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Wolves, grey whales, & sea lions targeted to preserve meat-getting traditions

April 8, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Cultural demand for killing wildlife is much stronger than economic interest             SEATTLE––The good news for wolves,  grey whales,  and California sea lions in the Pacific Northwest is that all three once-endangered predators,  now long off the U.S. endangered species list,  are reclaiming small niches in habitat that for millennia they dominated,  before human activity––especially […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Predators, Seals, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Ben Maletzke, Evan Bush, Gillian Flaccus, Joel Kretz, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Robert Wielgus, Shaun Clements

Beavers gnaw way toward wolf, grizzly & economic recovery in the Cascades

July 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Future of logging,  hunting,  fishing & ranching region lies with nonlethal wildlife tourism             TWISP,  Washington––Vanishing salmon,  Washington’s worst wildfire roaring through the Methow River Valley in July 2014,  and flash floods that turned roads into rivers even before Finley Canyon stopped reeking of smoke and ash have brought beaver back to the Upper and […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Dog use, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fur trapping, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Predators, Racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Spectacles, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann McCreary, Christopher Solomon, Joel Kretz, John Sirois, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Paul Wagner, Rob Wielgus

Washington bans Atlantic salmon sea pens––what’s in it for the fish?

April 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Five-year phase-out of Atlantic salmon farming mandated by law OLYMPIA,  Washington––What is in it for the fish? That is a question hardly anyone is asking,  or is likely to ask,  as Washington state embarks upon a legislatively mandated five-year phase-out of the sea pen-raised Atlantic salmon industry in Puget Sound. The phase-out bill was introduced […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Sea otters, Seals, Wildlife Tagged With: Craig Medred, Jay Inslee, Joel Richardson, Kristine Lytton, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton

Are sick factory-farmed salmon running amok in Puget Sound?

February 23, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Wild Fish Conservancy study suggests yes SEATTLE,  Washington––Are salmon throughout the Pacific Northwest at risk from a crippling disease spread by estimated 162,000 hatchery-bred Atlantic salmon who on August 20,  2017 made a jailbreak from a ruptured sea pen at Cypress Island in Puget Sound? If so,  will further losses to the already overfished wild salmon […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Marine life, Scotland, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Cooke Aquaculture, John Robins, Kurt Beardslee, Ledet's Louisiana Seafood, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Tristan Baurick

Why did 162,000 factory-farmed salmon make a jailbreak?

October 15, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Everyone is talking about the salmon,  but almost no one about the interests of the fish themselves BELLINGHAM,  Washington––Thousands of people around the Salish Sea have been talking about the Great Salmon Escape since August 20,  2017,   when an estimated 162,000 hatchery-bred Atlantic salmon made a jailbreak from a ruptured sea pen at Cypress Island in […]

Filed Under: Canada, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Marine life, Meat issues, Scotland, The Americas, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Ashley Braun, Erica Gies, John F. Robins, John Ryan, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton

Wolf pack massacre: Profanity Peaks

August 29, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Rancher put cattle on National Forest land already occupied by wolf pack          SPOKANE,  Washington––Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife agents may at this writing have already killed the last of the five adult gray wolves and six pups who in early August 2016 formed the Profanity Peak pack,  in the Colville National Forest near […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Predators, Sheep & goats, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: George Wuerthner, Len McIrvin, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Robert Wielgus, Shawn Cantrell

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