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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

Bad for bears, people, & their wallets: the myth of “diversionary feeding”

November 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

British Columbia bear feeder fined $60,000             VANCOUVER, B.C.;  VANCOUVER,  Washington––Three hundred miles apart,  in different nations,  the two west coast Vancouver areas recently witnessed remarkably similar court cases over back yard bear-feeding,  with comparably sad results for the bears,  but strikingly different outcomes for the convicted feeders. The British Columbia Provincial Court for North […]

Filed Under: Bears, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting practices, Wildlife Tagged With: Allan Piche, Donna Munson, Doris Parks, Jo Ann Medina, Karen Noyes, Kay Grayson, Lynn Rogers, Lynne Gravier, Mary Musselman, Merritt Clifton, Richard Whitney, Sandra Sherman, Wayne MacLean, Zuzana Stevikova

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

Good days in court for chickens, gamecocks, Wisconsin wolves, & feral hippos

October 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Decisions may mean better days for animals,  but use & exploitation industries will fight back ROCHESTER, N.Y.;  WASHINGTON D.C.;  MADISON, Wisconsin;  CINCINNATI, Ohio––A flurry of mid-October 2021 court decisions brought good news for plaintiffs against the poultry slaughter industry,  cockfighting in Puerto Rico,  wolf hunting in Wisconsin,  and hippopotamus culling in Colombia. Probably the most […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Poultry, Predators, Religion & philosophy, South America, Sports, The Americas, Turkeys, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Welfare Institute, Charles J. Siragusa, Farm Sanctuary, Gonacon, Jacob Frost, Luis Domingo Gómez Maldonado, Meredith Turner-Smith, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Escobar, PZP

Baylor University mascot bears benefit from SHARK campaign 18 years later

October 24, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Longterm payoff bears recognition             WACO, Texas––A Showing Animals Respect & Kindness campaign targeting Baylor University back in 2002-2003 continued to pay off eighteen years later when the Baylor mascot bear enclosure,  built in 2005 in response to the SHARK campaign,  in May 2021 won Association of Zoos & Aquariums accreditation,  “a first for a […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Bears, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Sports, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Baylor University, Colleen Gardner, Dr Pepper, Jeremy Beckham, Merritt Clifton, Rob Laidlaw, Steve Hindi

No more bullshit saves National Wildlife Refuge for endangered deer

October 15, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But the Columbian white-tailed deer came off the U.S. endangered species list before the refuge even began to recover from 45 years of cattle grazing             CATHLAMET, Washington––Thanks to wetland restoration,  the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge for the Columbian white-tailed deer now looks more like protected habitat than a feedlot. Fifty years after […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Wildlife Tagged With: Cathlamet, Julia Butler Hansen, Marissa Heffernan, Merritt Clifton, Skamokawa

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

“Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland

September 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Transformed sleepy Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society into butt-kicking Animal Concern DUMBARTON, Scotland––John Frederick Robins,  64,  probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history,  despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,”  has announced his impending retirement after 41 years of directing pro-animal campaigns initially for Friends of the Earth,  but chiefly as campaigns manager and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Captive animals, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fish, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Isles, Laws, Religion & philosophy, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Andrew Morton, Don Staniford, Elena Edwards, John Robins, Merritt Clifton, Operation Dark Harvest, Phyllis Walker, Thomas Hamilton

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