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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

Feds resume killing cormorants despite admitting “nesting population targets were met”

September 14, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Bob Sallinger, conservation director, Audubon Society of Portland Last week the federal government resumed killing double-crested cormorants on East Sand Island in the Columbia River Estuary.  Federal agents in boats used shotguns to kill 200 cormorants near the island. The Corps has indicated that it intends to continue killing cormorants in the coming weeks. […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Letters, Marine life, Opinions & Letters, Wildlife Tagged With: Audubon Society of Portland, Bob Sallinger, Corps of Engineers, East Sand Island

Pigs investigated as possible Ebola vectors

September 3, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Pigs can get Ebola,  but do they spread it? KAMPALA,  Uganda;  NAIROBI,  Kenya––Domestic pigs may already be among the vectors transmitting deadly Ebola viruses to humans,  though no one knows for sure yet,  warns a five-member International Livestock Research Institute team in a soon-to-be-published edition of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. The […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, Chimps & other primates, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disease, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Lab animals, Liberia, Lithuania, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poaching & trafficking, Russia, Science, Slaughter, Sub-Saharan, Uganda, Ukraine, Wildlife Tagged With: African swine fever, Arnon Shimshony, Christine Atherstone, International Livestock Research Institute, Merritt Clifton, PED, ProMED-mail

Conservation or not? Johnny Rodrigues looks at trophy hunting

August 26, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

by Johnny Rodrigues,  founder,  Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force We often hear of trophy hunters claiming to be conservationists and we find this difficult to understand. If this is the case, then there are two types of “conservation.” TYPE ONE There is the breeding of wild animals for hunting. This industry is supported by the hunting […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, Captive animals, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Opinion, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe

“Cecil died for your sins!”

August 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Martyred lion (See also Killing the most famous Cecil in Zimbabwe since Rhodes of Rhodesia and How the Cecil killing helps Mugabe to squeeze more money out of trophy hunters.) Cecil, poached in Zimbabwe in early July 2015, was not a lion who martyred human saints, but rather a lion who became a martyr in the classic sense […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Cecil, Ingrid Newkirk, Nick Jans, Ted Nugent, Wayne Pacelle, WildEarth Guardians

How the Cecil killing helps Mugabe to squeeze more money out of trophy hunters

August 19, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Cecil was slain just in time to help Mugabe increase the government cut (See also Killing the most famous Cecil in Zimbabwe since Rhodes of Rhodesia,  part one of a series about the Cecil slaying and what it means.)          HARARE––Robert Mugabe was already hoping to extract more money from trophy hunters when alleged trophy poachers […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sub-Saharan, Uncategorized, USA, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Cecil the lion, Merritt Clifton, Robert Mugabe, Walter James Palmer

Killing the most famous Cecil in Zimbabwe since Rhodes of Rhodesia

August 17, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“I’m a-comin’,  Cecil lad!” (See also How the Cecil killing helps Mugabe to squeeze more money out of trophy hunters.) Few people today remember Cecil the puppet sea serpent,  who starred from 1949 to 1962 in various incarnations of the satirical “Beany & Cecil” radio and television broadcasts.  Nominally produced for children,  the “Beany & Cecil” […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, Conservation, Endangered species, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Beany & Cecil, Cecil the lion, Johnny Rodrigues, Robert Mugabe, Walter James Palmer, Wayne Pacelle

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