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Charges against pigeon killer recall humane & labor movement landmarks

February 27, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Boys from Bridgeton were once in the movements’ vanguard          BRIDGETON,  NJ;  PHILADELPHIA,  PA––Cruelty charges have been filed against an unnamed 17-year-old Bridgeton,  New Jersey resident for allegedly torturing pigeons wounded in live pigeon shoots at the Philadelphia Gun Club by kicking the wounded birds and throwing rocks at them. Previous cases dismissed Filed by […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Birds, Captive animals, Cruelty & neglect, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife, Working horses Tagged With: Carolyn Earle White, Cumberland Glass Works, Merritt Clifton, Philadelphia Gun Club, Samuel Gompers, SHARK, Steve Hindi, Stu Chaifetz

Hunting lobby sets a leghold trap for Democrats

February 27, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

NRA & Safari Club push Republicans to pass election year boondoggle that Obama may not dare to veto          WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Rifle Association,  Safari Club International,  and allied hunting industry lobbyists on February 26,  2016 advanced closer than ever before,  in eight years of trying,  to push through Congress an omnibus package of special […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, African species, Animal organizations, Birds, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Mark Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, National Rifle Association, NRA, Safari Club International, Wayne Pacelle

Killing for Fun(ds)

February 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

The centerpiece of agency interactions with wildlife by Laura Nirenberg,  Trevor Desane,  & E. Anne Benaroya Center for Wildlife Ethics Historically, wildlife agencies’ primary objective has been to increase preferred game species’ populations for the purpose of satisfying hunters’ demands for more live-targets to shoot.  State agency budgets, reliant on the sale of hunting licenses […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: E. Anne Benaroya, Laura Nirenberg, Trevor Desane

Who eats the most Floridians––pythons, pit bulls, bears, or alligators?

January 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Feral species challenge understanding of predator/prey relationships          MIAMI––Florida hosts 1.3 million alligators,  about a quarter of a million pit bulls, a few billion mosquitoes,  and––according to promotional material for the 2016 Python Challenge Burmese Python Removal Competition––perhaps 100,000 pythons,  the species officially deemed most in need of killing after the first Florida bear hunt […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, African species, Constrictors, Crocodilians, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunted species, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Reptiles, Snakes, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission, Merritt Clifton, Python Challenge

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

Controlling deer the natural way

October 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

A New Deer Advocacy Paradigm Guest columnist Lee Hall makes the case for government to quit hunting deer and start respecting natural predators (See also Coyotes: nature’s animal control officers,  by Merritt Clifton.) Forcible deer control gets broad support from all levels of government and from many conservation organizations—all reacting to a perceived crisis of deer […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Predators, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Coyotes, deer, Lee Hall

Cecil-the-lion killer Walter James Palmer walks

October 13, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

But photo safari guide killed by lion in destabilized population paid the ultimate price HARARE,  Zimbabwe––Zimbabwe environment minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri on October 12,  2015 announced that Minneapolis dentist Walter James Palmer,  55,  will not be charged for killing Cecil the lion during an early July 2015 trophy hunt. Cecil had been perhaps the most photographed […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Hwange, Johnny Rodrigues, Merritt Clifton, Quinn Swales, Robert Mugabe, Walter James Palmer, Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force

Cormorant massacre underway

September 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Bob Sallinger,  Audubon Society of Portland Further to my ANIMALS 24-7 posting of September 14,  2015,  Feds resume killing cormorants despite admitting “nesting population targets were met,  for the past two weeks, federal government employees from the Wildlife Services office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been shooting double-crested cormorants from a boat […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Letters, Marine life, Opinions & Letters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Sallinger, cormorants, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USDA Wildlife Services

The Buffalo Field Campaign Road Show

September 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Opening in Williams,  Oregon on September 12,  2015,  the Buffalo Field Campaign Road Show is scheduled to present 24 concerts up and down the west coast through October 10,  then swing inland to perform in the Rocky Mountain region until November,  when Yellowstone bison begin wandering north into Montana. From then […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Buffalo Field Campaign, Cows With Guns, Dana Lyons, Goodshield Aguilar, Merritt Clifton, Michael Meese, Rosalie Little Thunder

Shot hits SHARK drone during Senator James Inhofe pigeon shoot

September 15, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Sheriff & state police refuse to investigate          ALTUS,  Oklahoma––An alleged participant in the 11th annual fundraising pigeon shoot hosted by U.S. Senator James Inhofe marked September 11,  2015 by shooting one of the engine covers off of an eight-engine drone helicopter operated by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi. “Senator Inhofe was […]

Filed Under: Activism, 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, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: James Inhofe, Merritt Clifton, pigeon shoot, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, Steve Hindi

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