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Mystery marine toxo host kills sea mammals; cats wrongly blamed

October 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Toxoplasma gondii finding in beluga whales points same way as sea otter and monk seal studies––& not toward cats             MONTREAL––A new study widely publicized for allegedly linking domestic cats to losses of endangered beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River estuary actually shows almost the opposite,  read in context––and contributes to a growing stack of […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Canada, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral cats, Fish, Habitat, Marine life, Science, Sea otters, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Andrew Rowan, David Yurkowski, Gloeta Massie, Jitender P. Dubey, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Robert Michaud, Stéphane Lair

Washington bans Atlantic salmon sea pens––what’s in it for the fish?

April 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Five-year phase-out of Atlantic salmon farming mandated by law OLYMPIA,  Washington––What is in it for the fish? That is a question hardly anyone is asking,  or is likely to ask,  as Washington state embarks upon a legislatively mandated five-year phase-out of the sea pen-raised Atlantic salmon industry in Puget Sound. The phase-out bill was introduced […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Sea otters, Seals, Wildlife Tagged With: Craig Medred, Jay Inslee, Joel Richardson, Kristine Lytton, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton

Shellfishing & oil minions blame sea otters for effects of global warming

March 21, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Still endangered after century of recovery, sea otters become scapegoats             ANCHORAGE,  Alaska––Sea otters are now taking the rap from frustrated Alaskan shellfishers for one of the best-documented and longest foreseen effects of global warming:  oceanic acidification,  inhibiting the ability of species such as abalone,  urchins,  clams,  crabs and sea cucumbers to build and maintain shells. […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Crustaceans, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Food security, Fur trapping, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Science, Sea otters, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Dan Sullivan, Dolly Gee, Don Young, Howard Granville Sharpe, Kyle Herbert, Laine Welch, Lisa Murkowski, McDowell Group, Merritt Clifton, Nathaniel Herz, Zaz Hollander

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