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Coyotes, parrots, & the ghosts of George & Joy Adamson

April 14, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Four older books offer current lessons: The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife by Kobie Kruger Ballantine Books (c/o Random House, 299 Park Ave., New York, NY 10171), 2001. 381 pages, hardcover, $26.95. The Daily Coyote,  by Shreve Stockton Simon & Schuster,  1230 Ave. of the Americas,  New York,   NY  10020),  2008.  279 pages, […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunted species, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Kobie Kruger, Merritt Clifton, Mira Tweti, Nancy Ellis-Bell, Shreve Stockton

Richard Leakey, 77, saved elephants & found missing links to veg past

January 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Richard Leakey both extended human history backward & helped Kenyan wildlife survive into the future NAIROBI, Kenya––Richard Erskine Frere Leakey,  77,  known to the world as simply Richard Leakey,  died on January 2,  2022,  in Nairobi,  the Kenyan capital city and his home for most of his life. Born in Nairobi on December 19,  1944,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Kenya, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Emmanuel de Merode, Louis Leakey, Louise Leakey, Mary Leakey, Meave Epps, Merritt Clifton, Nehemiah Rotich, Paula Kahumbu, WildlifeDirect

“Ivory Queen” wins appeal––and gets 15 years again

December 16, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But elephant poachers featured in Leonardo DiCaprio film are released due to faulty prosecutions             DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania––The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court on December 8,  2021 re-sentenced “Ivory Queen” Yang Feng Glan and two alleged Tanzanian co-conspirators to 15 years imprisonment each for illegally trafficking 860 elephant tusks. (See “Ivory queen” sentence helps to […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Boniface Mathew Malyango, Chris Morris, Dickens Olewe, John Magufuli, Leonardo Di Caprio, Merritt Clifton, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Yang Feng Glan

Why Namibia is losing wildlife despite claimed success of conservancies

December 11, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Investigation:  The Efficacy of Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model As It Relates to African Elephants https://africanelephantjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Investigation-in-Namibias-conservation-model-Full-Report-LR.pdf “Namibia was the first African country to incorporate protection of the natural environment into its constitution,”  open African Elephant Journal editor Adam Cruise and anthropologist Izzy Sasada in their newly published  53-page Investigation:  The Efficacy of Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Namibia, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: ≠Khoadi //Hôas Conservancy, Adam Cruise, Caprivia, Izzy Sasada, Merritt Clifton, N≠a Jaqna Conservancy, Nyae-Nyae Conservancy, Uibasen-Twyfelfontein Conservancy

Animal friends Kim Crumbo, David Amess, & Ali Laoual Abagana remembered

November 1, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Rewilding Earth board member,  Member of Parliament,  & giraffe advocate at CITES Crumbo presumed dead in Shoshone Lake,  Yellowstone National Park Conservationist Kim Crumbo,  74,  remembered by Project Coyote founder Camilla Fox as “a true environmental hero for wildlife and wildlands,”  has been missing and presumed dead since September 20,  2021,  when the remains of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Isles, Laws, Niger, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ali Harbi Ali, Camilla Fox, Mark O’Neill, Merritt Clifton, Roger Gale, Rosie Awori

Will captive lions caught in wildfire light a fire under South African legislators?

October 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Promised bill to ban breeding lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots,  & bone commerce awaits introduction––and action             BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa––Five months after South African minister of forestry, fisheries & the environment Barbara Creecy announced that she would pursue legislation to ban breeding captive lions for cub-petting,  trophy shoots,  and exports of lion bones for use […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Captive animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Snakes, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Barbara Creecy, Bloemfontein SPCA, Merritt Clifton, National SPCA of South Africa

NRA loses deal to promote hunting via the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

August 30, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Biggest trophy the NRA bagged from the Trump administration WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Rifle Association spent $16.3 million during the 2020 U.S. national election campaign to try to secure pro-gun and pro-hunting concessions granted by ex-president Donald Trump. After Trump lost,  the National Rifle Association spent $3.3 million more on federal lobbying. Despite all that,  the […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Aurelia Skipwith, Brett Hartl, Donald Trump, Erica Rhoad, Merritt Clifton, Sarah Okeson, Wayne LaPierre

South Africa debates end to “canned lion” industry & ivory sales

June 2, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

“High-Level Panel Report on Lions, Rhinos, Elephants & Leopards” recommends turnabout in national wildlife policy             JOHANNESBURG, South Africa––A South African government wildlife policy study recommends an end to breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots of captive-bred and raised lions,  and exports of lion bones for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The paper also […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Captive animals, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Barbara Creecy, Bill Jordan, Born Free Foundation, Care for the Wild, Don Pinnock, Fundisile Mketeni, Merritt Clifton, Pam Yako

U.K. “animal sentience” law: “victory” claimed before the fight begins

May 19, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Recognizing animal sentience is part of an “Action Plan for Animal Welfare” yet to be written into draft bills,  let alone passed by Parliament LONDON, U.K.––A week-plus after the Conservative government of the United Kingdom introduced an “Action Plan for Animal Welfare,”  much of the animal welfare sector worldwide has already declared “victory,”  with the […]

Filed Under: African species, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Cats, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Isles, Laws & standards, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Science, Scotland, United Kingdom, Welfare, Wildlife Tagged With: Boris Johnson, Brexit, Countryside Alliance, Edward Scott, George Eustice, Hunting Act, Merritt Clifton, Theresa May

Did Chinese zoos buy 170 Namibian elephants sold at secret auction?

March 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Namibian officials say disclosing purchasers might jeopardize the deal             WINDHOEK, Namibia––Who bought 170 elephants,  auctioned off by the Namibian government against international law,  despite months of protest? Suspicion is growing that Namibia will not disclose the elephants’ buyers until the elephants have already been flown to their destinations,  probably Chinese zoos,  the buyers of […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Namibia, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Arlana Shikongo, Beth Clifton, Colgar Sikopo, Ellanie Smit, Gail C. Thomson, John Grober, Mark Hiley, Melissa Reitz, Merritt Clifton, Pohamba Shifeta, Romeo Muyunda, Teofilus Nghitila

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