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“Tiger Kings” lose stripes in Nevada, Oklahoma, & Texas

June 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Nevada “Tiger King” bill,  animals seized from Jeff & Lauren Lowe,  & 11 “critical violations” of Animal Welfare Act assessed against Tiger Creek RENO, Nevada;  THACKERVILLE,  Oklahoma;  TYLER, Texas––Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak on June 4,  2021 signed into law a so-called “Tiger King” bill,  “which bans public contact with big cats,  elephants,  primates,  wolves,  bears, […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Werner, David Jones, Jeff Lowe, Joe Parker, John Walsh, Lauren Lowe, Marjan, Merritt Clifton, Tiger Creek, Tiger King

“Cry Me A Cockroach”: Valentine’s Day sadism & the San Antonio Zoo

February 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Cockroaches & rats named after ex-spouses to be fed to snakes             SAN ANTONIO,  Texas––San Antonio Zoo executive director Tim Morrow and staff appear to be going full speed ahead with a Valentine’s Day “Cry Me A Cockroach” event,  despite complaints from around the world that it is mean-spirited,  sadistic,  and misleading,  promotes a hostile […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Insects, Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, Snakes, Spectacles, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Chris Mattison, John Gripper, John Walsh, Kara Kovalchik, May Lenzer, Merritt Clifton, Roger Caras, Tim Morrow

Over-counting jaguars, over-estimating poaching

November 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

1964-1966 flood rescue data suggests there were never as many jaguars in Suriname as World Animal Protection claims have been poached PARAMARIBO,  Suriname––Claims recently amplified on social media about the alleged extent of jaguar poaching in Suriname appear to have inflated at most a handful of rare,  scattered incidents occurring over many years into a […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Laws, Poaching & trafficking, South America, The Americas, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alan Rabinowitz, Alex Muiruri, George Schaller, Jane Dalton, John Walsh, Merritt Clifton, Nicholas Bruschi

Time Is Short And The Water Rises

July 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

by John Walsh with Robert Gannon (E.P. Dutton & Co.,  1967.  224 pages,  hardcover.) Reviewed by Merritt Clifton One can still find battered copies of Time Is Short And The Water Rises through online book search services,  often selling for less than the orignal cover price of $6.95,  plus postage.  My copy was discarded years […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Humane history, Religion & philosophy, South America, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Eric Hansen, Hope Ryden, John Walsh, Merritt Clifton, Robert Gannon

The biggest animal rescue in 10,000 years

July 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Little noticed Operation Noah inspired Operation Gwamba Before there was Operation Gwamba,  documented by John Walsh and Robert Gannon in Time Is Short And The Water Rises,  there was Operation Noah,  a five-year rescue begun in 1958 by Rhodesian chief ranger Rupert Fothergill. Fothergill,  then 46, began relocating animals from the Zambezi Valley to Matsudona […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, USA, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: John Walsh, Merritt Clifton, Piggy Fothergill, Rupert Fothergill

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