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Wisconsin hunters overkill the wolf bag limit by half in just 72 hours

February 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

But Spain,  with twice as many wolves in about the same amount of habitat,  puts wolves off limits to hunters             MADISON, Wisconsin;  MADRID,  Spain––Wisconsin hunters and trappers killed 216 wolves in under 72 hours during the last week of February 2021,  97 more than the “management target” of 119,  obliging the state Department of […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog use, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Mediterranean, Predators, Sheep & goats, Spain, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: James Badcock, Merritt Clifton, Paul A. Smith, Todd Richmond, Vincent West

Barry Lopez, 75, “literary naturalist,” inspired animal advocates

January 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Death came four months after Lopez lost home of 50 years to wildfire Barry Lopez,  75,  died on Christmas Day 2020 in Eugene,  Oregon,  after a years-long battle with prostate cancer. Sometimes described as a “literary naturalist,”  Lopez wrote often about animals,  but hardly exclusively,  and as often about the animals of Native American myth and […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting practices, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Predators, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Barry Holstun, Dave Blanchard, Debra Gwartney, Mary Holstun, Merritt Clifton, Sandra Landers

Strychnine for Christmas: Alberta gift to wolves, caribou & other wildlife

December 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Big Bad Wolf blamed for habitat loss due to global warming             EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada––Again this Christmas season,  Alberta Environment & Parks will welcome Santa’s reindeer by setting out strychnine. The strychnine will be not for Santa,  nor for the reindeer,  the North American variety of whom are called caribou,  but rather for the Big […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Predators, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Bob Weber, Carolyn Campbell, Cathy Ellis, Cliff Wallis, Dave Hervieux, Merritt Clifton, Patty Hajdu

Wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines & right whales sacrificed to Trump re-election bid

October 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Handouts to hunters, fishers, loggers, miners, & the oil and gas extraction industries             BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota––U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on October 29,  2020 announced that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection throughout the Lower 48 states. The wolf delisting is widely seen as a blatant […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Predators, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Sweeney, Craig McLean, David Bernhardt, Donald Trump, Erik Noble, Jennifer Bjorhus, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Frazin, Sara Amundsen

Shoving tule elk & bison aside, National Park Service favors cattle ranchers

September 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Point Reyes National Seashore & Yellowstone National Park allegedly managed for cows over native wildlife             POINT REYES, California;  BOZEMAN, Montana—Burning since an August 18,  2020 lightning strike,  the 4,900-acre Woodward Fire at Point Reyes National Seashore is reportedly contained at last. Issues rising with the smoke and cinders,  though,  smolder on,  including the National Park […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Meat issues, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brett French, Carey Fierabend, Dan Wenk, Dave Press, Jeff Miller, Merritt Clifton, Millard Ottinger, Point Reyes, Ryan Zinke

Add to COVID-19 toll expanded hunting on U.S. Wildlife Refuges

April 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Trump administration appointees open more federal refuges to hunting than last three administrations combined             WASHINGTON D.C.––Opponents of hunting might imagine that Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service chief Aurelia Skipwith waited until the public was distracted by soaring daily death tolls from the COVID-19 global pandemic to announce the biggest-ever […]

Filed Under: Birds, Birds, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Malta, Mediterranean, Predators, Wildlife Tagged With: Al Gore, Anna Seidman, Aurelia Skipwith, Bill Clinton, David Bernhardt, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Sara Amundson, Steve Hindi

Takaya the “sea wolf” headed for home, but hunter shot him

April 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Lived for eight years almost within sight of British Columbia provincial parliament             VICTORIA, B.C.,  Canada––Takaya,  10,  the “sea wolf” star of the 2019 CBC Nature of Things documentary “Takaya: Lone Wolf,”  was on March 24,  2020 shot by a hunter near Shawnigan Lake,  British Columbia,  possibly after being chased and/or mauled by the hunter’s […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Native American beliefs, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Predators, Religion & philosophy, The Americas, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Darimont, Chris Genovalli, Gosia Bryja, Leyland Chacco, Merritt Clifton, Paul Paquet

Noted in passing: Bryant, Paulsen, Carothers, Domingues, & Weingartner

February 27, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Activist legends in U.K., New Mexico,  Texas,  Louisiana,  & California Recently deceased longtime animal advocates John Bryant of Dorset,  U.K.,  Judy Paulsen of Corrales,  New Mexico,  Randy Carothers of Rockwell,  Texas,  Rae Nell Domingues of Lafayette,  Louisiana,  and Susan Weingartner of southern California most likely never crossed paths in person,  and may never even have […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dog use, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Greyhound racing, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Isles, Killing contests, Predators, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom, Urban wildlife, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: John Bryant, Judy Paulsen, Merritt Clifton, Rae Nell Domingues, Randy Carothers, Susan Weingartner

Fur sales, wildlife acts, & hiding dog bite history banned in California

October 17, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Fur-bearing animals & adopters of shelter/rescue dogs win protections             SACRAMENTO,  California––The new animal-related law in California that Governor Gavin Newsom and mass media said least about,  to help protect Californians against recklessly rehomed dogs with bite history,  may in the end become the most emulated among the raft of bills sent to Newsom’s desk […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Circuses, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fur trapping, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Lab animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Other species, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Slaughter, Snakes, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Gavin Newsom, Merritt Clifton, Sherry DeBoer

Why mass shooters sometimes sound like conservationists

August 6, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Madison Grant was the missing link             EL PASO,  Texas;  NEW YORK CITY––Much more than misanthropy links mass shootings by white supremacists to the obsession of mainstream conservation societies with extirpating “invasive species” and “cleansing” wildlife habitat of any trace of human presence. But don’t expect the Boone & Crockett Club,  the Sierra Club,  and […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Predators, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Aldo Leopold, Arthur Desmond, George Bird Grinnell, Gifford Pinchot, John Muir, Jonathan Spiro, Madison Grant, Merritt Clifton, Ota Benga, Patrick Crusius, Ragnar Redbeard, Robert Bower, Santino William Legan, Theodore Roosevelt, William T. Hornaday

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