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Johnny Rodrigues, 69, fought to save wildlife in Zimbabwe

March 20, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Felled by cancer after surviving two wars, poachers’ gunfire, & the Mugabe regime QUARTEIERA, Portugal––Johnny Rodrigues,  69,  founder of the the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force and an enthusiastic contributor of information and occasional guest columns to ANIMALS 24-7,  died on September 17,  2018 at his daughter Lorraine and son-in-law Gavin Randall’s home in Portugal,  after […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Chery Rodrigues, Francis Nhema, Gavin Randall, Lorraine Randall, Merritt Clifton, Robert Mugabe, Sharon Pincott

South African lion breeders hear whispers of doom

March 2, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Death at game reserve overshadows Parliamentary resolution that could kill the wildlife breeding,  viewing,  & hunting industries JOHANNESBURG,  South Africa––The fatal mauling of a 22-year-old female visitor to “lion whisperer” Kevin Richardson’s tented camp in the Dinoken Big 5 Game Reserve stole headlines on February 27,  2018 from Parliamentary action promising to turn the South […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Captive animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting practices, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Cara Delevingne, Cyril Ramaphosa, John Varty, Julius Mlaema, Katherine Chappell, Kevin Richardson, Merritt Clifton, Robert Mugabe

China halts ivory sales, but leads the world in live elephant imports

January 5, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

No more “state-approved ivory dealers”             BEIJING,  China;  HARARE,  Zimbabwe––All trade in elephant ivory is now illegal in China,  effective January 1,  2018,  except in Hong Kong,  which is reportedly soon to enact a similar prohibition,  to take effect in 2022. “From now on, if a merchant tells you ‘this is a state-approved ivory dealer’… […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Zoos Tagged With: Darryl Fears, Grace Mugabe, Johnny Rodrigues, Luo Shugang, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwean animal advocate Cheryl Rodrigues, 59

April 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Co-founded Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force  Cheryl Ann Rodrigues,  59,  instrumental in making the Cecil the lion poaching case known worldwide in mid-2015,  died in Harare,  Zimbabwe,  on March 29,  2016. “We have lost one of the best conservationists on this earth,”  e-mailed Johnny Rodrigues,  her husband of 41 years,  who with his wife cofounded the […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Top, Habitat, Humane history, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Johnny Rodrigues, Lorraine Randall, Robert Mugabe, ZCTF, Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force

Cecil-the-lion killer Walter James Palmer walks

October 13, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

But photo safari guide killed by lion in destabilized population paid the ultimate price HARARE,  Zimbabwe––Zimbabwe environment minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri on October 12,  2015 announced that Minneapolis dentist Walter James Palmer,  55,  will not be charged for killing Cecil the lion during an early July 2015 trophy hunt. Cecil had been perhaps the most photographed […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Hwange, Johnny Rodrigues, Merritt Clifton, Quinn Swales, Robert Mugabe, Walter James Palmer, Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force

How the Cecil killing helps Mugabe to squeeze more money out of trophy hunters

August 19, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Cecil was slain just in time to help Mugabe increase the government cut (See also Killing the most famous Cecil in Zimbabwe since Rhodes of Rhodesia,  part one of a series about the Cecil slaying and what it means.)          HARARE––Robert Mugabe was already hoping to extract more money from trophy hunters when alleged trophy poachers […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sub-Saharan, Uncategorized, USA, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Cecil the lion, Merritt Clifton, Robert Mugabe, Walter James Palmer

Killing the most famous Cecil in Zimbabwe since Rhodes of Rhodesia

August 17, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“I’m a-comin’,  Cecil lad!” (See also How the Cecil killing helps Mugabe to squeeze more money out of trophy hunters.) Few people today remember Cecil the puppet sea serpent,  who starred from 1949 to 1962 in various incarnations of the satirical “Beany & Cecil” radio and television broadcasts.  Nominally produced for children,  the “Beany & Cecil” […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, Conservation, Endangered species, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Beany & Cecil, Cecil the lion, Johnny Rodrigues, Robert Mugabe, Walter James Palmer, Wayne Pacelle

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