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Japan hands whales a Christmas gift camouflaged as coal

December 27, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Withdrawal from IWC covers for decision to halt Antarctic whaling TOKYO––Handing whales a Christmas Day gift camouflaged as coal,  Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga on December 25,  2018 confirmed months of speculation and decades of threats that Japan would withdraw from membership in the International Whaling Commission,  which has maintained a global moratorium on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Norway, Organizations, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, South Korea, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Astrid Fuchs, Darren Kindleysides, Mari Yamaguchi, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry, Yoshide Suga

Russ Rector, “the feared activist feared even among activists,” dead at 69

January 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Said of marine mammal parks, “We’re all showing our age,  but I don’t have to pass building inspections.”             FORT LAUDERDALE,  Florida––Russ Rector,  69,  a former Ocean World dolphin trainer whose campaigns on behalf of marine mammals later closed Ocean World,  unexpectedly died from natural causes at about 10:00 p.m. on January 7,  2018. Though […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Humane history, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Reptiles, South America, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Aldemaro Romero, Alex Kompothecras, Bill Wewer, Billy Causey, Dawn Branchau, Ignacio Agudo, Jonathan Kendall, Linda Rector, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Rick Spill, Rick Trout

Vaquita captures suspended after death of female of breeding age

November 6, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Two captures with only frozen tissue samples to show for it (Updates coverage of November 6, 2017.)             SAN FELIPE,  Mexico––VaquitaCPR and SEMARNAT,  the Mexican Secretariat for the Environment & Natural Resources,  have indefinitely suspended attempts to bring highly endangered vaquita porpoises into a captive breeding program,  Sandra Dibble of the San Diego Union-Tribune and CBS News […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mexico, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins Tagged With: David Bader, Frances Gulland, Merritt Clifton, Omar Vidal, Ric O'Barry, Rick Trout, Russ Rector, Sam Ridgway

Delivering vaquita damsels to the ogre: U.S. Navy dolphins sally forth

October 7, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Sea of Cortez campaign may be more about saving the Navy Marine Mammal Program than saving vaquitas SAN FELIPE,  Mexico;  SAN DIEGO,  California––Purported knights errant sent to save a damsel in distress,  the U.S. Navy dolphins Andrea,  Fathom,  Katrina and Splash on October 5,  2017 arrived in San Felipe,  Mexico,  on the east coast of Baja California,  to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Latin America, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: John Steinbeck, Mark Stevenson, Merritt Clifton, Omar Vidal, Ric O'Barry, Rick Trout, Russ Rector

Hurricanes: most famous fatality was Molly the dolphin

October 2, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Molly’s life was microcosm of marine mammal captivity history MARATHON,  Florida––Hurricanes Harvey,  Irma,  and Maria killed more than 200-and-counting humans among them,  from Barbuda to the southern end of the Coastal Bend region of Texas,  but the best-known victim so far was apparently a dolphin,  Molly,  who was among the oldest dolphins on record. Molly […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Cats, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Fish, Manatees & dugongs, Marine life, Marine mammals, Shelters, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Joe Roberts, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Rick Trout, Russ Rector, Stephen McCulloch

The dolphin stories that made two authors famous

December 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Build Me An Ark:  A Life With Animals,  by Brenda Peterson WW. Norton (500 5th Ave.,  New York,  NY  10110-0017),  2000.  256 pages,  hardcover.  $23.95. Journey Of The Pink Dolphin:  An Amazon Quest,  by Sy Montgomery Simon & Schuster (1230 Ave. of the Americas,  New York,  NY  10020),  2000.  320 pages,  hardcover.  $26.00. Reviewed by […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Marine life, Marine mammals, Religion & philosophy, Seals, South America, The Americas, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Birute Galdikas, Brenda Peterson, Dian Fossey, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jane Goodall, Jane Werner, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Richard Scarry, Sy Montgomery

Ric O’Barry rips SeaWorld & HSUS execs for grandstanding on Taiji

October 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project is there,  again; SeaWorld & HSUS have never been there          TAIJI,  Japan;  TAMPA,  Florida––Keeping the infamous dolphin-killing cove at Taiji,  Japan under around-the-clock surveillance for the fourteenth consecutive killing season,  Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project might have welcomed substantive support from SeaWorld chief executive officer Joel Manby and Humane Society of […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Entertainment, Exhibition, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Hardy Jones, Joel Manby, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Sakae Henmi, Wayne Pacelle

From the whales of Miami Beach to the seals of Puget Sound

September 16, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Growing up & growing wiser with Lolita & Sidney by Beth Clifton California governor Jerry Brown on September 13,  2016 endorsed into law a bill prohibiting breeding orca whales in captivity,  six months after SeaWorld announced that it would end attempts to breed orcas at its marine mammal parks in San Diego,  Orlando,  and San Antonio. […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Lolita, Miami Seaquarium, Ric O'Barry, Russ Rector

Marine mammal activist Mark “The Bermanator” Berman, 63

May 18, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Helped to lead campaigns against dolphin captivity & Taiji massacres,  & for dolphin-safe tuna & freeing Keiko Mark Ira Berman,  63,  the primary spokesperson for Earth Island Institute on marine mammal issues since 1991,  died on May 13,  2016. E-mailed Mark J. Palmer,   an Earth Island Institute colleague for more than 25 years,  “Mark had chronic […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: David Phillips, Keiko, Mark Berman, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, The Bermanator

Protester wins damages from Taiji Whale Museum

April 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Court holds exclusion of Australian to be racial discrimination          TOKYO,  Japan––The Wakayama District Court,  of Wakayama Prefecture,  Japan,   on March 25,  2016 ordered the coastal whaling town of Taiji to pay Australia for Dolphins founder Sarah Lucas 110,000 yen ($907 U.S.) in damages for illegally barring her from the Taiji Whale Museum. While the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alastair Lucas, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Sarah Lucas, Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture

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