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Dead fisher played “chicken” with Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat

January 7, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Would have passed safely if he had not cut to the right SAN FELIPE, Baja California, Mexico––What fisher Mario García Toledo,  56,  had in mind when he swerved his small but speedy panga across the bow of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Farley Mowat on the morning of December 31,  2020 in the northern […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feature Home Top, Fish, Marine life, Mexico, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Cornelissen, Farley Mowat, Mario García Toledo, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd

A whale for the saving in Nova Scotia––and what the rescue means

January 6, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

More than 100 Atlantic Canadians turn out to help in sub-zero cold             HALIFAX,  Nova Scotia––Farley Mowat,  whose 1972 book A Whale for the Killing helped to transform human attitudes toward whales worldwide,  would have been gratified by the scene on January 1,  2018 at Rainbow Haven Beach,  just east of Halifax,  Nova Scotia. On […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Marine life, Norway, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, The Americas, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Cornelissen, Brian Davies, Farley Mowat, Joey Smallwood, Karl Karlsen, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Peter Hammarstedt, Victor B. Scheffer

Farley Mowat, 92, author of Never Cry Wolf, A Whale for the Killing, and Sea of Slaughter

May 8, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Farley McGill Mowat, 92, collapsed and died on May 6, 2014 at his longtime home in Port Hope, Ontario, six days short of his 93rd birthday. Possibly the most widely read Canadian author ever, Mowat produced more than 40 books, mostly with pro-animal themes, which sold more than 17 million copies and were translated into […]

Filed Under: Canada, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), The Americas Tagged With: Farley Mowat, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson

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