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Study: killing cormorants tripled losses of salmon & steelhead

February 12, 2019 by Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

“This goes down as one of the really significant failures in wildlife management in recent decades.” PORTLAND, Oregon––Cormorant massacres at East Sand Island,  near the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington,  not only did not save any salmon and steelhead from predation in 2015 through 2017,  but may have tripled predation losses,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Meat issues, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Sallinger, Dan Roby, James Lawonn, Karina Brown, Kris Lightner, Merritt Clifton

U.K.: “Nation of animal lovers” or of wildlife assassins?

February 9, 2019 by Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

Royal SPCA,  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds,  et al disregard & even promote cruelty on a shocking scale             LONDON,  U.K.––The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Great Britain,  the world’s oldest western-style animal advocacy organization,  founded in 1824 and granted a royal charter in 1840 by Queen Victoria,  wants […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Fish, Hunting & trapping, Isles, Marine life, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Seals, United Kingdom, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Fiona Harvey, Jason Endfield, John Robins, Larysa Switlyk, Merritt Clifton, Nicola Sturgeon

Secrets of Marion Island: what NatGeo didn’t tell you

December 18, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Seabird recovery project haunted by ghosts of cats, in the form of voracious mice             CAPE TOWN––National Geographic writer Leslie Nemo omitted two of the most ecologically significant facts about the Marion Island Special Nature Reserve from her December 14,  2018 online feature “Saving a remote island’s birds—by getting rid of its mice.”              Lauding […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Population control, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Ben Dilley, Leslie Nemo, Louise Holton, Merritt Clifton, Otto Whitehead, Peter Wolf, Ross Wanless

Ontario allows hunters to kill 50 cormorants a day

December 8, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

“The worst wild game management decision in Canadian history” by Barry Kent MacKay Artist & naturalist:  www.barrykentmackay.ca Director of Canadian & Special ProgramsBorn Free             Doug Ford,  the recently elected prime minister of Ontario,  who at one time claimed to be an ethical vegetarian,  has just proposed what I believe is the single worst wild […]

Filed Under: Birds, Birds, Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Marine life, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Predators, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry Kent MacKay

Aussie prof’s video challenges “invasion biologists” on their own turf

November 9, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Feminist Ferals by Arian D. Wallach Produced by Tommy Lin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpx-ZHHWN5s&t=2s This video explores how conservation remains tethered to chauvinistic ideologies.  It explores how archaic beliefs about animals,  wildlife,  and nature,  has erased one of the Earth’s most significant rewilding events in recent history. Feminism would radically reshape conservation and our view of nature.  It […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Book & film reviews, Cats, Cattle & dairy, China, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Donkeys, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fish, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Israel, Laws & politics, Mediterranean, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Arian D. Wallach, Billie Lazenby, Dove Sax, Erick Lundgren, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Escobar

TNR protects African wildcats from “genetic pollution” & ferals from cruelty

October 24, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Alley Cat Rescue begins project at Kruger National Park             KRUGER NATIONAL PARK,  South Africa––Alley Cat Rescue,  of Mount Ranier,  Maryland,   is now “working to implement trap-neuter-return programs for stray/feral cats around Kruger National Park,”  according to founder Louise Holton,  to keep African wildcats from hybridizing with their domestic descendants. Having “advocated for the humane […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Botswana, Cats, China, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Namibia, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Becky Robinson, Charles Darwin, Jaclyn Tennant, Llewellyn Foxcroft, Louise Holton, Marna Herbst, Merritt Clifton, Rita Brock

Meet Blake Fischer, baboon family killer & apostle of bowhunting

October 18, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Frequent model for his father’s bowhunting magazine             BOISE,  Idaho––The Blake Owen Fischer baboon family killing-and-display saga did not end on October 15,  2018,  when Idaho Governor Butch Otter announced that Fischer,  40,  had resigned from the Idaho Fish & Game Commission. Indeed,  the most influential part of the story has yet to transpire. What […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Namibia, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Blake Fischer, Chad Cripe, Elizabeth Blom, Ernest Hemingway, John Henry Patterson, Larry Fischer, Merritt Clifton

Wyoming trophy hunters blame mountain goats for lack of bighorn

October 16, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Shaky science may doom mountain goats in their own habitat             JACKSON,  Wyoming––Mountain goats,  already scapegoated for much else,  are now blamed and are perhaps at risk of massacre in Wyoming for allegedly transmitting ovine pneumonia––a common disease of domestic sheep––to the isolated remnant bighorn sheep of the Grand Tetons. Along with the shaky identification […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Disease, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Global, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Sheep & goats, Wildlife Tagged With: Alyson Courtemanch, Augusté "Johnny" Janisse, Cory Hatch, Jack Dempsey, John C. Fremont, Kit Carson, Merritt Clifton, Mike Koshmrl, Sarah Dewey, Steve Kilpatrick, Theodore Roosevelt, William T. Hornaday

Snail & mountain goat race toward extinction in New Zealand Alps

October 11, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Endangered native snail & introduced Himalayan tahrs thrived together until the New Zealand government got involved             WELLINGTON, New Zealand––Plans for a cull of 17,500 Himalayan mountain tahr across the Southern Alps of New Zealand are on hold,  likely to be scaled down but not abandoned,  after the New Zealand Tahr Foundation and allied organizations […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, China, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Invertebrates, Organizations, Politics, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Charlie Mitchell, Eugenie Sage, Kyle Miljof, Merritt Clifton, Simon Hartley

“Shoot drones, not pigeons,” SHARK founder dares gun clubs

October 3, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Current drones have pigeon-like flight qualities             GENEVA,  Illinois––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi, gambling on video surveillance missions for more than a decade that he is a better drone pilot than pigeon shooters are anti-aircraft gunners,  on October 2,  2018 formalized the contest in a video entitled Drone Challenge for Cruel, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Birds, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Pacheco, Bob Tobash, Merritt Clifton, Steve Hindi

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