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Caribbean tax shelter wants to kill 450 tiny vervet monkeys––why?

January 20, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 10 Comments

Technically not a banana republic,  Sint Maarten acts like one PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten––Suddenly globally infamous for a scheme to exterminate an estimated 450 feral vervet monkeys,  who have colonized the 16-square-mile Caribbean island nation for nearly 400 years,  the former Dutch colony of Sint Maarten might be considered a banana republic. Sint Maarten does have […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Caribbean, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, The Americas, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alice Manley, Dave Du Toit, Eusebio Richardson, Leslie Hickerson, Merritt Clifton, Nature Foundation St. Maarten, vervet

“Kangaroos are not shoes” campaign kicks back against ghost of Pelé

January 7, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Demand for soccer shoes helps to drive increased kangaroo culling             BETHESDA,  Maryland––When Pelé,  the most famous and perhaps the greatest soccer player of all time,  died on December 29,  2022,  almost nobody figuratively jumped on his grave. There was,  however,  one exception,  Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle. […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Politics, Sports, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Adolph Dassler, Center for a Humane Economy, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Merritt Clifton, Rudolph Dassler, Wayne Pacelle

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

Monkey-laundering? Busts of lab suppliers follow 15 years of warnings

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Wild-caught macaques may have flooded into U.S. labs for more than 15 years before the feds moved to stop the traffic HONG KONG–Did a small amount of monkey-eating in southern China cover for the development of large amount of monkey trafficking from the wild to U.S. labs? ANIMALS 24-7 and the International Primate Protection League […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, Chimps & other primates, China, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food & agriculture, Hunting & trapping, Lab animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Legislation, Malaysia, Morocco, North Africa, Poaching & trafficking, Science, Science, Southeast Asia, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: International Primate Protection League, Masphal Kry, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Stephen Chen, Vanny

Sodium nitrite, used to cure bacon, is introduced to kill feral pigs

July 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Panicked Australian & American pig producers push for the perfect poison to protect their investments Yellow phosphorus,  cyanide gas,  & Compound 1080 already flunked BRISBANE,  Queensland,  Australia––Japanese encephalitis,  a potentially deadly disease spread by mosquitoes who lay their eggs in pig effluent,  with onset symptoms resembling rabies in severe cases, “has been found for the […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Meat issues, Pigs, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: African swine fever, Hoggone, Japanese encephalitis, Merritt Clifton, Queensland, Richard Gair, sodium nitrite

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

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

“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

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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