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Naming Nature: The clash between instinct & science

December 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Carol Kaesuk Yoon W.W. Norton & Co. (500 5th Ave., New York, NY 10110), 2009.  344 pages, hardcover.  $27.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Though you may never have heard of either “taxonomy” or  “cladistics,”   the two central concepts in Carol Kaesuk Yoon’s 2009 opus Naming Nature,   it remains a fascinating read for […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Bats, Beliefs, Birds, Book & film reviews, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Horses & Farmed Animals, Insects, Marine life, Other animals & science topics, Other species, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Science, Snakes, Turtles, Wildlife Tagged With: Carol Kaesuk Yoon, Carolus Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, Con Slobodchikoff, Merritt Clifton

Tangling with crabbers on behalf of whales, sea turtles––and crabs themselves

October 5, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Lawsuit seeks to save them all SAN FRANCISCO,  California––Saying “Dungeness crab dinners shouldn’t come with a side of whale,”   Center for Biological Diversity attorney Kristen Monsell on October 3,  2017 sued the California Department of Fish & Wildlife for allegedly failing to protect whales and sea turtles from entanglements in crabbing gear. From a vegan […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Donald Trump, Ellen Knickmeyer, Jerry Brown, Joe Howlett, Jon Lien, Kristen Monsell, Merritt Clifton, Robert J. Eldridge, Roger Payne

Hurricane Harvey hits hunters & fishers harder than wildlife

September 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Shrimp, sea turtles, “sport fish,” teal & doves all get a break HOUSTON, Texas––As hard as Hurricane Harvey hit humans,  pets,  livestock,  and some of the most vulnerable wildlife along the Gulf Coast of Texas and adjacent part of Louisiana,  especially big birds who could not escape from the wind,  early damage assessments indicate that […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Bats, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Crocodilians, Crustaceans, Disasters, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Fish, Habitat, Hunted species, Land turtles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Shelters, Snakes, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Venomous, Wildlife

Former HSUS vp David Wills hit with federal child sex charges

July 16, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Wills remains in custody facing state charges filed in 2015          CORPUS CHRISTI,  Texas––David K. Wills,  former Humane Society of the U.S. vice president for investigations and former president of the Michigan Humane Society,  was on Friday,  July 14,  2017 arrested in Corpus Christi,  Texas on a federal indictment issued on June 29,  2017 charging […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Crustaceans, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Shelters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Arthur E. Benjamin, David Wills, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Fish Feel––and even Donald Trump once said so

May 3, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Concern for fish suffering rises worldwide          SILVER SPRING,  Maryland––Suddenly voices are rising on behalf of fish,  including one of the most surprising of all. Yes,  that was the voice of U.S. President Donald Trump,  rarely known to express concern or compassion for anyone who doesn’t support him,  discussing a People for the Ethical Treatment […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Marine life, Meat issues, Pacific rim, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cait Newport, Christos Ioannou, Donald Trump, Evan Byrnes, Howard Edelstein, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Richard Jones, Rob Stewart, Steve Hindi

Mary Tyler Moore, actress & animal advocate, dies at 80

January 26, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Was among first celebrities to oppose fur          Actress and longtime animal advocate Mary Tyler Moore, 80, died from cardiopulmonary arrest ascribed to pneumonia on January 25, 2017 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Moore lived almost her entire life in and around New York City, and rose to television stardom playing the role […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Screen industry, Urban wildlife, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: Bernadette Peters, Cleveland Amory, Mary Tyler Moore, Merritt Clifton, Pale Male

Why Fish Feel?

August 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Rediscovering long submerged origins ALEXANDRIA,  Virginia––The Showing Animals Respect & Kindness booth in the main hallway at the late July/early August AR-2015 conference was a crowd-stopper. Featured were one of the SHARK drones,  one of the most powerful lenses outside of top-secret military use mounted on a tripod,  and SHARK founder Steve Hindi,  with fellow […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Fish, Food, Humane history, Marine life, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Culum Brown, Fish Feel, Henry Spira, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Peter Singer, Redouan Bshary, SHARK, Steve Hindi

Invertebrates feel stress, says Science, but D.C. no longer has a bughouse

June 22, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

            WASHINGTON, D.C.––The timing of the National Zoo’s June 22, 2014 closure of its 27-year-old invertebrate house could be called insensitive. The bughouse closure comes just a week after the journal Science boosted interest in invertebrates by publishing findings that crayfish not only feel pain, but feel stress when they anticipate that pain may occur. “Crayfish […]

Filed Under: Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Marine life, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Crayfish, National Zoo

EPA urges power plants to quit cooking fish & crustaceans alive

May 27, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

“You have to look at the impact on aquatic life”             WASHINGTON D.C.––Acting on behalf of at least 2.1 billion sentient beings per year who are pureed or boiled alive,  to little public notice,  the Environmental Protection Agency on May 19, 2014 issued final rules for water use in the cooling systems of electrical generating […]

Filed Under: Crustaceans, Fish, Marine life, Wildlife Tagged With: EPA, Mary Finelli, Nancy Stoner, Roger Witherspoon

Scientists confirm: Hurt crabs feel pain

May 27, 2009 By Merritt Clifton

And try to avoid it BELFAST–Hermit crabs feel pain when injured and change their behavior to avoid the source of pain,  reported Robert Elwood of the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University in Belfast,  Northern Ireland,  on March 27,  2009. “With vertebrates we are asked to err on the side of caution and I believe this is the approach to take […]

Filed Under: Crustaceans, Fish, Marine life, Wildlife Tagged With: Adam Anson, Merritt Clifton, Richard Chapman, Robert Elwood

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