alleged bear poacher, is no Teddy Roosevelt

May 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But Trump Jr.,  though not charged with poaching,  may be an idol of other bear poachers “No one in this world, so far as I know,”  observed journalist H. L. Mencken (1880-1956),  “has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.” For that reason,  it is not assured […]

Filed Under: Bears, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Eric Peterson, H. L. Mencken, Jared Baum, Merritt Clifton, Mike Fowlks, Rex Baum, Theodore Roosevelt, Wade Lemon

“Trapping defender” Proulx explains why all fur trapping is cruel

May 11, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Mammal Trapping,  Wildlife Management,  Animal Welfare & International Standards Edited by Gilbert Proulx Alpha Wildlife Research & Management Ltd. 287 pages.  Free download from: https://cwbm.ca/product/mammal-trapping-e-book/ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wildlife biologist Gilbert Proulx,  68,  of Sherwood Park,  Alberta,  may know more about the technology of trapping animals than anyone else who ever lived. Having spent […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Fur trapping, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Predators, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Charles D. Niven, Clara Van Steenwyk, Frank Conibear, George Clements, Gilbert Proux, Merritt Clifton

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

Reptile diversity study findings are less scary than a snake in your boot

April 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Mainstream reportage focused on the bad news,  but reptiles remain likely to outlive us WASHINGTON D.C.––All dinosaurs except birds,  all ichthyosaurs,  and all pterosaurs are  confirmed extinct. Dragons,  griffins,  and Godzilla are alive and well in human imagination,  the only habitat they ever actually occupied. Among the other 10,196 reptile species for whom population and […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Crocodilians, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Indian subcontinent, Land turtles, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Snakes, Soft-shelled turtles, The Americas, Turtles, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Bruce E. Young, Christina Larson, Erik Stokstad, Godzilla, Merritt Clifton, Neil Cox

Sonoran desert pronghorn: safer on a bombing range than in a refuge

April 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fastest land animals in North America,  yet not quite faster than a speeding bullet,  nor more powerful than the gun lobby  SONORAN DESERT NATONAL MONUMENT, Arizona––Why is the endangered Sonoran desert pronghorn safer on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range,  strafed and bombed day and night since 1941 by 20 squadrons of U.S. Air […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Bureau of Land Management, Merritt Clifton, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Western Environmental Law Center, Yuma Proving Ground

Frustrated Georgia turkey hunters take it out on raccoons & opossums

April 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Experts warn killing raccoons & opossums won’t boost the over-hunted turkey population––but new open season will give hunters animals to shoot year-round             ATLANTA,  Georgia;  BERKELEY, California––Lest anyone doubt that sport hunting is all about finding the opportunity to kill something,  anything,  on any pretext,  both houses of the Georgia state legislature in late March […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Birds, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Predators, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Annette Choi, Brian Kemp, Emily Rushton, Ken Perrotte, Merritt Clifton, Reginald Barrett, Suzanne Lawler

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