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Speeding boater tried to hit sea lions on the Columbia River near Portland

April 6, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Frustrated would-be salmon fisher suspected,  but not yet caught PORTLAND, Oregon––The Oregon State Marine Board,  the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office,  and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration––as well as ANIMALS 24-7,  many other concerned media,  and countless outraged private citizens––are all hunting for an as yet unidentified individual who on April 3,  2023 was caught […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Seals, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Daisy Cabellero, Holmes Harbor, Isabella Breda, Joseph Gaydos, Lesley Evans Ogden, Michael Brady, Orca Network

Advocate for shooting seals turns to pushing hunt for Sasquatch

March 2, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

But seals are still getting shot GREENBANK, Washington––The hunt for whoever is shooting harbor seals,  apparently from a boat,  along the west side of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  intertwines with the hunt for the mythical Sasquatch,  but no,  Sasquatch is not shooting seals,  nor is Sasquatch in any danger of being shot. Yet another young female […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Marine life, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Garry Heinrich, Harrison Mills, Justin Humphrey, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Thomas Sewid

Who shot pregnant harbor seals? Thomas Sewid encouraged it.

January 27, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Seal hater even buys ammo for seal killers             DINES POINT, Washington––Who apparently cruised along the east shore of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  shotgunning pregnant harbor seals on or about January 24,  2023 is as yet officially unknown. ANIMALS 24-7 spent much of January 26,  2023 examining the bloated,  eagle-pecked remains of harbor seal victims,  and […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Meat issues, Native American beliefs, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sea otters, Seals, The Americas, U.S., USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Becca Jaffe, Beth Clifton, Dines Point, Merritt Clifton, Pacific Balance Marine Management, Pacific Balance Pinniped Society

International animal advocacy influencer Brian Davies dies at 87

December 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Founded IFAW to fight the Atlantic Canada seal hunt             CAPE COD,  Massachusetts––Brian Davies,  87,  founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare,  Network for Animals,  the Political Animal Lobby,  and Animal Survival International,  died after a prolonged illness on December 27,  2022. Born on February 4,  1935 in Tonyrefail,  Wales,  an impoverished mining village,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Cats, China, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eating cats, Eating dogs, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Hunting & trapping, Isles, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Pacific rim, Philippines, Religion & philosophy, Seals, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, The Americas, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Anne Doncaster, Anne Streeter, Brigitte Bardot, Gloria Davies, Harry Rowsell, IFAW, International Wildlife Coaliton, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Stephen Best, Tom Hughes

PIRATES! Captain Paul Watson goes down with the sinking Sea Shepherds

September 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Under new brass,  it isn’t even the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society any more             SOUTH WOODSTOCK,  Vermont––Japanese and Russian whales,  Atlantic Canadian sealers,  and oceans of marine poachers in other parts of the world never succeeded in sinking Captain Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,  but the organization he founded in 1977 on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Humane history, Japan, Marine life, Mexico, Organizations, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Science, Seals, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Cornelissen, Deborah Bassett, Haans Siver, Merritt Clifton, Peter Hammarstedt, Phil Wollen, Pritam Singh, Rob Stewart, Sharkwater

Freya the walrus: sacrificed to save Norwegian whaling, sealing, & party in power

August 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

When was the last time a wild walrus ever injured anyone? OSLO, Norway––Was Freya the walrus killed by Norwegian directorate of fisheries on August 14,  2022 in Oslo fjord to protect herself,  or to protect human swimmers and boaters,  as the Norwegian government alleges? Or was Freya really killed to protect the heavily subsidized Norwegian […]

Filed Under: Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Marine life, Seals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Frank Bakke-Jensen, Freya, Jonas Gahr Støre, Merritt Clifton, Per Espen Fjeld, Pia Ve Dahlen

Ghost of seal hunt haunts Canadian trucker blockades over COVID-19 testing

February 12, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Former seal hunt defender Brian Peckford,  79,  makes political last stand at expense of cattle,  pigs,  & public health OTTAWA, Canada––Canadian cattle and pigs fed grain from the United States are going hungry.  Some cattle and pigs en route from Canada to finishing and slaughter in the U.S. may be stuck aboard trucks. Entering a […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Marine life, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Mulroney, Brian Peckford, Joey Smallwood, John Crosbie, Maggie Parkhill, Merritt Clifton, Newfoundland, Robin Levinson-King

The best news of 2021 for North Atlantic seals, whales, & dolphins

October 3, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Young Newfoundlanders rescue seven stranded pilot whales near scene of “A Whale For The Killing” EMBREE, Newfoundland––The best news in 2021 both for harp seals and gray seals in Atlantic Canada and for pilot whales and Atlantic white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands,  2,000 miles east across the North Atlantic,  might in the long run […]

Filed Under: Denmark, Europe, Faroe Islands, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Scandinavia, Seals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Farley Mowat, Faroe Islands, Meg Roberts, Merritt Clifton, Mitchell Gillingham, Olavur Sjurdarberg, Ryan Collier, Ryan Knot

Complaining that seals cause “stress,” farm cuts gills from salmon alive

February 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

John Robins:  “Salmon farming is cruel,  plain and simple.”              STORNOWAY,  Scotland––The Danish-owned Scottish Salmon Company,  just three weeks after complaining to media about seal attacks “stressing” farmed Atlantic salmon near Portree on Skye,  has been exposed in undercover video obtained by Animal Equality U.K. for allegedly allowing routine cruelty in processing on a scale […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Abigail Penny, John A. MacInnes, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton

Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads

February 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act brought law to save seals in Scottish waters             EDINBURGH,  Scotland––Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads,  posted by Animal Concern Scotland on February 1,  2021. The reward is specifically for information leading to the first successful prosecution under a new Scottish seal protection law,  adopted on […]

Filed Under: Canada, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, Seals, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Bakkafrost, Bernadette Jordan, Edward Kolodziej, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Tavish Scott, Zhenyu Tian

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