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Do fish feel pain? Victoria Braithwaite proved it to science

October 10, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Led recognition of “metric tons” of fish as millions of sentient lives             UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania––The biggest news in the watery world of fisheries in early October 2019 was the appearance of the 447-foot Margiris,  reputedly the world’s second-largest trawler,  through the mists of the English Channel just 14 miles off Brighton,  East Sussex. “For […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal sentience & intelligence, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Marine life, Meat issues, Science, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Glenn Cooke, John Hourston, Lynne Sneddon, Merritt Clifton, Rupert Evelyn, Russell Deeks, Sebastian Belle, Victoria Braithwaite

Last convicted shark-dragger Benac will get fishing license back in 2022

September 13, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

If,  that is,  he does 250 hours of community service & finds an animal shelter that will take him for 125 hours             TAMPA,  Florida––Holding out for a lighter sentence under a plea bargain offer did not wholly pay off on September 12,  2019 for Robert Lee “Bo” Benac III,  30. But Benac did avoid […]

Filed Under: Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton Michael Wenzel, Michael Wenzel, Nick Easterling, Robert Lee “Bo” Benac III, Spencer Heintz

The SeaQuest empire, the Covino family, & who is “The Codfather?”

September 8, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

PETA rap sheet lists 87 brushes with the law in only nine years DENVER,  LYNCHBURG,  FORT LAUDERDALE––SeaQuest Interactive Aquariums chain founders Vincenzo “Vince” and Ammon Covino might prefer right now that attention be focused on soon-to-open locations in Lynchburg,  Virginia and Fort Lauderdale,  Florida,  as well as on locations in Roseville,  Minnesota;  Trumbull,  Connecticut,  and […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Marine life, Marine mammals, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Ammon Covino, Christopher Conk, Cynthia Sewell, Merritt Clifton, Sandra Lopez, Sara Fleming, Vince Covino

Elephants, giraffes, sharks, Asian otters & seahorses fare well in Switzerland

August 28, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

African elephants win protection near where exports for display began             GENEVA, Switzerland––Live elephant exports from Africa for exhibition at least nominally ended by plenary vote at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Triennial Conference of the Parties on August 27,  2019 in Geneva,  Switzerland,  about 200 miles north from where the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Botswana, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Food & agriculture, Gabon, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Japan, Kenya, Laws, Marine life, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Hannibal Barca, Merritt Clifton, Nina Larson, Tom De Meulenaer

Whaling harpoons Icelandic tourism & the whole nation suffers (UPDATE!)

June 27, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Iceland suspends whaling after ANIMALS 24-7 exposes how killing whales wounded a whale-watching industry that brings in twice as much money             REYKJAVIK, Iceland––The two remaining Icelandic whaling companies,  Hvalur,  killing fin whales,  and IP Útgerð,  killing minke whales,  on the afternoon of June 27,  2019 jointly announced that they will not go whaling this year,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Iceland, Marine life, Meat issues, Scandinavia, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, Hugh Morris, Kristján Loftsson, Lauren Yakiwchuk, Merritt Clifton, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir

What “sportsmen” say about stomping fish dumped out of a barrel

June 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Fishers fight over sadistic display              KALISPELL,  Montana––Shooting fish in a barrel,  long a metaphor for the most unsporting forms of hunting,  has a correlative at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s,  a Bass subsidiary since 2017. To hook children on recreational killing,  Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s stores from time to time offer free access […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Hughes, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Michael Johnson, Whitney Trainer

Do you eat dolphins? Does your cat?

May 21, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Don’t believe everything you read on can labels, say class action lawsuits Do you eat dolphins?  Does your cat? Not likely,  and certainly not knowingly––but three class action lawsuits filed on May 13,  2019 by nationally noted legal firms specializing in consumer affairs contend that if either you or your cat eats tuna,  the tuna […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Mexico, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Chad Sarno, Derek Sarno, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Sam LaBudde, Tom Turner

Wolves, grey whales, & sea lions targeted to preserve meat-getting traditions

April 8, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Cultural demand for killing wildlife is much stronger than economic interest             SEATTLE––The good news for wolves,  grey whales,  and California sea lions in the Pacific Northwest is that all three once-endangered predators,  now long off the U.S. endangered species list,  are reclaiming small niches in habitat that for millennia they dominated,  before human activity––especially […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Predators, Seals, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Ben Maletzke, Evan Bush, Gillian Flaccus, Joel Kretz, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Robert Wielgus, Shaun Clements

Mercury Toxicity as a Cause for Stranded Marine Mammals is not a Mystery

April 7, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

by Bill McGraw (Ph.D. in aquaculture, Boquete, Panama;  www.newaquatechpanama.com) Approximately 37% of marine mammal species are in danger of extinction,  according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.  Among the most often reported concerns regarding deaths of whales and dolphins are the phenomena of these animals beaching or “stranding” themselves en masse. Episodic […]

Filed Under: Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Isles, Japan, Marine life, Mediterranean, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Science, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill McGraw

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

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