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How one lion & one bear survived the 2014-2017 ISIS occupation of Mosul

August 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Father of Lions: Saving Starving Animals at the Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan 383 pages,  2020. Forge Book,  c/o Tom Doherty Associates;  available in multiple print & electronic formats c/o Amazon,  Barnes & Noble,  Goodreads,  and Kindle at prices from $12.99 up. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “Good afternoon. I am writing because I want to […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Abu Laith, Amir Khalil, Louise Callaghan, Merritt Clifton, Vier Pfoten

Mad Russians overrun Ukraine rabies belt; refugee canines flee west

March 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Invasion stops progress against fox rabies outbreak raging since 2004             KHARKIV, Ukraine;  ATLANTA, Georgia;  SURPRISE, Arizona––The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] web site has quietly announced,  without an accompanying media release,  that it “is working to expedite import permit requests for dogs that originate in Ukraine and surrounding countries for persons wishing […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Rabies, Russia, Ukraine, USA Tagged With: Amir Khalil, CDC, Katherine M. Shenar, Merritt Clifton, Vier Pfoten

Kaavan flies to sanctuary with “elephant singers” Cher and Amir Khalil

November 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

World of friends help “world’s loneliest elephant”             ISLAMABAD, Pakistan;  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia––Kaavan,  long billed “the world’s loneliest elephant,”  was a flying elephant this morning,  November 30,  2020,  en route from the defunct Marghuzar Zoo in Islamabad,  Pakistan,  to share a 25,000-acre habitat with three female Asian elephants inside the the one-million acre Kulen-Promtep Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central Europe, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indian subcontinent, Libya, North Africa, Pakistan, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan, Thailand, Ukraine, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Cher, Helmut Dungler, Merritt Clifton, Oliver Whang, Yahya Sinwar

Chickens were the most numerous casualties of the Beirut explosion

August 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Animals Lebanon & Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals scramble to aid animal survivors             BEIRUT,  Lebanon––How many chickens lived and died to blow up Beirut? Probably millions,  but that toll––like all others pertaining to animals––eludes estimation from the available data about the August 4,  2020 ammonium nitrate explosion that killed at least 158 […]

Filed Under: Cats, Disasters, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Lebanon, Mediterranean Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Animals Lebanon, Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Jason Mier, Vier Pfoten

Animals for ransom: zoos & the COVID-19 cash flow crunch

May 12, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Is COVID-19 really Armaggedon for zoos,  or just another funding pitch?              HONG KONG,  LONDON––Seven thousand animals at Ocean Park in Hong Kong and as many as 20,000 animals at the London Zoo and subsidiary Whipsnade Zoo are only the most politically conspicuous of thousands of menageries now at risk––and perhaps being held for ransom […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Isles, United Kingdom, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Andrew Rosindell, Edwin Wiek, Joy Marie Somers, Lawrence Anthony, Merritt Clifton, Verena Kaspari

Heart failure fells Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) founder Helmut Dungler, 56

January 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Dungler died at the Lionsrock sanctuary he founded             BETHLEHEM,  South Africa––Helmut Dungler,  56,  founder of the international animal charity Vier Pfoten (Four Paws),  died on January 5,  2020 from a sudden massive heart attack suffered on one of his frequent visits to the Lionsrock sanctuary,  among the biggest and most ambitious of the many […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Austria, Bulgaria, Central Europe, Chickens, Croatia, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Other entertainment topics, Population control, Population control, Poultry, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Street dogs, Street performers, Sub-Saharan, Ukraine, Welfare, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Chinny Krishna, Helmut Dungler, Ioana Dungler, Josef Pfabigan, Merritt Clifton, Signe Preuschoft

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