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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

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

Exhibitionist shark-draggers upstaged by “reality TV” star friend

August 8, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

“Look,  ma!  No decency!”          MIAMI,  Florida––Long seeking social media notice by posting images of himself and friends torturing animals,  Michael Robert Wenzel,  21,  of Palmetto,  Florida,  for a few days appeared to have at last achieved the notoriety he wanted with a video posted on July 24, 2017 showing himself and pals Robert Lee “Bo” […]

Filed Under: Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Marine life, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Reptiles, Screen industry, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Kompothecras, Carli Teproff, Merritt Clifton, Michael Robert Wenzel, Nicholas Burns Easterling, Patrick Gomes, Robert Lee "Bo" Benac, Russ Rector, Spencer Heintz, Stan Kroenke

Who eats the most Floridians––pythons, pit bulls, bears, or alligators?

January 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Feral species challenge understanding of predator/prey relationships          MIAMI––Florida hosts 1.3 million alligators,  about a quarter of a million pit bulls, a few billion mosquitoes,  and––according to promotional material for the 2016 Python Challenge Burmese Python Removal Competition––perhaps 100,000 pythons,  the species officially deemed most in need of killing after the first Florida bear hunt […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, African species, Constrictors, Crocodilians, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunted species, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Reptiles, Snakes, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission, Merritt Clifton, Python Challenge

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