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Geoffrey Deckers & Marion Bienes brought animal rights to the Netherlands

December 3, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Holocaust survivor Bienes inspired organization builder Deckers Award founded in Deckers’ name––see Comments,  below. Geoffrey Deckers,  51,  co-founder of the Dutch animal advocacy organization Een Dier Een Vriend [An Animal, A Friend],   died suddenly on June 29,  2020. Deckers suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on November 20,  2017,  but appeared to have made a full recovery. As […]

Filed Under: Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Judaism, Lab animals, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Switzerland, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Geoffrey Deckers, Marion Bienes, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Shirley McGreal

Queen Elizabeth II honors Thai street dog rescuer John Dalley

October 20, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Global recognition for Soi Dog Foundation             PHUKET,  Thailand––John Dalley,  co-founder and president of Soi Dog Foundation International,  was on October 10,  2020,  the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for service to animal welfare in Southeast Asia. The term “Soi […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, Religion & philosophy, United Kingdom, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Brian May, Clarissa Baldwin, Daphne Sheldrick, Gill Dalley, Ian Redmond, Jill Robinson, John Dalley, Merritt Clifton, Paul Seigel, Peter Davies, Shirley McGreal

Will “monkey shortage” due to COVID-19 bring new research methods?

September 1, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Researchers scrape the bottom of the barrel DAVIS, California––Will a purported national monkey shortage force COVID-19 researchers to develop new non-animal testing methods? Or is the alleged monkey shortage really just a ploy by the seven National Primate Research Centers to perpetuate their own existence,  taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to win more federal […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Lab animals, Research & testing, USA Tagged With: Alpha Genesis, Matthew Block, Merritt Clifton, National Institutes of Health, Shirley McGreal, World Wide Primates

From gorillas to shelter dogs: animals caught in the COVID-19 crunch

March 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

No animals other than bats & humans are known to get COVID-19,  but millions are affected by the human response             WASHINGTON D.C.––Animals and animal-related projects from Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to National Institutes of Health-funded laboratories are feeling the impact of the international COVID-19 scare underway throughout early 2020,  […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, China, Conservation, Disease, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, DRC, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Gabon, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Shelters, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Humphrey, David Grimm, Eric Hutchinson, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Jenny G. Zhang, Kitty Block, Merritt Clifton, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Rodney Muhumuza, Shirley McGreal

Why COVID-19 is NOT the zoonotic illness most likely to kill you

March 9, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Panicked stress may be killing more people than the disease itself             SEATTLE,  ATLANTA,  HONG KONG––Amid escalating global panic over the worldwide rapid spread of the recently identified coronavirus COVID-19,  a person not familiar with ProMED–mail might expect the most panic-stricken person of all to be ProMED–mail deputy editor Marjorie P. Pollack,  M.D. ProMED-mail is […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, China, Disasters, Dogs & cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Lab animals, Science, Science, Wildlife Tagged With: Francis Collins, Jeremy Samuel Faust, Marjorie Pollack, Merritt Clifton, Monir Tahir, Pe Su, Shirley McGreal, Steve Berger

Concern for rare birds of the Bahamas rises after Hurricane Dorian

September 6, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Little chance yet to assess the losses––but the Abaco parrot almost certainly survived              CAPE FEAR, North Carolina––Hurricane Dorian,  downgraded to Category 2,  with peak gust speed dropping by half to a still dangerous 110 miles per hour,  killed five people as it pushed north past the Carolinas,  but as of midnight on September 5,  […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Birds, Caribbean, Conservation, Disasters, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Sanctuaries, The Americas, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Stephen Pruett-Jones

Cassowary victim had helped to spur ostrich-&-emu boom

April 18, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

“See the gentle cassowary On the plains of Timbuktu Eating up the missionary Hat and coat and hymn-book too.” Attributed to Theodore Hook  (1788-1841)             HIGH SPRINGS,  Florida––Remembering the cassowary rhyme from childhood,  and that “Cassowaries are found mainly in Australia and New Guinea.  Never in Africa!”,  International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal was […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Agriculture, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, North Africa, Other, Poultry, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife Tagged With: Christopher Kofron, Darren Naish, Marvin Hajos, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Theodore Hook

Arun Rangsi, 39, “heart gibbon” of IPPL founder Shirley McGreal

December 23, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Arun Rangsi was living link to IPPL origins             SUMMERVILLE,  South Carolina––“The International Primate Protection League is devastated to report the loss of our first lab gibbon, Arun Rangsi,  who was also my ‘heart gibbon,’”  IPPL founder Shirley McGreal posted to social media. Arun Rangsi was a living link to IPPL cofounder Ardith Eudey,  Ph.D.,  a […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Buddhism, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ardith Eudey, Belton Mouras, Bo Petersen, Jan Moor-Jankowski, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal, Vernon Weir

Cryptozoologist & taxonomist Colin Groves, “The Ultimate Classifier,” 75

December 18, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Member of International Primate Protection League advisory board since 1975 CANBERRA,  Australia––Colin Groves,  75,  called “The Ultimate Classifier” by the Society of Conservation Biology,  a member of the International Primate Protection League advisory board since 1975,  and a cofounder of the anti-pseudoscience organization Canberra Skeptics,  died in Canberra,  Australia,  on November 30,  2017. Born in […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Chimps & other primates, China, Conservation, DRC, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Isles, Kenya, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Other animals & science topics, Poaching & trafficking, Science, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, United Kingdom, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Colin Groves, Katherine Buri, Lynette Shanley, Merritt Clifton, Richard Leakey, Shirley McGreal

James Mahoney, DVM, “the Oskar Schindler of laboratory primates,” dies at 77

September 27, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Mahoney moved more than 200 chimps & monkeys to sanctuaries ahead of scheduled transfer to other labs James Mahoney,  DVM,  77,  “passed away on September 6,  2017 as a result of complications of Lyme disease,”  International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal announced on September 20. Remembered as the “Oskar Schindler of laboratory primates,”  after […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Chimps & other primates, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Lab animals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Science, USA Tagged With: Beth Quinn, Carole Noon, Frederick Coulston, Jan Moor-Jankowski, Marie-Paule Mahoney, Merritt Clifton, Shirley McGreal

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