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HSUS election picks are too few to stop the Trump juggernaut

October 31, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Humane Society Legislative Fund fails to endorse enough Democratic challengers to slow anti-animal Republican momentum in the U.S. House & Senate             WASHINGTON D.C.––If voters who care about animals follow the recommendations of the Humane Society Legislative Fund arm of the Humane Society of the U.S. at the polls on election day,  November 6,  2018,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, African species, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, Doris Day, Holly Hazard, Kitty Block, Marsha Blackburn, Merritt Clifton, Mike Markarian, Pete Sessions, Phil Bredesen, Sara Amundsen, Steven Chancellor

Vaquita: Trump’s Trojan Horse in war on Endangered Species Act?

July 31, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Beware of trade judges bearing gifts! WASHINGTON D.C.––Will U.S. President Donald Trump use the highly endangered vaquita porpoise as the Trojan Horse for his efforts to strip “critical habitat” protections from the Endangered Species Act? Protecting the vaquita as directed on July 26,  2018 by U.S. Court of International Trade judge Gary S. Katzmann would […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Donald Trump, Gary S. Katzmann, Giulia Good Stefani, Kurt Repanshek, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ryan Zinke, Sarah Uhlemann

Big win over the “big lick” walking horse industry in 2018 federal budget

March 30, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

“Big lickers” kicked,  but Congress kicked back             WASHINGTON D.C.––Winning increasingly often against initially steep odds,  BillyGoBoy and friends opposed to soring horses to make them step higher appear likely to enjoy the last horse laugh over the walking horse show industry. Walking horse shows have been infamously dominated for decades by trainers who––defying the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: BillyGoBoy, Clant Seay, Donald Trump, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton

South Sudan bans hunting; follows Kenya, with Chinese support

March 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Kenya banned hunting in 1977             JUBA,  South Sudan––Emulating one of the longtime keys to economic success in neighboring Kenya,  the seven-year-old nation of South Sudan on March 6,  2018 “banned all forms of wildlife hunting,  including commercial trade in wildlife trophies,”  the Xinhua news agency reported. The specific mention of “wildlife trophies” by the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, North Africa, Poaching & trafficking, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill Brewster, Chris Hudson, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, Festo Kumba, Jemma Nunu Kumba, John Jackson III, Merritt Clifton, Peter Horn, Ryan Zinke, Steve Chancellor, Thomas Sebit

Trump words had no teeth: elephant & lion trophy imports resume

March 9, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Under current rules,  Walter Palmer might have imported Cecil’s head with little fuss             WASHINGTON D.C.–– In 20-20 hindsight,  the November 19,  2017 Twitter message by U.S. President Donald Trump hinting that he might protect African elephants and lions from trophy hunting by executive order looks more like camouflage than a decision. Twittering that trophy […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sports, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Colin Dwyer, Donald Trump, Jeremy Hance, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Piers Morgan, Ryan Zinke, Tanya Sanerib, Walter Palmer

Winning for coyotes & beaver, lawyers turn to the missing lynx

March 4, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Cases signal that wildlife killing methods may be restrained under the Trump administration, but critical habitat will go unprotected            BOISE, Idaho––Winning a settlement against U.S. government agencies on behalf of furbearing wildlife for the fifth time in six months,  Center for Biological Diversity attorney Collette Adkins and co-plaintiffs WildEarth Guardians,  the Humane Society of […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fur trapping, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Predators, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ben Goldfarb, Brian Sweeney, Camilla Fox, Canyon Mansfield, Collette Adkins, Donald Trump, Matthew Bishop, Merritt Clifton, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan

Tweeting hunting is “horror show,” Trump pledges elephant verdict “next week”

November 21, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Allies urged Trump to spare the emblem of the Republican Party             WASHINGTON D.C.–– “Big-game trophy decision will be announced next week,” announced U.S. President Donald Trump via Twitter on November 19,  2017,  meaning the week after Thanksgiving,  “but will be very hard pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elly Pepper, Laura Ingraham, Merritt Clifton, Wayne Pacelle

Trump stalls elephant & lion trophy imports after meal of shark fin soup

November 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Appointees had put elephants & lions back on trophy hit list             WASHINGTON D.C.––Tweeting “Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts,”  U.S. President Donald Trump on November 17,  2017 unexpectedly suspended U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services decisions –– trumpeted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and praised by both […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump, Merritt Clifton, Ryan Zinke

Tangling with crabbers on behalf of whales, sea turtles––and crabs themselves

October 5, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Lawsuit seeks to save them all SAN FRANCISCO,  California––Saying “Dungeness crab dinners shouldn’t come with a side of whale,”   Center for Biological Diversity attorney Kristen Monsell on October 3,  2017 sued the California Department of Fish & Wildlife for allegedly failing to protect whales and sea turtles from entanglements in crabbing gear. From a vegan […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Donald Trump, Ellen Knickmeyer, Jerry Brown, Joe Howlett, Jon Lien, Kristen Monsell, Merritt Clifton, Robert J. Eldridge, Roger Payne

Distemper & transport incidents slow Hurricane Harvey rescue effort

October 4, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Best Friends,  after wrongly ripping the Houston SPCA via Change.org,  has disaster on own watch             HOUSTON,  Texas––Best Friends Animal Society efforts to rehome dogs and cats collected after Hurricane Harvey have reportedly stalled,  with 455 animals remaining at a temporary shelter at NRG Arena in Houston as of October 1,  2017,   and an adoption […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Disasters, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Ashley Sloboda, Christi Henry, Christi Pelz, Donald Trump, Erin Katribe, Jamie Duffy, Joshua Braden, Katie Wilson, Melania Trump, Melissa Saylor, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Paul Washburn, Pooja Lodhia, Tammy Hanson

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