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Six recent animal advocate deaths of note

March 9, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

New York City veterinarian Ashraf Hussein,  Alabama humane officer Mary Stanley Mosely Mansour,  California broadcaster Jerry Cesak,  sanctuary founder JP Novic,  and eagle advocate Sandy Steers,  as well as Canadian bee expert Sheila Rafaela Colla Vet died on the job Ashraf Hussein,  DVM,  56,  died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside the Low Cost Vet Mobile […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Bees, Birds, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Spay/neuter, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Ashraf Hussein, Garo Alexanian, Jerry Cesak, JP Novic, Mary Stanley Mosely Mansour, Sandy Steers, Sheila Colla, Sunset Sam, Wayne Pacelle

Fly five dolphins from tanks in Greece to tanks in Florida? O’Barry says no

January 13, 2025 By Merritt Clifton

Clearwater Marine Aquarium seeks dolphins to rebuild population after five deaths             CLEARWATER, Florida––Two years after four of nine resident bottlenose dolphins died at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium within 16 months,  the aquarium has applied for a federal permit to import up to five adult bottlenose dolphins from the Attica Zoological Park in Athens, Greece. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Greece, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mediterranean, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dennis Kellenberger, James "Buddy" Powell, Mary Mosely, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Sunset Sam

Winter, star of Dolphin’s Tale, showed aquariums can thrive as rescue centers

November 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Winter’s 16 summers helped to bring a new dawn for captive wildlife             CLEARWATER, Florida––Winter,  16,  an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin who spent almost her entire life at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium after losing her tail to a blue crab trap at just two months of age,  died on November 11,  2021 from a twisted intestine. […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dana Zucker, James "Buddy" Powell, Kevin Carroll, Mary Mosely, Merritt Clifton, Shelly Marquardt, Stephen McCullough, Sunset Sam

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