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Will captive lions caught in wildfire light a fire under South African legislators?

October 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Promised bill to ban breeding lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots,  & bone commerce awaits introduction––and action             BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa––Five months after South African minister of forestry, fisheries & the environment Barbara Creecy announced that she would pursue legislation to ban breeding captive lions for cub-petting,  trophy shoots,  and exports of lion bones for use […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, African wildlife, Captive animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Snakes, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Barbara Creecy, Bloemfontein SPCA, Merritt Clifton, National SPCA of South Africa

Behind the veil: live animal shipping & the Islamic New Year

August 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Why what goes on quietly matters more than public slaughter after Ramadan JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia;  GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa––Tonight,  August 9,  2021,  nearly two billion Muslims worldwide will quietly celebrate Hijri 1443,  the Islamic New Year,  marking 1,443 years since Muhammed led his disciples from Mecca to Medina in 622 Anno Domini on the Christian calendar. […]

Filed Under: Africa, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, South Africa, Welfare Tagged With: Al Mawashi, Marcelle Meredith, National SPCA of South Africa, Zeinab Mohammed Salih

Failed livestock gift schemes leave developing world animal charities to clean up their messes

November 24, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Culprits not easily identified (See also How plastic reindeer can feed the world.)          ALBERTON,  South Africa;  KOCHI,  India––Animal charities in the developing world often have first-hand experience with the failures of livestock gift schemes meant by well-meaning western donors to relieve hunger and poverty. But developing world animal charities tend to […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Middle Left, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Kerala State Tribal Development Department, Merritt Clifton, National SPCA of South Africa, NSPCA, Vazhachal Forest

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