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How one lion & one bear survived the 2014-2017 ISIS occupation of Mosul

August 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Father of Lions: Saving Starving Animals at the Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan 383 pages,  2020. Forge Book,  c/o Tom Doherty Associates;  available in multiple print & electronic formats c/o Amazon,  Barnes & Noble,  Goodreads,  and Kindle at prices from $12.99 up. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “Good afternoon. I am writing because I want to […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Abu Laith, Amir Khalil, Louise Callaghan, Merritt Clifton, Vier Pfoten

Mad Russians overrun Ukraine rabies belt; refugee canines flee west

March 19, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Invasion stops progress against fox rabies outbreak raging since 2004             KHARKIV, Ukraine;  ATLANTA, Georgia;  SURPRISE, Arizona––The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] web site has quietly announced,  without an accompanying media release,  that it “is working to expedite import permit requests for dogs that originate in Ukraine and surrounding countries for persons wishing […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Dog health, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Rabies, Russia, Ukraine, USA Tagged With: Amir Khalil, CDC, Katherine M. Shenar, Merritt Clifton, Vier Pfoten

Chickens were the most numerous casualties of the Beirut explosion

August 10, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Animals Lebanon & Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals scramble to aid animal survivors             BEIRUT,  Lebanon––How many chickens lived and died to blow up Beirut? Probably millions,  but that toll––like all others pertaining to animals––eludes estimation from the available data about the August 4,  2020 ammonium nitrate explosion that killed at least 158 […]

Filed Under: Cats, Disasters, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Lebanon, Mediterranean Tagged With: Amir Khalil, Animals Lebanon, Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Jason Mier, Vier Pfoten

Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?

July 1, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Part I of a five-part series.   See also Part II: Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan” and Part III: Farmed animals & money talks.   Part IV:  What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals. Part V:  Back to the Jungle Book:  U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.          LONDON,  U.K.––Will the June 23,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Isles, Lab animals, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Scotland, Sheep & goats, United Kingdom, Welfare Tagged With: Animal Concern, David Bowles, Helmut Dungler, Janice Cox, John F. Robins, Merritt Clifton, Peter Davies, RSPCA, Shirley McGreal, Vier Pfoten, Wim de Kok

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