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A “win-win” for Lolita, & even more for those promoting her homecoming

April 1, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Lolita the orca whale may return to Puget Sound MIAMI,  Florida––Lolita,  the 57-year-old orca whale who has become a white elephant after 53 years in the 67-year-old Miami Seaquarium,  may be returning home to Puget Sound,  Washington,  before the end of 2023. That might afford Lolita,  also called Tokitae at capture,  a comfortable retirement in […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Eduardo Albor, Howard Garrett, Jim Irsay, Linda Rector, Merritt Clifton, Miami Seaquarium, Pritam Singh, Ric O'Barry, Russ Rector

The damage is done, by Helene Hesselager O’Barry

December 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Editor’s note: Helene O’Barry,  wife of longtime dolphin freedom advocate Ric O’Barry,  follows up below on An open letter to James Cameron & Avatar crew by Ric O’Barry,  posted on December 15,  2022. Meanwhile,  clarifies Ric,  “Dolphin Project is not boycotting the movie Avatar: The Way of Water. “The problem is with their obscene publicity […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Zoos Tagged With: Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa, Ric O'Barry, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project celebrates a triple dolphin release in Bali

September 6, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Culminates 12-year campaign BALI,  Indonesia––Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project on September 3,  2022 celebrated the release into the open ocean of the bottlenose dolphins Johnny,  Rocky,  and Rambo,  after three years of rehabilitation and a decade-long campaign to free them from the captive dolphin exhibition industry. “We’re tracking them now,”  Ric O’Barry emailed to ANIMALS 24-7. […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific islands & other, Southeast Asia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Dolphin Project, Femke den Haas, Femke Monita, Indra Exploitasia, Lincoln O’Barry, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry

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

Geoffrey Deckers & Marion Bienes brought animal rights to the Netherlands

December 3, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Holocaust survivor Bienes inspired organization builder Deckers Award founded in Deckers’ name––see Comments,  below. Geoffrey Deckers,  51,  co-founder of the Dutch animal advocacy organization Een Dier Een Vriend [An Animal, A Friend],   died suddenly on June 29,  2020. Deckers suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on November 20,  2017,  but appeared to have made a full recovery. As […]

Filed Under: Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Judaism, Lab animals, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Switzerland, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Geoffrey Deckers, Marion Bienes, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Shirley McGreal

Bali: fighting rabies & dolphin captivity amid mud & ashes of a live volcano

October 12, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Long uphill struggles pay off             DENPASSAR, Bali,  Indonesia––Fireballs and lava are no longer flying from Mount Agung,  the reputed Balinese home of the gods,  but smoke,  steam,  and noxious gases are still rising from thermal vents,  keeping most humans at a distance,  Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) dog rescuers excepted. Rabies persists in three […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Southeast Asia, Street dogs, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Helene O’Barry, Janice Girardi, Lincoln O’Barry, Made Mangku Pastika, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Wayan Koster

Dolphin defender Ric O’Barry, cleared by Tokyo court, plans return to Japan

October 5, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Three-judge panel rules O’Barry was wrongly barred entry & deported in 2016 TOKYO––“I’m gonna go back and do it again!” dolphin defender Ric O’Barry emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 late on October 3,  2019,  after attorneys Megumi Wada and Takashi Takano won a Tokyo District Court ruling on O’Barry’s behalf that O’Barry is free to return to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Helene Hesselager O'Barry, Hideaki Mori, Megumi Wada, Ric O'Barry, Takashi Takano

Cockfighters vs. coal miners, Taiji vs. Hong Kong: animal suffering gets lost

September 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

What happens when animal issues are overwhelmed by current events?             HARLAN COUNTY, Kentucky;  TAIJI, Japan;  BALI, Indonesia––A trainload of coal worth $1.4 million,  blockaded for six weeks by illegally laid off miners whose last pay checks bounced,  might at a glance appear to have nothing to do with an alleged cockfighting ring run by […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal fighting, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cockfighting, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Japan, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Southeast Asia, USA Tagged With: Dan Mosely, Kyle Simpson, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Ronnie Bennett, Steve Hindi, Sydney Boles, Tim Burns

Bali hotel dolphins rescued––but will they be freed?

August 10, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

10-year effort gets animals out of sub-par facility             BALI,  Indonesia––The Jakarta Animal Aid Network and Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project on August 7,  2019 celebrated the transfer of two dolphins and a menagerie of other animals from “deplorable conditions” at the Melka Excelsior Hotel in Lovina,  North Bali, Indonesia to a variety of other Bali animal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Indonesia, Marine life, Marine mammals, Southeast Asia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Femke den Haas, Indra Exploitasia, Lincoln O’Barry, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Zulkifli Hasan

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