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Queen Elizabeth II honors Thai street dog rescuer John Dalley

October 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Global recognition for Soi Dog Foundation             PHUKET,  Thailand––John Dalley,  co-founder and president of Soi Dog Foundation International,  was on October 10,  2020,  the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for service to animal welfare in Southeast Asia. The term “Soi […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Brian May, Clarissa Baldwin, Daphne Sheldrick, Gill Dalley, Ian Redmond, Jill Robinson, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Peter Davies, Shirley McGreal

Wildlife Waystation closed & to be dismantled, after 43 years

August 21, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

If a cat has nine lives,  Wildlife Waystation had dozens             SYLMAR, California––Wildlife Waystation,  the often embattled prototype for dozens of other sanctuaries for former exotic pets and animals used in laboratories and entertainment,  has closed,  after 43 years. The closure came nearly four months after the reportedly forced retirement of founder Martine Colette. Colette […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Belgium, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Humane history, Kenya, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Bob Lorsch, Bob Wenners, Daphne Sheldrick, James Mahoney, Martine Colette, Matthew Simmons, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Summers

What Kenya’s wildlife needs most is water––not “fake news”

February 28, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Rumors of death penalty for poachers never held water,  Agence France Presse reports––but Patrick Mwalua’s projects do             VOI, Kenya––Rumors stoked since April 2018 by a Xinhua news agency report that Kenya will soon introduce the death penalty for poachers not only have no legal or legislative foundation,   as ANIMALS 24-7 reported in February 2019,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Kenya, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Daphne Sheldrick, Gitau Mbaria, Merritt Clifton, Nijab Balala, Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, Richard Leakey

Daphne Sheldrick, 83, showed Kenya that wildlife is worth most when alive

April 15, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Known for elephant & rhino rescue,  but contributions were much bigger than that             NAIROBI,  Kenya––The facts of the life of the late Daphne Sheldrick,  who died at age 83 on April 12,  2018 after a long battle with breast cancer,  are much more easily summarized than her legacy to wildlife,  elephants in particular,  and […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Kenya, Laws, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Angela Sheldrick, Azam Siddiqui, Bill Jordan, Bill Woodley, Chris Jordan, Daniel arap Moi, Daphne Sheldrick, David Sheldrick, Esmond Bradley Martin, Gillian Woodley, Jomo Kenyatta, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, Paula Kahumbu, Steve Itela

A matriarch remembers, by Daphne Sheldrick,  D.B.E. (1934-2018)

April 14, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

The first 65 years of the life of the world’s first mom to orphaned elephants in her own words Editors’ note:  Daphne Sheldrick,  83,  founder of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and of the elephant orphanage the trust operates at the edge of Nairobi National Park,  Kenya,  died on April 12,  2018,  after a long battle […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Humane history, Kenya, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Angela Sheldrick, Bill Woodley, Daphne Sheldrick, David Sheldrick, Gillian Woodley, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton

Drought-driven land invasions hit Kenya wildlife conservancies

March 17, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Will Kenya go the way of Zimbabwe? (See also The untold story of the conflict in Laikipia,  by Sebastian Mwanza and Kenya crisis shows need to transition out of animal agriculture.)          NAIROBI,  Kenya––What will become of wildlife and wildlife tourism in central Kenya? “Wild West” conditions driven by drought and political and ethnic rivalries have […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Kenya, Meat issues, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Daphne Sheldrick, Gitau Mbaria, Job Weru, John Muchangi, Josphat Ngonyo, Maria Dodds, Merritt Clifton, Rasna Warah, Tristan Voorspuy

Queen honors British Hen Welfare Trust founder Jane Howorth

January 4, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

12th animal advocate awarded MBE since 1998      LONDON,  U.K.–– British Hen Welfare Trust founder Jane Howorth,  55,  of South Molton,  Devon,  on January 1,  2016 became at least the 12th prominent animal advocate to be admitted to the Order of the British Empire since 1998. Membership in the Order of the British Empire is presented […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, Feature Home Middle Left, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Isles, Laws & standards, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Alan Knight, Bill Jordan, Daphne Sheldrick, Elizabeth Oliver, Jane Howorth, Jean Gilchrist, Jill Robinson, Michael Balls, Shirley McGreal, Stella Brewer Marsden, Will Travers

Indian prime ministerial candidate Modi charges the rhino horn issue

April 17, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

“Aren’t rhinos the pride of Assam?”            GUWAHATI,  Assam,  India––The most controversial issue involving Indian rhinos,  before April Fool’s Day,  was whether their horns should be trimmed to discourage poachers. Then Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi visited Dhemaji,  Assam,  to make a campaign speech alongside the Brahmaputra river. “Aren’t […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, India, Indian subcontinent, Wildlife Tagged With: Azam Siddiqui, Belinda Wright, Daphne Sheldrick, Johnny Rodrigues, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Narendra Modi

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