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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

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

Hurricane Irma: survival stories from 27 zoos & sanctuaries 

September 13, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

No losses of zoo & sanctuary animals reported! (See also Hurricane Irma: first reports on animals in the Caribbean islands,  Hurricane Irma: Hemingway cats & dolphin rescuer Rick Trout rode it out in the Keys ,  and Hurricane Irma: how wildlife endured) Current USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service licensing data indicates that at least 217 […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Sanctuaries, Sea turtles, Snakes, Spectacles, Turtles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alexander Lacey, Carole Baskin, Casey Taylor, Howard Baskin, Merritt Clifton, Patti Ragan, Sharon DuMond, Shirley McGreal

Tropical Storm Harvey: helping animals caught in harm’s way

August 30, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Harvey the Wallbanger busts some animals out of confinement, traps others in need of rescue (See also Hurricane Harvey: who is doing what for animals?, Brian Davies puts $49,562 toward Harvey animal rescue, challenges others to match it and Which Hurricane Harvey animal relief charity took the Labor Day weekend off? More updates will follow as quickly as possible.)          […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Bats, Birds, Cats, Conservation, Crocodilians, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Insects, Marine life, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Sanctuaries, Sea turtles, Shelters, Snakes, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Venomous, Wildlife Tagged With: Ana Zorilla, Henry Grabar, Jacob Calle, Karen Brulliard, Kelly NorridKirstiAnn Clifford, Merritt Clifton

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