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Betty White, 99, “white-washed” animal use industries for 50 years

January 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Betty White reputation for animal advocacy rewrites history             LOS ANGELES––Betty White,  99,  a radio and television actress,  producer,  talk show and game show personality whose broadcast career began at eight years old in 1930,  died on December 31,  2021,  just 18 days before what would have been her 100th birthday. Most of the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Screen industry, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Allen Ludden, Bea Arthur, Gail Eisnitz, Koko, Merritt Clifton, Michael Mountain, Penny Patterson, Sean Hawkins

Gorillas in solitary: Ndume wins parole. Now what about King?

June 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The Gorilla Foundation reluctantly returns Ndume to the Cincinnati Zoo.  King still sits alone at Monkey Jungle.             CINCINNATI,  Ohio––Sprung from solitary confinement after 28 years at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside,  California,  Ndume the gorilla,  age 38,  is back among old friends and family at the Cincinnati Zoo,  reportedly settling in well. King the […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Cameroun, Culture & Animals, DRC, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, Sub-Saharan, Zoos Tagged With: John Safkow, Melanie Lustig, Merritt Clifton, Penny Patterson, Richard Seeborg, Ron Evans, Ruben Seibert Johnston, Sharon DuMond, Terry Maple

Did Koko sign “mauler”? Gorilla Foundation pit bulls ran amok

December 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Former senior staff member & plaintiff in 2005 lawsuit detail similar incidents, involving different pit bulls,  years apart             WOODSIDE,  California––We never expected to find alleged pit bull attacks involved in the long,  often sordid saga of the Gorilla Foundation,  home of Koko the signing gorilla from her infancy until her death on June 19,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Screen industry, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Andrea Morabito, Harambe, Jesse James, John Safkow, Ken White, Koko, Merritt Clifton, Ndume, Penny Patterson, Ron Cohn, Sandra Marchese

Death of Koko, 46, raises question what will become of her rejected mate Ndume?

June 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Koko was among the last great apes used in still controversial 1970s language research             WOODSIDE,  California––With Koko deceased,  what now will become of Ndume,  37,  the last and least famous of the three gorillas who once shared the Gorilla Foundation sanctuary and primate language research laboratory in the Santa Cruz Mountains,  south of San […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Animal sentience & intelligence, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Cameroun, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Barbara J. King, Dawn Forsythe, Francine Patterson, Herb Terrace, Jane Goodall, Jane Hu, Jeffrey Kluger, Merritt Clifton, Penny Patterson, Ronald Cohn

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