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Jack Hanna shenanigans get Columbus Zoo the boot from the AZA––again

October 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Previous “one year” suspension lasted just seven months––& many other AZA zoos then did what Jack Hanna had done             COLUMBUS, Ohio––Forty-plus years of Jack Hanna shenanigans finally caught up to the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium on October 1,  2021. The Association of Zoos & Aquariums [AZA] for the second time yanked the Columbus Zoo’s […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Screen industry, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dan Ashe, Jennifer Smola Shaffer, Kevin Landers, Merritt Clifton, Michael Webber, Steve Graham

How 2011 Zanesville massacre moved Ohio to act on exotic wildlife

October 19, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

46 animal deaths & a suicide belatedly impelled anti-regulation politicians to regulate ZANESVILLE,  Ohio––Six years after exotic animal collector Terry Thompson,  of Zanesville,  Ohio,  released 56 lions,  tigers,  leopards,  pumas,  wolves,  bears and monkeys before committing suicide on October 18,  2011,  “Ohio no longer has a reputation as a state with lax animal laws,”  recently […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Gwen Myers DVM, Hannah Sparling, Jack Hanna, John Kasich, Jonathan Merry, Kathy Thompson, Laura Bischoff, Marian Thompson, Matt Lutz, Merritt Clifton, Sam Kopchak, Steve Graham, Terry Thompson

Giraffe killing in Copenhagen brings zoo culling to global notice

March 25, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Marius the giraffe was then dissected                   COPENHAGEN––Despite a worldwide campaign to save him,  a healthy 18-month-old bull giraffe named Marius was on the morning of February 9,  2014 lured from his quarters at the Copenhagen Zoo with a treat of rye bread,  then dispatched with a captive […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Zoos Tagged With: Bengt Holst, Jack Hanna, John Knight, Liz Tyson, Marc Bekoff, Marius, Merritt Clifton, Steve Graham, Wayne Pacelle

Steve Graham defends Copenhagen Zoo giraffe killing

March 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Killed 282 animals during Detroit Zoo tenure                   HAGERSTOWN,  Maryland––The execution of Marius the giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo on February 9,  2014 provoked discussion in Europe paralleling a debate that raged in the U.S. between 20 and 30 years ago,  stoked by former Detroit Zoo executive director […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Zoos Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Steve Graham, zoo

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