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Naming Nature: The clash between instinct & science

December 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Carol Kaesuk Yoon W.W. Norton & Co. (500 5th Ave., New York, NY 10110), 2009.  344 pages, hardcover.  $27.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Though you may never have heard of either “taxonomy” or  “cladistics,”   the two central concepts in Carol Kaesuk Yoon’s 2009 opus Naming Nature,   it remains a fascinating read for […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Bats, Beliefs, Birds, Book & film reviews, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Horses & Farmed Animals, Insects, Marine life, Other animals & science topics, Other species, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Science, Snakes, Turtles, Wildlife Tagged With: Carol Kaesuk Yoon, Carolus Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, Con Slobodchikoff, Merritt Clifton

Hurricane Harvey hits hunters & fishers harder than wildlife

September 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Shrimp, sea turtles, “sport fish,” teal & doves all get a break HOUSTON, Texas––As hard as Hurricane Harvey hit humans,  pets,  livestock,  and some of the most vulnerable wildlife along the Gulf Coast of Texas and adjacent part of Louisiana,  especially big birds who could not escape from the wind,  early damage assessments indicate that […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Bats, Birds, Birds, Conservation, Crocodilians, Crustaceans, Disasters, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Fish, Habitat, Hunted species, Land turtles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Shelters, Snakes, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Venomous, Wildlife

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

Hurricane Irma: how wildlife endured

September 12, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Any animals who could escape or hide did (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: survival stories from 24 zoos & sanctuaries .) Devastating as Hurricane Irma was to Caribbean habitat from Barbuda to the […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, Marine mammals, Other species, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Snakes, The Americas, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Craig Pittman, David Sutta, Jeffrey Fleming, Laura Aguilar, Marcelo Clavijo, Merritt Clifton

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

Snehal Bhatt, “The Cobra Girl of Gujarat,” dies at 55

January 29, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Made famous by The Snake Wranglers Snehal Bhatt,  55,  made famous worldwide as “The Cobra Girl of Gujarat” by the second episode of the National Geographic reality television series The Snake Wranglers,  died in her sleep from a heart attack in the early morning hours of January 23,  2017 at her home in Vadodara,  Gujarat,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Crocodilians, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Snakes, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Gyan Marwah, Jose Louies, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Nick Jukes, Shubhobroto Ghosh

What’s on the menu? Mice & rats, frozen or live

December 27, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

South African bust sheds light on a dirty business          KLOOF,  South Africa––Six hundred dead rodents plus dying rats,  rabbits and mice,  left unfed for days,  on December 20,  2016 brought home to the Kloof & Highway SPCA branch of the National SPCA of South Africa what spokesperson Sue Noakes termed “the stark reality of […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Birds, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Snakes, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife Tagged With: Anson Wong, Barry Kent MacKay, Chris Mattison, Feeder Factory, Jason Brent Shaw, Merritt Clifton, National SPCA, Rory Goldin, Sue Noakes

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

Screaming for the dragon slayer

January 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Chained to fast-falling hunting license sales, with agency revenue and careers at stake, wildlife managers from Florida to Texas are looking toward modestly rising interest in alligator hunting for the miracle that might save them from a fate worse than death––or at least from having to cater chiefly to non-hunting,  non-trapping,  non-fishing clientele. Listed as a […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Constrictors, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Hunting & trapping, Reptiles, Snakes, Wildlife Tagged With: alligators, David Quammen, Donna Hart, Merritt Clifton, Pythons, Robert W. Sussman

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