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“My Octopus Teacher” meets the Kraken

November 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Or, “The Call of the Wild” underwater My Octopus Teacher,  a 2020 Netflix Original documentary,  directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed,  might already be the most watched and talked about cephalopod drama since Kirk Douglas fought the giant squid in the 1954 Walt Disney epic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,  based on the 1870 […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Other species, Wildlife Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Craig Foster, Jack London, James Reed, Jules Verne, Merritt Clifton, Pippa Erlich

Watchable wildlife species often seen at Hidden Beach

September 17, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Hidden Beach habitat use overview (See also Exploiting starving orcas to push a boondoggle.) Photographed at Hidden Beach by Beth Clifton Grey whales photographed from Hidden Beach, frequented by as many as three whale at a time for more than a month in spring 2018. Sydney the harbor seal,  born just north of Hidden Beach […]

Filed Under: Birds, Conservation, Crustaceans, Endangered species, Fish, Habitat, Marine life, Other species, Seals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife

Which are more deadly, balloons or alligators?

March 9, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Jogging with the alligators Readers who troll my wife Beth’s personal Facebook page have probably seen a collage image she posted last summer showing me jogging along an embankment littered with alligators,  stepping over their heads as I go,  trailing a leaky helium balloon behind me. Obviously I didn’t really go hopping past alligators:  the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Endangered species, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Meat issues, Opinions & Letters, Other species, Pacific islands & other, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Seals, Turtles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Matthew Savoca, Merritt Clifton, Sean Greene, Vesela Todorova

“Salmon farming is an environmental disaster”

February 28, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by John F. Robins,  Animal Concern Scotland About thirty years ago an Animal Concern Director and I attended one of the first annual conferences of the Scottish fish farming industry. It was held in a wee hall in Oban and there were perhaps a hundred people attending.  A student from University of Stirling gave a […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Top, Fish, Food, Isles, Letters, Marine life, Meat issues, Norway, Opinions & Letters, Other species, Scandinavia, Scotland, Seals, United Kingdom, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: John F. Robins

When the cats are away, the mice will play––and the rats & rabbits

December 8, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Purging cats from South Atlantic islands often harms birds more than helps them (Part I of a two-part series.  See also What if an island has no cats?)          LONDON,  U.K.––Fourteen years after declaring victory over feral cats on remote Ascension Island,  on behalf of sooty terns,  the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fish, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Other species, Pacific islands & other, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Ben Dilley, Clive Cookson, Henry Fountain, Jim Reynolds, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Sarah Knapton

Four poachers get life for killing Costa Rican sea turtle defender

April 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Convictions for the killing of Jairo Mora Sandoval reverse 2015 acquittal          LIMÓN,  Costa Rica––Four poachers have received prison sentences ranging from 74 to 90 years for the May 30,  2013 murder of Costa Rican sea turtle defender Jairo Mora Sandoval,  26,  and the kidnapping and robbery of four volunteers who were helping Mora to […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Central America, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Middle Right, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Other species, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Senegal, The Americas, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Jairo Mora Sandoval, Lindsay Fendt, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson

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