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How 60+ Florida animal care facilities survived Hurricane Ian

October 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And how IFAW founder Brian Davies’ $1.4 million winter home didn’t             FORT MYERS, Florida––Forty-eight hours after Hurricane Ian first hit the southwest Florida coast on September 28,  2022,  and minutes after it slammed into South Carolina two days later,  after crossing the width of Florida and regaining momentum over the sea,  animal rescuers were […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Crocodilians, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Reptiles, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Gullf Coast Humane Society, Hurricane Ian, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Adams, Sanibel

Reptiles invade Canada––but not by their own choice

May 16, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Inhospitable habitat,  even if herps are kept indoors              EDMONTON, Alberta,  Canada––Reptile breeder John Makaryshyn,  31,  was on May 10,  2022 hit with 37 charges under Canadian federal law and 89 counts of allegedly violating the Animal Protection Act of Alberta in connection with the deaths of 674 reptiles and amphibians whose remains were discovered […]

Filed Under: Canada, Constrictors, Crocodilians, Feature Home Bottom, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Snakes, The Americas, Turtles, Venomous, Wildlife Tagged With: Connor Barthe, Drumheller, Jean Claude-Savoie, John Makaryshyn, Merritt Clifton, Noah Barthe, Poikilo Exotics, Riverfront Aquariums, Royal Tyrell

Reptile diversity study findings are less scary than a snake in your boot

April 30, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Mainstream reportage focused on the bad news,  but reptiles remain likely to outlive us WASHINGTON D.C.––All dinosaurs except birds,  all ichthyosaurs,  and all pterosaurs are  confirmed extinct. Dragons,  griffins,  and Godzilla are alive and well in human imagination,  the only habitat they ever actually occupied. Among the other 10,196 reptile species for whom population and […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Crocodilians, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Indian subcontinent, Land turtles, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Snakes, Soft-shelled turtles, The Americas, Turtles, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Bruce E. Young, Christina Larson, Erik Stokstad, Godzilla, Merritt Clifton, Neil Cox

Was Gladys the killer Cane Corso witness to a previous human death?

February 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Behavior & evidence suggest Gladys was not just dumped in the Everglades MICCOSUKEE SERVICE PLAZA,  Florida––Was Gladys the Cane Corso or supersized pit bull witness to an earlier human fatality before killing rescue volunteer Pam Robb,  71,  on the morning of February 17,  2022? (See Pit bull star of 100+ Abandoned Dogs of Everglades Florida […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Crocodilians, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Reptiles, Shelters, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Amy Roman, Carol Daniello, Gladys, Jan Halas Stenger, Marritt Clifton, Pam Robb

Will captive lions caught in wildfire light a fire under South African legislators?

October 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Promised bill to ban breeding lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots,  & bone commerce awaits introduction––and action             BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa––Five months after South African minister of forestry, fisheries & the environment Barbara Creecy announced that she would pursue legislation to ban breeding captive lions for cub-petting,  trophy shoots,  and exports of lion bones for use […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Captive animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Snakes, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Barbara Creecy, Bloemfontein SPCA, Merritt Clifton, National SPCA of South Africa

Florida regulators “put foot down” amid venomous snakes & alligators

February 27, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Breeding green iguanas, pythons,  & tegu lizards will be banned after 2024             TALLAHASSEE, Florida––Trying to lock the Florida swamps decades after green iguanas,  pythons,  tegu lizards,  and countless other reptiles well-adapted to the habitat slithered in,  the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission on February 25,  2021 voted unanimously to add green iguanas,  pythons,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Crocodilians, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunting & trapping, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Snakes, Wildlife Tagged With: Adriana Brasileiro, Jim Turner, Melissa Tucker, Merritt Clifton, Robert Fletcher, Rodney Berreto

Fur sales, wildlife acts, & hiding dog bite history banned in California

October 17, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Fur-bearing animals & adopters of shelter/rescue dogs win protections             SACRAMENTO,  California––The new animal-related law in California that Governor Gavin Newsom and mass media said least about,  to help protect Californians against recklessly rehomed dogs with bite history,  may in the end become the most emulated among the raft of bills sent to Newsom’s desk […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Circuses, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fur trapping, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Lab animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Other species, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Slaughter, Snakes, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Gavin Newsom, Merritt Clifton, Sherry DeBoer

Two inches of rain means life or death to animals in Kenya

March 19, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Flash floods broke devastating drought, but not drought cycle menacing wildlife & livestock             NAIROBI,  Kenya––Just two inches of rain over two days,  about what Seattle gets on average in just two weeks, in mid-March 2018 triggered flash floods killing at least 15 Kenyans,  marooning six tented camps for wildlife tourists in the Maasai Mara […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Cattle & dairy, China, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Ethiopia, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Kenya, Meat issues, Reptiles, Sheep & goats, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: George Murage, George Sayagie, Karen Blixen, Merritt Clifton, Rex Tillerson, Somini Sangupta

Florida: Bashing the brains out of iguanas as alleged illegal aliens

March 14, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Iguanas were in Florida first––by 16 million years             FORT LAUDERDALE,  Florida––Bashing or shooting the brains out of iguanas essentially for the hell of it would be illegal almost anywhere if done to pets. Braining iguanas in the name of research,  however,  brought University of Florida wildlife biologist and research coordinator Jenny Ketterlin and 14 […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Caribbean, Central America, Conservation, Crocodilians, Dog use, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Land turtles, Marine life, Mexico, other, Other species, Reptile farming, Reptiles, The Americas, Turtles, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: A. Deans Peggs, Archie Carr, Craig Pittman, Esteban Payan, Jenny Ketterlin, Lewis Reynolds, Merritt Clifton, Susannah Bryan, Thomas Gennarelli, Walter Ralston, William T. Hornaday

Russ Rector, “the feared activist feared even among activists,” dead at 69

January 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Said of marine mammal parks, “We’re all showing our age,  but I don’t have to pass building inspections.”             FORT LAUDERDALE,  Florida––Russ Rector,  69,  a former Ocean World dolphin trainer whose campaigns on behalf of marine mammals later closed Ocean World,  unexpectedly died from natural causes at about 10:00 p.m. on January 7,  2018. Though […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Humane history, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, South America, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Aldemaro Romero, Alex Kompothecras, Bill Wewer, Billy Causey, Dawn Branchau, Ignacio Agudo, Jonathan Kendall, Linda Rector, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Rick Spill, Rick Trout

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