• News home
  • About us
  • Our bios
  • Contact us
  • Cats
  • Disasters
  • Pit bull data
  • How to help us
  • Get alerts!

Animals 24-7

News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature

  • USA
  • Asia/Pacific
  • Africa
  • The Americas
  • Europe
  • Obituaries
  • Please donate!
  • Coming Events

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

Seaspiracy: seas, piracy, & Cowspiracy meet fishy business

April 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Fishing industry screams bloody murder Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Seaspiracy,  whose title is a fusion of “seas” and “piracy,”  and a play on Cowspiracy,  the 2014 independent blockbluster documentary also produced by Kip Anderson,  on March 24,  2021 premiered worldwide on Netflix. Within 10 days Seaspiracy had become a runaway hit,  seen by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Sea turtles, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Turtles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Ali Tabrizi, Beth Clifton, Don Staniford, George Monbiot, Kip Anderson, Lucy Tabrizi, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry, Sylvia Earle

Three recent deaths of people who cared about animals in very different ways

June 24, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Conservation theorist Michael E. Soulé, 84;  activist Linda Ann DeStefano, 76;  Bill Jenkins, 53             Michael E. Soulé,  84,  widely identified as the “father of conservation biology,”  but an enthusiastic advocate of “compassionate conservation” by the end of his life and career,  died on June 17,  2020. “Conservation is engaged in the protection of the integrity […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Humane history, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Sea turtles, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Bill Jenkins, Camilla Fox, Linda Ann DeStefano, Merritt Clifton, Michael Soule, Paul Paquet, Project Coyote, Regan Russell

Noted in passing: “Turtle God” & rhino, elephant, & lion advocates

March 21, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Victims of cancer,  assassins,  & two killed by the species they loved “Turtle God” Peter Pritchard,  76,  died in hospice care on February 26,  2020.   Known as “the Turtle God,”  recalled longtime Tampa Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman,  Pritchard at his home in Oviedo,  Florida kept what Pittman believed to be “the largest private collection […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Land turtles, Laws, Marine life, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Soft-shelled turtles, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Archie Carr, Beyers Coetzee, Craig Pittman, Grant Fowlds, Hendrik van Jaarsveld, Kevin Richardson, Leroy Brewer, Merritt Clifton, Peter Pritchard, Swans van Wyke, Thobani Masondo

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

Remembering Amelia Earhart friend & “Turtle Lady” Ila Loetscher

July 20, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

A personal recollection of the pioneering aviator who became rescuer & advocate for endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles Recent headlines about the ongoing quest for definitive confirmation of the fate of flyer Amelia Earhart brought to mind memories of her longtime close friend and rival Ila Loetscher,  seven years younger,  the renowned Turtle Lady of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Marine life, Mexico, Religion & philosophy, Sea turtles, The Americas, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Dearl Adams, Ila Fox, Merritt Clifton, Pat Burchfield

Which are more deadly, balloons or alligators?

March 9, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Jogging with the alligators Readers who troll my wife Beth’s personal Facebook page have probably seen a collage image she posted last summer showing me jogging along an embankment littered with alligators,  stepping over their heads as I go,  trailing a leaky helium balloon behind me. Obviously I didn’t really go hopping past alligators:  the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Birds, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Endangered species, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Meat issues, Opinions & Letters, Other species, Pacific islands & other, Reptiles, Sea turtles, Seals, Turtles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Matthew Savoca, Merritt Clifton, Sean Greene, Vesela Todorova

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

Quick links to coverage of dangerous dogs

FREE SUBSCRIPTION!!!

©

Copyright 2014-2022

Animals 24-7 · All Rights Reserved · Admin

 

Loading Comments...