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Shoving tule elk & bison aside, National Park Service favors cattle ranchers

September 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Point Reyes National Seashore & Yellowstone National Park allegedly managed for cows over native wildlife             POINT REYES, California;  BOZEMAN, Montana—Burning since an August 18,  2020 lightning strike,  the 4,900-acre Woodward Fire at Point Reyes National Seashore is reportedly contained at last. Issues rising with the smoke and cinders,  though,  smolder on,  including the National Park […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Meat issues, Predators, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brett French, Carey Fierabend, Dan Wenk, Dave Press, Jeff Miller, Merritt Clifton, Millard Ottinger, Point Reyes, Ryan Zinke

Feds must hide names of hunters who kill for show, rules Trump appointee

August 27, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Brave enough to shoot a cage-raised lion,  but not enough to face the public             WASHINGTON,  D.C.––Ruling that trophy hunters’ right to privacy trumps the public right to know what animals they kill,  even though the goal of trophy hunting is showing off,  U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on August 19,  2019 ruled that the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Tanzania, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Blake Owen Fischer, David Bernhardt, Donald Trump, Guy Gorney, Jimmy John Liautaud, Judge Timothy Kelly, Larysa Switlyk, Merritt Clifton, Mike Jines, Ryan Zinke, Tess Thompson Talley, Walter Palmer

Vaquita: Trump’s Trojan Horse in war on Endangered Species Act?

July 31, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Beware of trade judges bearing gifts! WASHINGTON D.C.––Will U.S. President Donald Trump use the highly endangered vaquita porpoise as the Trojan Horse for his efforts to strip “critical habitat” protections from the Endangered Species Act? Protecting the vaquita as directed on July 26,  2018 by U.S. Court of International Trade judge Gary S. Katzmann would […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Latin America, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, The Americas, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Donald Trump, Gary S. Katzmann, Giulia Good Stefani, Kurt Repanshek, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ryan Zinke, Sarah Uhlemann

South Sudan bans hunting; follows Kenya, with Chinese support

March 18, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Kenya banned hunting in 1977             JUBA,  South Sudan––Emulating one of the longtime keys to economic success in neighboring Kenya,  the seven-year-old nation of South Sudan on March 6,  2018 “banned all forms of wildlife hunting,  including commercial trade in wildlife trophies,”  the Xinhua news agency reported. The specific mention of “wildlife trophies” by the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, North Africa, Poaching & trafficking, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Bill Brewster, Chris Hudson, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, Festo Kumba, Jemma Nunu Kumba, John Jackson III, Merritt Clifton, Peter Horn, Ryan Zinke, Steve Chancellor, Thomas Sebit

Trump words had no teeth: elephant & lion trophy imports resume

March 9, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Under current rules,  Walter Palmer might have imported Cecil’s head with little fuss             WASHINGTON D.C.–– In 20-20 hindsight,  the November 19,  2017 Twitter message by U.S. President Donald Trump hinting that he might protect African elephants and lions from trophy hunting by executive order looks more like camouflage than a decision. Twittering that trophy […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Sports, Sub-Saharan, USA, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Colin Dwyer, Donald Trump, Jeremy Hance, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Piers Morgan, Ryan Zinke, Tanya Sanerib, Walter Palmer

Trump stalls elephant & lion trophy imports after meal of shark fin soup

November 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Appointees had put elephants & lions back on trophy hit list             WASHINGTON D.C.––Tweeting “Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts,”  U.S. President Donald Trump on November 17,  2017 unexpectedly suspended U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services decisions –– trumpeted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and praised by both […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump, Merritt Clifton, Ryan Zinke

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