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Pit bulls, wolves win in Colorado; horse racing wins in Nebraska; Hsiung loses

November 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Colorado goes to the dogs             DENVER, Colorado; LINCOLN, Nebraska;  BERKELEY, California––Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly led Republican incumbent Donald Trump at 1:45,  Pacific time,  on November 4,  2020. The three major ballot issues and one mayoral race directly involving animals appeared to have ended,  however,  with a win for pit bulls in Denver,  a […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Herndon, Dave Dreeszen, David Bernhardt, Frances Dinkelspiel, Ho-Chunk, Merritt Clifton, Michael B. Hancock, Wayne Hsiung

Wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines & right whales sacrificed to Trump re-election bid

October 30, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Handouts to hunters, fishers, loggers, miners, & the oil and gas extraction industries             BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota––U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on October 29,  2020 announced that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection throughout the Lower 48 states. The wolf delisting is widely seen as a blatant […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Predators, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Sweeney, Craig McLean, David Bernhardt, Donald Trump, Erik Noble, Jennifer Bjorhus, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Rachel Frazin, Sara Amundsen

Judge boots wild horse foe William Perry Pendley from top office at BLM

September 27, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Federal judge finds Pendley illegally headed the BLM for nearly half of his tenure HELENA, Montana––Wild horse nemesis William Perry Pendley was on September 25,  2020 removed from his position as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management by Chief District Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District of Montana. Morris ruled that Pendley has served […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Andy Rose, Conner Swanson, David Bernhardt, Judge Brian MOrris, Kyle Feldscher, Matthew Brown, Merritt Clifton

Expanded hunting access goes up in smoke, burning Trumpists

September 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Trump administration opened 2.3 million acres of protected habitat to hunting,  but wildfires have forced closure of more than 10 times as much             WASHINGTON D.C.––Staunch support for U.S. President Donald Trump among gun-owning households might be said to have backfired on hunters in the wildfire-stricken West Coast and Rocky Mountain states.             Courting hunter […]

Filed Under: Deer & other horned species, Disasters, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Wildlife Tagged With: David Bernhardt, David Bess, Donald Trump, Jason Surface, Merritt Clifton

Add to COVID-19 toll expanded hunting on U.S. Wildlife Refuges

April 11, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Trump administration appointees open more federal refuges to hunting than last three administrations combined             WASHINGTON D.C.––Opponents of hunting might imagine that Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service chief Aurelia Skipwith waited until the public was distracted by soaring daily death tolls from the COVID-19 global pandemic to announce the biggest-ever […]

Filed Under: Birds, Birds, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Malta, Mediterranean, Predators, Wildlife Tagged With: Al Gore, Anna Seidman, Aurelia Skipwith, Bill Clinton, David Bernhardt, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Sara Amundson, Steve Hindi

Feds must hide names of hunters who kill for show, rules Trump appointee

August 27, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Brave enough to shoot a cage-raised lion,  but not enough to face the public             WASHINGTON,  D.C.––Ruling that trophy hunters’ right to privacy trumps the public right to know what animals they kill,  even though the goal of trophy hunting is showing off,  U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on August 19,  2019 ruled that the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Blake Owen Fischer, David Bernhardt, Donald Trump, Guy Gorney, Jimmy John Liautaud, Judge Timothy Kelly, Larysa Switlyk, Merritt Clifton, Mike Jines, Ryan Zinke, Tess Thompson Talley, Walter Palmer

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