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Cat studies shortchange disabled U.S. veterans & vanishing Aussie wildlife

December 9, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

White Coat Waste Project challenges Veterans’ Administration studies, while Aussie scientists question value of their own cat-killing experiment          WASHINGTON D.C.,  PERTH, Australia––Cat experiments conducted by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Cleveland,  Louisville,  and Los Angeles,  and by Australian researchers at the Charles Darwin Reserve,  225 miles north of Perth,  might be said […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats lab animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Population control, Science, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Anthony Bellotti, Brian Mast, Charles Darwin, Dina Titus, Eradicat, Felixer, Merritt Clifton, Tim S. Doherty, White Coat Waste Project

Don’t know pigeons from bowling balls? Among pigeon rollers, you’ll fit right in

November 17, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Local humane society says nothing             ESSEX,  Ontario––Why has the Harrow Fair,  the official fair of Essex County,  Ontario,  elected to become internationally notorious for promoting so-called “parlor pigeons” as “the bowling balls of the avian world?” Why has the county allowed it? Why did the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society say and do nothing about it […]

Filed Under: Birds, Canada, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Pigeon flying, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Akber Khan, Bob Salinger, Charles Darwin, Jo Blum, Luke Korcok, Merritt Clifton, Ted Foreman

TNR protects African wildcats from “genetic pollution” & ferals from cruelty

October 24, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Alley Cat Rescue begins project at Kruger National Park             KRUGER NATIONAL PARK,  South Africa––Alley Cat Rescue,  of Mount Ranier,  Maryland,   is now “working to implement trap-neuter-return programs for stray/feral cats around Kruger National Park,”  according to founder Louise Holton,  to keep African wildcats from hybridizing with their domestic descendants. Having “advocated for the humane […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Botswana, Cats, China, Conservation, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Namibia, Population control, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Becky Robinson, Charles Darwin, Jaclyn Tennant, Llewellyn Foxcroft, Louise Holton, Marna Herbst, Merritt Clifton, Rita Brock

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

Leaving The Wild:  The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows & Horses

December 5, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by Gavin Ehringer Pegasus Books,  distributed by W.W. Norton & Co. 364 pages.  $27.95 hardcover.  In stores December 5,  2017. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Remember the most gripping and informative few books you ever read about dogs,  cats,  cows,  and/or horses,  by authors as thorough as the multi-time best sellers Desmond Morris,  Elizabeth Marshall Thomas,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Breeding, Cats, Cattle & dairy, Central Asia, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Population control, Population control, Shelters, Show, Training, USA, Uses of dogs, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts, Working horses Tagged With: Charles Darwin, Desmond Morris, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Gavin Ehringer, Herodotus, Merritt Clifton, Sonia Faruqi, Stanley Coren, Walt Disney

Eight hundred years of zoos in London

March 22, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

New book and 2004 volume detail the origins of zoos as we know them        LONDON,  U.K.––Scheduled for official publication by Viking/Pegasus on April 4,  2017,  The Zoo:  The Wild And Wonderful Tale Of The Founding Of London Zoo,  by British television producer Isobel Charman,  has drawn pre-publication raves from reviewers fortunate enough to receive […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Isles, Pacific rim, Singapore, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Charles Darwin, Daniel Hahn, Isobel Charman, Merritt Clifton, Stamford Raffles

The animal issue that made Donald Trump a presidential candidate

September 25, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Or,  what is bio-xenophobia? (Part I of a four-part series.  See also How an ant doctor came to be driving public policy; How the Twin Towers fell on animals too;  and Questioning the claims of “crisis.”) With just six weeks left of the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign season,  xenophobia,  the fear of foreigners,  has thus far […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Birds, Cats, Central Europe, Christianity, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Food security, Germany, Global, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Insects, Isles, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Other animals & science topics, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Science, Sheep & goats, The Americas, United Kingdom, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Aldo Leopold, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, Donald Trump, E.O. Wilson, Hillary Clinton, Merritt Clifton, Ted Cruz

How an ant doctor came to be driving public policy

September 25, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Who is E.O. Wilson? (Part 2 of a four-part series.  See also The animal issue that made Donald Trump a presidential candidate;  How the Twin Towers fell on animals too;  and Questioning the claims of “crisis.”) Perhaps the most influential author and thinker from the rise of the late 20th century environmental movement to today,  and certainly […]

Filed Under: Activism, Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Charles Darwin, E.O. Wilson, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Carson, Stephen Jay Gould

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