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Mule deer are again in Catalina Island Conservancy crosshairs

February 4, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

Mule deer are the major natural brakes on growth of tindery browse & grass,  but conservancy wants to kill them all in the name of fire prevention AVALON,  Catalina Island, California––The Catalina Island Conservancy,  owners of 88% of Santa Catalina,  California’s largest offshore island,  as of January 30,  2026 has the go-ahead from the California […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Laws & politics, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: E.O. Wilson, Janice Hahn, Merritt Clifton, Pepe Barton, Philip K. Wrigley, Scott Morrison

How killing cats helped to keep Aussie Liberal Party in power

May 12, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Cat purge masks otherwise weak record on endangered species             CANBERRA, Australia––Cats were nowhere on the May 18,  2019 Australian federal election ballot,  and were not among the official campaign issues for any of the contestants,  either.  Yet the Liberal Party scheme to kill two million cats by 2020 lurked just behind the polling results […]

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