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Murder along the equator: seven die defending parrots & gorillas

January 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Colombian and Congolese wildlife guardians were ambushed RONCESVALLES,  Colombia;  VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK,  Democratic Republic of Congo––Simultaneous sad reminders of the human cost of wildlife conservation came on January 10,  2021 from the Reserva Loros Andinos in southwestern Colombia and Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Reserva Loros Andinos and Virunga […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Birds, Birds, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, South America, Sub-Saharan, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Gonzalo Cardona Molina, Merritt Clifton, Reserva Loros Andinos, Virunga National Park

When parrot “conservation” consisted chiefly of shooting them

January 25, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Vista Nieve by Melbourne R. Carriker Blue Mantle Press (36901 Marshall Hutts Rd.,  Rio Hondo-Arroyo City, TX  78583),  2001.  312 pages,  paperback.  $18.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton On July 28,  2002,  Colombian ornithologists Jorge Velasquez and Alonso Quevado photographed 14 examples of Fuertes’ parrot among tall trees in an alpine forest near the summit of […]

Filed Under: Birds, Birds, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Poaching & trafficking, Wildlife Tagged With: Fuertes' parrot, Gonzalo Cardona Molina, Meb Carriker, Melbourne Carriker, Merritt Clifton, Roger Tory Peterson

China prosecutes 10 times more wildlife scofflaws in 2020 than U.S.

November 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

COVID-19 triggers sustained crackdown on illegal fishers,  poachers, & traffickers BEIJING, China—Cracking down on wildlife-related crime in response to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic,  China prosecuted more than 15,000 alleged perpetrators in the first nine months of 2020. About 7,000 prosecutions were for illegal fishing,  4,000 for poaching land animals and birds,  and 3,000 for […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Bats, Birds, China, Crustaceans, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Food & agriculture, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Snakes, Southeast Asia, Turtles, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Grace Qi, Merritt Clifton, Shashank Bengali, Sister Hua, Vo Kieu Bao Uyen

Celebrity bowhunters Josh & Sarah Bowmar face justice in Nebraska

November 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

TV hunting show star Rod Owen & two prominent outfitters already convicted OMAHA, Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness trainers Josh and Sarah Bowmar are expected to be next to go to trial for their roles in the biggest poaching case ever busted in Nebraska. Exactly when that will be,  though,  is uncertain.  The […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Poaching & trafficking, Screen industry, Wildlife Tagged With: Conrad Hueftle, Duane S. Mulvaine, G. Kline Preston IV, Gavin Higgins, Jacob Hueftle, Josh Bowmar, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Gaarder, Rod Owen, Sarah Bowmar

Killed for freeing parrot, young servant set example of compassion to the world

June 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Murder shocks Pakistan, but U.S. & other nations have much to learn as well             KARACHI, Pakistan;  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad;  JENKINTOWN, Pennsylvania–– Zohra Shah,  age seven or eight,  according to contradictory reports,  may have had the chance to make only one moral and ethical decision in her brief lifetime. On May 31,  2020,  Zohra […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Latin America, Laws & politics, Pakistan, Poaching & trafficking, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Hasan Siddiqui, Maheen Humayun, Merritt Clifton, Mukhtar Ahmad, Umme Kulsoom, Zohra Bibi, Zohra Shah

Three-legged bears in the Great Smokies may be no accident

May 29, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. bear hunters & Asian gangsters cut paws & deals             ASHEVILLE,  North Carolina––Jody Williams and his Facebook group Help Asheville Bears want to catch the perp,  or multiple perps,  responsible for their recent discovery that at least 15 three-legged North American black bears are struggling for survival in the Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Cambodia, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laos, Legislation, Malaysia, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Russia, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, U.S., Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann Bryant, Hwang Mei-hsiu, Jody Williams, Justin McVey, Merritt Clifton, Soeurn Simeth

Guerrillas gun down 12 gorilla guards & five others in Virunga, DRC

April 26, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Resurgent Ebola and COVID-19 escalate threats to already high-risk habitat VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK,  Democratic Republic of the Congo––At least 17 people,  including 12 Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation rangers whose primary duty is protecting critically endangered mountain gorillas,  were killed in an April 24,  2020 ambush attack. No gorillas are known to have been caught […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Rwanda, Sub-Saharan, Uganda, Wildlife Tagged With: Carl Akeley, Cosma Wilungula, Emmanuel de Merode, Fred Kockott, Innocent Ngudjolo, Jason Burke, Jules Ngondo, Mobutu Sese Seko, Philip Kleinfeld, Robert Flummerfelt, Yav Avuli

From gorillas to shelter dogs: animals caught in the COVID-19 crunch

March 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

No animals other than bats & humans are known to get COVID-19,  but millions are affected by the human response             WASHINGTON D.C.––Animals and animal-related projects from Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to National Institutes of Health-funded laboratories are feeling the impact of the international COVID-19 scare underway throughout early 2020,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Gabon, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Humphrey, David Grimm, Eric Hutchinson, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Jenny G. Zhang, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Rodney Muhumuza, Shirley McGreal

Noted in passing: “Turtle God” & rhino, elephant, & lion advocates

March 21, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Victims of cancer,  assassins,  & two killed by the species they loved “Turtle God” Peter Pritchard,  76,  died in hospice care on February 26,  2020.   Known as “the Turtle God,”  recalled longtime Tampa Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman,  Pritchard at his home in Oviedo,  Florida kept what Pittman believed to be “the largest private collection […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Land turtles, Laws, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Soft-shelled turtles, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Archie Carr, Beyers Coetzee, Craig Pittman, Grant Fowlds, Hendrik van Jaarsveld, Kevin Richardson, Leroy Brewer, Merritt Clifton, Peter Pritchard, Swans van Wyke, Thobani Masondo

Deadly Wuhan coronavirus may be pangolin’s best friend

February 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Pangolins carry a 99% identical coronavirus,  report Chinese scientists             GUANGZHOU, China––Will the Wuhan coronavirus,  newly linked to pangolins,  save one of the world’s most endangered animals? Headlines over the weekend of February 8-9,  2020 amplified global panic that the number of confirmed Wuhan coronavirus deaths had soared beyond the 2003 toll from severe acute […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Arnon Shimshony, David Cyranoski, Merritt Clifton, Shen Yongyi, Xiao Lihua, Zhang Jinshuo

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