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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

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

Are conservationists becoming an endangered species?

February 7, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Three alleged murders among five recent deaths of note The butterfly guys             OCAMPO,  Mexico––Monarch butterfly conservationists Homero Gómez González, 50,  and Raúl Hernández Romero,  44,  were found dead on January 29,  2020 and February 1,  2020,  respectively,  at the El Rosario butterfly preserve that they helped to found and develop […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Indonesia, Latin America, Marine life, Mexico, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: David Bellamy, Golfrid Siregar, Hans Nicholas Jong, Homero Gómez González, Michael Krützen, Norm Rosen, Raúl Hernández Romero

Vaquita, totoaba:  Gunfire on the Sea of Cortez

March 30, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Alleged poacher tried to recover net confiscated by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society             SAN FELIPE,  Baja California, Mexico––An alleged poacher and two apparently uninvolved passers-by were reportedly hit by gunfire in a March 28,  2019 confrontation with Mexican marines in San Felipe,  Baja California,  Mexico. The shooting incident was among the most violent yet in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Food & agriculture, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Marine life, Meat issues, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Enrique García Sandez, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ramón Franco Díaz, Ricardo Zúñiga, Rosa María Zaragoza González

Over-counting jaguars, over-estimating poaching

November 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

1964-1966 flood rescue data suggests there were never as many jaguars in Suriname as World Animal Protection claims have been poached PARAMARIBO,  Suriname––Claims recently amplified on social media about the alleged extent of jaguar poaching in Suriname appear to have inflated at most a handful of rare,  scattered incidents occurring over many years into a […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, South America, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alan Rabinowitz, Alex Muiruri, George Schaller, Jane Dalton, John Walsh, Merritt Clifton, Nicholas Bruschi

Vaquita: Trump’s Trojan Horse in war on Endangered Species Act?

July 31, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Beware of trade judges bearing gifts! WASHINGTON D.C.––Will U.S. President Donald Trump use the highly endangered vaquita porpoise as the Trojan Horse for his efforts to strip “critical habitat” protections from the Endangered Species Act? Protecting the vaquita as directed on July 26,  2018 by U.S. Court of International Trade judge Gary S. Katzmann would […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Donald Trump, Gary S. Katzmann, Giulia Good Stefani, Kurt Repanshek, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ryan Zinke, Sarah Uhlemann

Why has Paul Watson asked 58 groups to drop a boycott of Mexican shrimp?

December 11, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Alleges boycott jeopardizes anti-poaching work to save the vaquita             SAN FELIPE,  Mexico––Leading an international boycott of Mexican shrimp called on behalf of the endangered vaquita porpoise,  the Animal Welfare Institute,  the Natural Resources Defense Council  and the Center for Biological Diversity have yet to publish a promised response to a December 3,  2017 appeal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Latin America, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alfredo Alcantara, D.J. Schubert, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Samuel Gallardo

Are vaquita captures for breeding or for show? Mexican report raises question

October 21, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Mexican environment secretary talks tourism             SAN FELIPE,  Mexico––The first-ever capture of an extremely endangered vaquita porpoise on October 18,  2017 in the Sea of Cortez,  disclosed a day later,  upstaged statements by Mexican environment secretary Rafael Pacchiano indicating that the capture might have been undertaken less from the hope of saving an endangered animal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Darryl Fears, Fanny Miranda, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Merritt Clifton, Omar Vidal, Rafael Pacchiano, Sandra Dibble

Delivering vaquita damsels to the ogre: U.S. Navy dolphins sally forth

October 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Sea of Cortez campaign may be more about saving the Navy Marine Mammal Program than saving vaquitas SAN FELIPE,  Mexico;  SAN DIEGO,  California––Purported knights errant sent to save a damsel in distress,  the U.S. Navy dolphins Andrea,  Fathom,  Katrina and Splash on October 5,  2017 arrived in San Felipe,  Mexico,  on the east coast of Baja California,  to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Latin America, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: John Steinbeck, Mark Stevenson, Merritt Clifton, Omar Vidal, Ric O'Barry, Rick Trout, Russ Rector

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