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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

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

What did we do during hurricanes Harvey,  Irma,  & Maria?

October 5, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

We were on the job! We knew longtime dolphin rescuer and advocate Rick Trout,  of Tavernier in the Florida Keys,  would be among our most valuable sources as Hurricane Irma roared in after devastating the Caribbean.  Living in a house built as a storm shelter after the Category 5 hurricane of 1935,  Trout sheltered neighbors […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Caribbean, Cats, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Editorials, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Opinions & Letters, Sanctuaries, Shelters, The Americas, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Merritt Clifton, Rick Trout

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

Hurricane Irma: Hemingway cats & dolphin rescuer Rick Trout rode it out in the Keys

September 11, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Hemingway house cats supplied the grace,  staff the courage (See also Hurricane Irma: first reports on animals in the Caribbean islands.)          KEY WEST,  TAVERNIER––Having famously remarked that “Courage is grace under pressure,”  and almost as famously doted upon the six-toed cat Snowflake,  also called Snowball,  who roamed his Key West home during his years there,  […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Birds, Caribbean, Cats, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Insects, Marine life, Marine mammals, Shelters, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Dave Gonzales, David Goodhue, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Flagler, Jacqui Sands, Lindsey Thompson, Merritt Clifton, Rick Trout, Shirley McGreal

Flipper is NOT Rambo! Never was!

October 22, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

by Rick Trout The Campaign to end the obsolete Navy Marine Mammal Program kicks off on October 22,  2016 with a rally at the Harbor Drive Bridge in San Diego,  overlooking the “Gitmo-like Dolphin Boxes of Boredom,” where dolphins are kept and trained for U.S. Navy use. This bizarre waste of $30+ million hard-earned tax […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Top, Laws & politics, Letters, Marine life, Opinions & Letters, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Eugene Carroll, Rick Trout

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