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Advocate for shooting seals turns to pushing hunt for Sasquatch

March 2, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

But seals are still getting shot GREENBANK, Washington––The hunt for whoever is shooting harbor seals,  apparently from a boat,  along the west side of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  intertwines with the hunt for the mythical Sasquatch,  but no,  Sasquatch is not shooting seals,  nor is Sasquatch in any danger of being shot. Yet another young female […]

Filed Under: Canada, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Marine life, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Garry Heinrich, Harrison Mills, Justin Humphrey, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Thomas Sewid

How Miyoko Schinner got the same shaft as Paul Watson

February 19, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

With vegan grease (See also Canned Miyoko: the ballad of Jon Blair & Miyoko Schinner.) The recent ouster of Miyoko’s Creamery founder Miyoko Schinner from the vegan food company she founded in 2014 will come as no surprise to longtime Australian vegan activist Phil Wollen. Indeed,  Wollen,  also a former Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: lion-tamer, Merritt Clifton, Miyoko Schinner, Paul Watson, Phil Wollen, Sea Shepherd

For auld lang syne: last ANIMALS 24-7 obituaries of 2022

January 1, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

John Neville Hare,  Mark Stanley-Price,  Faith Maloney, & Vivienne Westwood The camel man John Neville Hare,  88,   died on January 28,  2022,  but ANIMALS 24-7 did not learn of his death until almost a year later. Born in Bexhill, Kent,  Hare became acquainted with working camels as a British army officer assigned to the Royal […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Central Asia, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Isles, Nigeria, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, Wildlife, Wildlife, World Tagged With: & Vivienne Westwood, Faith Maloney, John Neville Hare, Mark Stanley-Price, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson

Earth First! founder & “conservative conservationist” Dave Foreman, 74

September 24, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Was also “rewilding” advocate & outspoken opponent of immigration Dave Foreman,  74,  died on September 19,  2022 in Albuquerque,  New Mexico. Born in 1947,  the son of a U.S. Air Force sergeant,  Foreman spent most of his life in and around Albuquerque,  before,  after,  and during two decades of fame as the often controversial and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Christianity, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: American Wildlands, B.J. Bergman, Clif Merritt, Edward Abbey, Glen Canyon, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Morton, Paul Watson, Sierra Club, Wild Earth, Wilderness Society

Iceland fisheries minister hints she may pull the plug on whaling

February 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But whaling baron Kristján Loftsson, 80,  will not go down without a fight REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Iceland minister of food,  agriculture,  and fisheries Svandis Svavarsdottir on February 4,  2022 indicated in a guest column for the newspaper and news web site Morgunblaðið that she may pull the plug on the nearly moribund Icelandic whaling industry. But Kristján Loftsson, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Iceland, Laws & politics, Marine life, Scandinavia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Hvalur, Kitty Block, Kristján Loftsson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Svandis Svavarsdottir

Marine mammal activist Ben White,  53,  dies of abdominal cancer

July 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Long problematic career Ben White,  53,  died on July 30,  2005,  in Friday Harbor, Washington,  after a six-month struggle against abdominal cancer. White “cut open dolphin-holding nets in Japan,  scaled buildings to hang anti-fur banners, jumped in front of naval ships in Hawaii to stop sonar tests,  and slept atop old-growth trees to protest logging,” […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Faroe Islands, Humane history, Iceland, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill Wewer, Clair George, David Howitt, Feld Entertainment, Kathleen Marquardt, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Rick Spill, Rod Coronado

Fixing for a fight of Leviathans

July 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The Makah Harpooners vs. Willy the Whale,  alias Killer Keiko [Originally published in September 1998] NEAH BAY,  Washington;  NEWPORT,  Oregon––If the September 1998 media drama underway in the Pacific Northwest was a professional wrestling match,  it would be billed as the Makah Harpooners vs. Willy the Whale,  alias Killer Keiko,  orca star of the hit […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Laws & politics, Marine life, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Ben White, Jose Truda Palazzo, Mark Berman, Marylou Sappone, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry, Rick Spill, Rick Trout, Russ Rector

Seaspiracy: seas, piracy, & Cowspiracy meet fishy business

April 4, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Fishing industry screams bloody murder Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Seaspiracy,  whose title is a fusion of “seas” and “piracy,”  and a play on Cowspiracy,  the 2014 independent blockbluster documentary also produced by Kip Anderson,  on March 24,  2021 premiered worldwide on Netflix. Within 10 days Seaspiracy had become a runaway hit,  seen by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Sea turtles, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Turtles, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, World Tagged With: Ali Tabrizi, Beth Clifton, Don Staniford, George Monbiot, Kip Anderson, Lucy Tabrizi, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry, Sylvia Earle

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

Sidney Holt, 93, achieved goal that great whales would outlive him

December 28, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

70-year scientific career focused on whale conservation PACIANO, Italy––Marine scientist Sidney J. Holt,  93,  died on December 22,  2019 at his home in Paciano,  Italy,  about 80 miles north of Rome and 10 miles north of his previous longtime home in Citta della Pieve,  Italy. Holt thereby realized his often stated life’s ambition of having […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Japan, Laws, Marine life, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Science, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Kieran Mulvaney, Lyall Watson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Paul Watson, Ray Beverton

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