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Desnaring in Kenya with ANAW and China House

June 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Following the successful de-snaring event held on June 1,  2015 with local Chinese volunteers from China House,  the Africa Network for Animal Welfare and China House held a second successful de-snaring on June 23,  2015,  this time with a group of 30 Chinese volunteers working and residing in Kenya.  Held at the Kenya Agriculture and […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, Asia/Pacific, China, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: ANAW, China House, Josphat Ngonyo

SHARK & Fish Feel fight “The Battle of the Rays”

June 18, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

The so-called “Battle of the Rays” was not really a battle at all PATUXENT, OAK ISLAND, WASHINGTON D.C.––On Saturday, June 13, 2015, dozens of men pointlessly killed perhaps hundreds of harmless cownose rays––among the smallest and most innocuous members of the shark family––near the mouth of the Patuxent River on Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Hosted by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Fish, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Marine life, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: " Robert Fisher, "Battle of the Rays, cownose rays, Mary Finelli, Patuxent, Steve Hindi

Tennessee columnist equates frog-gigging contest with school prayer

May 15, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Frog-giggling defender had apparently not read either Leviticus 11:3–8 or Deuteronomy 14:3–21, both of which forbid eating frogs.          SMITHVILLE, Tennessee––The DeKalb County Young Farmers & Ranchers annual frog-gigging contest, arguably the most bizarre of the hundreds of wildlife killing contests held in the U.S. each year, has elicited one of the most bizarre defenses […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Food, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Meat issues, Predators, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Camilla Fox, DeKalb County Young Farmers & Ranchers, Friends of Animals, frog-gigging, Pettus L. Read

Zebra rescuers earn their stripes

May 9, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

On 23rd April 2015,  the Africa Network for Animal Welfare received a call from Fred Olembishi, a citizen who called to inform us about two zebras who were spotted with injuries from poaching attempts in Keekonyoke,  a community land area and sanctuary near Kipeto Kajiado.  The Kenya Wildlife Service vet team was not available at the time.  Our team […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Letters, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: ANAW, Josphat Ngonyo, zebras

Undercover video calls into question both how deer are culled and why

March 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Have deer been over-counted? JOLIET, Illinois––Video surveillance of ongoing deer culls in Will County, Illinois, southwest of Chicago, has unexpectedly called into question not only whether the culling is humane, but whether the target areas support anywhere near the claimed numbers of deer. Opposition to deer culling––in the Chicago area and nationwide––has historically focused on […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, SHARK, Steve Hindi, Will County Forest Preserve

Steve Hindi repeats 15-year-old challenge to NRA to debate pigeon shoots

February 15, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Hindi challenged NRA originally in Tuscon,  home of Safari Club International CHICAGO––Reprising a 15-year-old challenge to debate the ethics and morality of pigeon shooting, made originally in person, that the National Rifle Association leadership never accepted, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi on February 12, 2015 called out the NRA leaders again in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, National Rifle Association, NRA, SHARK, Steve Hindi

Is this the most mismanaged U.S. National Wildlife Refuge?

February 6, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Not so much as glimmering eyes to indicate the presence of the Columbian whitetailed deer for whom refuge was created by Merritt Clifton CATHLAMET, Washington––Traversing the Steamboat Slough dike at the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge with headlights and a jacklight on the night of January 29, 2015,  Beth and I spotted a large Roosevelt […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cathlamet, Columbia whitetailed deer, Julia Butler Hansen, Merritt Clifton

SHARK names “10 Worst U.S. Animal Abusers of 2014”

January 1, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Coca-Cola, the Catholic Church, the NRA and leading state and national political figures are among those listed by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on the SHARK “10 Worst U.S. Animal Abusers of 2014” list. 10 Worst U.S. Animal Abusers of 2014,  according to SHARK #1 – U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (OK). The Senator held a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Rodeo, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife

The poop on deer, cats & Toxoplasma gondi

December 26, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Cats wrongly blamed CLEVELAND, Ohio––Deer don’t eat cats, or cat poop, but that did not stop the American Bird Conservancy from alleging in a December 23, 2014 media release that feral cats are the “likely source” of the parasite Toxoplasma gondi, discovered in about 60% of the 444 deer and 65% of the 200 cats […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Birds, Cats, Deer & other horned species, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Hunted species, Predators, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: American Bird Conservancy, Gregory Ballash, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, Vox Felina

Scientist sparked revolution in deer management

December 10, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Findings about ticks brought transition in philosophy Willy Burgdorfer, 89, who sparked a transition of wildlife management focus from propagating deer to be hunted to culling deer as a disease vector, died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease on November 17, 2014 in Hamilton, Montana. Burgdorfer had no intention of promoting deer culling. A medical entomologist, […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Middle Right, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: deer culling, Lyme disease, Merritt Clifton, Willy Burgdorfer

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