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U.K. House of Commons votes to ban imports of hunting trophies

March 22, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Ban still must clear the House of Lords and gain Royal Assent,  but these formalities are more likely to delay than prevent enforcement LONDON, U.K.––The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill cleared the House of Commons on March 17,  2023 by unanimous voice vote. The silence of pro-trophy hunting opponents,  however,  scarcely means that the bill […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Bears, Captive animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Isles, Laws, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Charles III, Eduardo Goncalves, House of Commons, House of Lords, Merritt Clifton, trophy hunting

Kangaroo leather soccer shoes get the boot from Puma & Nike

March 15, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Pumas do not hunt kangaroos anyhow BEAVERTON,  Oregon––Pumas,  native to almost all of the Americas,  do not hunt kangaroos,  native only to Australia. Neither will kangaroos be hunted any longer to supply the German sportswear manufacturer Puma with their hides,  the Puma company has announced. Nor will kangaroo hides be impaled on Nike spikes,  the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sports, USA, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Adidas, Al Spalding, Merritt Clifton, Mizuno, Nike, Pele, Puma

For auld lang syne: last ANIMALS 24-7 obituaries of 2022

January 1, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

John Neville Hare,  Mark Stanley-Price,  Faith Maloney, & Vivienne Westwood The camel man John Neville Hare,  88,   died on January 28,  2022,  but ANIMALS 24-7 did not learn of his death until almost a year later. Born in Bexhill, Kent,  Hare became acquainted with working camels as a British army officer assigned to the Royal […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Central Asia, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Isles, Nigeria, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, Wildlife, Wildlife, World Tagged With: & Vivienne Westwood, Faith Maloney, John Neville Hare, Mark Stanley-Price, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson

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

CITES doomed the vaquita, sold the elephant in the room, & worse

March 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

U.N. Environment Assembly calls for yet another report on “the interlinkages between animal welfare,  the environment and sustainable development” after ignoring a mountain of others produced at least since 1950             LYON, France––This is not just a fish story,  nor just a fish-and-elephant story,  nor even just another story about the failures and shortcomings of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Kenya, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Marine life, Meat issues, Namibia, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, USA, Welfare, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, World Tagged With: CITES, International Whaling Commission, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, totoaba, United Nations Environment Program

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

World Federation for Animals seeks “One ring to bind them all”

February 13, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

But progress for animals is not achieved with “rings of power”             BOSTON, Massachusetts––Any resemblance between mild-mannered World Federation for Animals founder Wim DeKok,  a longtime exemplar of peaceful cooperation,  and Sauron,  the vengeful Satanic wizard of the Lord of the Rings trilogy authored by J.R.R. Tolkien,  would be difficult to discover. Yet there is […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Editorials, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, Science, The Americas, Uncategorized, USA, World Tagged With: Britta Riis, Henry Salt, Jean-Claude Nouett, Merritt Clifton, Peter Davies, Reineke Hameleers, Sauron, Stephen Coleridge, William J. Piggott, Wim DeKok

Free Willy! six years later (June 1999)

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Quick victory for Ric O’Barry OSLO,  Norway––Responding on four days  notice to a Japanese plan to capture four orcas in Norwegian waters,  former  Flipper  trainer Ric O’Barry recently scored one of the biggest,  quickest victories of his 30-year crusade against marine mammal captivity. Yet mass media and even Internet animal rights forums scarcely noticed. O’Barry […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Marine life, Marine mammals, USA, Whales & dolphins, World, Zoos

Mink ranching survives in Denmark despite risky COVID-19 mutation

November 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Danish mink industry was to be liquidated from fear that COVID-19 mutation could neutralize vaccines in development             COPENHAGEN, Denmark––The Danish mink industry,  on the verge of liquidation as of November 4,  2020 to control a COVID-19 coronavirus mutation,  appears to have politically mobilized to win a reprieve––for the mink ranchers,  however,  not the mink […]

Filed Under: Central Europe, Denmark, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Sweden, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Allan Randrup Thomsen, Arnon Shimshony, Francois Balloux, Kare Molbak, Karl Stahl, Merritt Clifton, Mette Frederiksen

Feds quit funding guns & ammo for “anti-poaching” militias

October 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

MacGregor throws the World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society & others out of the lettuce patch             WASHINGTON D.C.––Deputy Interior Secretary Katharine MacGregor on September 18,  2020 quietly ordered major reforms of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID] programs which have for decades routed millions of dollars in funding […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Cameroun, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Katharine MacGregor, Merritt Clifton, Stephen Corry

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