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Dead fisher played “chicken” with Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat

January 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Would have passed safely if he had not cut to the right SAN FELIPE, Baja California, Mexico––What fisher Mario García Toledo,  56,  had in mind when he swerved his small but speedy panga across the bow of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Farley Mowat on the morning of December 31,  2020 in the northern […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Fish, Marine life, Mexico, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Cornelissen, Farley Mowat, Mario García Toledo, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd

The incredible, recent, global rise in the stranding of marine mammals

December 2, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Bill McGraw,  Ph.D. Boquete, Panama During late September, 2020,  Australia experienced the largest mass stranding of whales in the history of that country. Two weeks later,  during early October 2020,  the stranding of 7,000 cape fur seals on the coast of Namibia was identified as a major marine mammal stranding event. Disturbingly, this was […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Central Europe, Disasters, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Gabon, Marine life, Namibia, Netherlands, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Other animals & science topics, Science, Sub-Saharan, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Anna Michalska., Bill McGraw, David Krabbenhoft, Paul Schuster, Tomas Antoszczyszyn

Maneka makes waves as animal welfare minister (November 1998)

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Moved rapidly on marine mammal exhibition, cattle transport, & wild-caught bird trade NEW DELHI––Contrary to Press Trust of India and New Zealand Press Association reports of October 7,  Indian minister for social justice and empowerment Maneka Gandhi did not ban animal experiments in India effective on October 8,  1998  but she did announce draft regulations […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Birds, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashoke Chatterjee, Chinny Krishna, Guman Mal Lodha, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

Free Willy! six years later (June 1999)

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Quick victory for Ric O’Barry OSLO,  Norway––Responding on four days  notice to a Japanese plan to capture four orcas in Norwegian waters,  former  Flipper  trainer Ric O’Barry recently scored one of the biggest,  quickest victories of his 30-year crusade against marine mammal captivity. Yet mass media and even Internet animal rights forums scarcely noticed. O’Barry […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Marine life, Marine mammals, USA, Whales & dolphins, World, Zoos

India bans dolphin exhibitions

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“We will not allow dolphinariums” May/June 2013 DELHI––“We will not allow dolphinariums,”  Indian environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan on May 8,  2013 told Chetan Chahan of the Hindustan Times. “The environment ministry rejected plans to develop dolphinariums in the Noida neighborhood of Delhi,  Kochi in Kerala,  and in Mumbai,  some of which have been […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Jayanthi Natarajan, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Nanditha Krishna

Wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines & right whales sacrificed to Trump re-election bid

October 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Handouts to hunters, fishers, loggers, miners, & the oil and gas extraction industries             BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota––U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on October 29,  2020 announced that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection throughout the Lower 48 states. The wolf delisting is widely seen as a blatant […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Predators, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Sweeney, Craig McLean, David Bernhardt, Donald Trump, Erik Noble, Jennifer Bjorhus, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Frazin, Sara Amundsen

Dolphin death incidents illustrate why ANIMALS 24-7 exists

August 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Finding the truth amid emotive incidents “What Have We Done to the Whale?” headlined the August 17,  2020 online edition of The New Yorker. Added the subhead,  “The creatures once symbolized our efforts to save the planet;  now they demonstrate all the ways we have devastated it.” The hand-wringing essay by Amia Srinivasan that followed also appeared […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Marine life, South America, The Americas, United Kingdom, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Amia Srinivasan, Liu Xiaoli, Merritt Clifton, Santa Teresita, Sha Xiafeng

Iconic animal use events fall to COVID-19: “Running of the bulls” is latest

April 22, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“Social distancing” also shuts down SeaWorld, seal hunt, fur auctions, Kentucky Derby,  & the carriage horses in Central Park             PAMPLONA,  Spain ––The 700-year-old Festival of San Fermin, featuring bullfights and the “running of the bulls” through the cobbled streets of the oldest part of Pamplona, Spain, was on April 21, 2020 indefinitely postponed due […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal racing, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Fur trapping, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mediterranean, Racing, Scandinavia, Spain, Spectacles, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Working horses Tagged With: Ana Elizalde, Ernest Hemingway, Kentucky Derby, Kopenhagen Fur, Merritt Clifton, Saga Furs

COVID-19 brings no net gains for marine life––except in Iceland

April 9, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“There is no market,”  but fish,  shellfish,  seals,  & whales are all still hunted WESTERLY,  Rhode Island;  HONOLULU,  Hawaii;  REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Restaurant closures ordered because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have economically crippled the U.S. commercial fishing industry from Long Island Sound to Hawaii,  and have hit the fishing industry worldwide,  but––except in Iceland,  where a case […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Crustaceans, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Iceland, Marine life, Meat issues, Namibia, Norway, Scandinavia, Seals, Sub-Saharan, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Aristos Georgiou, Cynthia Drummond, Joe Roman, Kristján Loftsson, Merritt Clifton, Rick Daysog

Pogo: the Porpoise with a Purpose

March 17, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

A Serious Appeal to Kids for Ocean Life,  Conservation,  & Climate Change by Lorie Givens Available in hardcover,  paperback,  and ebook formats from Amazon,  Barnes & Noble,  and other major online booksellers.  43 pages.  Prices vary by seller and format. Reviewed by Beth Clifton Pogo,  a harbor porpoise with a purpose and a message comes […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Habitat, Marine life, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Lorie Givens

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