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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

Getting Shelly Home, by Yasmin Mohamad (Wavy Adventures Book One)

September 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Illustrated by Stephen Bibb. 80 pages,  2022. $15.99 paperback,  ebook $7.99 Barnes & Noble,  $8.99 Kindle. Reviewed by Beth Clifton. Getting Shelly Home author Yasmin Mohamad believes that children learn best when they are having fun.  Mohamad wrote the  children’s book Getting Shelly Home with this in mind. Getting Shelly Home is the first of […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Linda Rector, Russ Rector, Stephen Bibb, Yasmin Mohamad

Could Lolita, permanently off exhibit, outlive the Miami Seaquarium itself?

March 5, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Terms of exhibition permit suggest the late Russ Rector was almost right in betting he would outlive the aging Miami Seaquarium,  even if Lolita did not MIAMI, Florida––MV Leisure,  the new owner of the 67-year-old Miami Seaquarium,  will not be allowed to exhibit the 56-year-old orca whale Lolita and her Pacific white-sided dolphin companion Lili as […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Corky, Dolphin Company, Festival Fun Parks, Ken Balcomb, Magdalena Rodriguez, Merritt Clifton, MV Leisure, Russ Rector

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

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

Exhibitionist shark-draggers upstaged by “reality TV” star friend

August 8, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

“Look,  ma!  No decency!”          MIAMI,  Florida––Long seeking social media notice by posting images of himself and friends torturing animals,  Michael Robert Wenzel,  21,  of Palmetto,  Florida,  for a few days appeared to have at last achieved the notoriety he wanted with a video posted on July 24, 2017 showing himself and pals Robert Lee “Bo” […]

Filed Under: Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Hunting, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Marine life, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Reptiles, Screen industry, U.S., USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Kompothecras, Carli Teproff, Merritt Clifton, Michael Robert Wenzel, Nicholas Burns Easterling, Patrick Gomes, Robert Lee "Bo" Benac, Russ Rector, Spencer Heintz, Stan Kroenke

Campaign to pull the plug on Navy dolphin program takes to the air

April 29, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Dolphin base looks like a sewage treatment plant          SAN DIEGO,  California––Campaigning for an end to marine mammal use by the U.S. Navy,  former dolphin trainers Ric Trout and Russ Rector got a big boost on April 27,  2017 from CBS News 8 reporter Steve Price,  who extensively aired recent video clips of the main […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Marine life, Marine mammals, Research & testing, Science, Seals, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Makai, Merritt Clifton, Ric Trout, Russ Rector, Steve Price

Thumbing nose at lawsuits, USDA-APHIS hides more info

March 15, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Deletes documents posted in response to Freedom of Information Act requests WASHINGTON D.C.––Hit with a second lawsuit,  draft legislation,  and letters from 119 members of Congress demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture restore web sites including Animal Welfare Act enforcement information,  the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service has instead thumbed its collective […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Breeding, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Food, Food security, Global, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lab animals, Laws & politics, Live transport, Regulation, Research & testing, Science, Show, Slaughter, USA Tagged With: Carole and Howard Baskin, Delcianna Winders, Lee & Mike McGartland, Michael Budkie, Natalie Lima, Russ Kick, Russ Rector

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