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Banning U.S. imports of Russian fish could help Ukraine & help the fish too

March 9, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why was the U.S. still buying Russian fish while boycotting Russian oil,  gas,  coal,  & even vodka? WASHINGTON D.C.––Fish were the last major category of U.S. imports from Russia not yet embargoed by the U.S. government in protest of the February 24,  2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden on March 8,  2022 […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Isles, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Russia, Scotland, Southeast Asia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Wildlife Tagged With: Dan Sullivan, Ed Markey, Lisa Murkowski, Merritt Clifton, Tim Gallaudet, Vladimir Putin

Russians bust alleged “whale jailers”

March 1, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

The suspects are already in Siberia ––where else can they go?             MOSCOW,  VLADIVOSTOK–– Responding to orders from Russian president Vladimir Putin,  the Russian agency for border security has reportedly brought criminal charges against four related companies for allegedly illegally capturing and holding more than 90 beluga whales and as many as 13 orcas in […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Russia, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dmitry Lisitsyn, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Maria Antonova, Masha Netrebenko, Merritt Clifton, Natasha Daly, Todd Woody, Vladimir Putin

Last acts for animal circuses in Russia, India, New Jersey, & Hawaii

January 2, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Russian law protects Moscow State Circus monopoly             MOSCOW,  NEW DELHI––New legislation in Russia,  whose circuses have for almost a century been the most attended worldwide,  and in India,  where the circus tradition started,  appear to be among the final acts in several thousand years of traveling exhibitions of performing animals. The new Russian “Law […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Elephants, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Mexico, Organizations, Russia, Show, South America, Spectacles, The Americas, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Jacob Croninshield, Merritt Clifton, Thomas Chipperfield, Varda Mehotra, Vladimir Putin

Russia bans “dogs of dangerous breeds” under new humane law

December 31, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Vladimir Putin signs “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” into effect MOSCOW,  Russia––Possession and handling of pit bulls and other dogs of dangerous breeds is to be strictly regulated throughout Russia,  under a new national “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” signed into effect by Russian president Vladimir Putin on December 26,  2018. The new “Law […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Asia/Pacific, Central Asia, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogfighting, Dogfighting, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Population control, Rabies, Russia, Street dogs, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Alexei Nikolsky, Alexei Pushkov, Evgeny Biyatov, Irina Smirnova, Merritt Clifton, Pavel Astakhov, V.A. Gmyrya, Vladimir Putin

Russia halts seal hunt

April 26, 2009 By Merritt Clifton

“This bloody hunting is from now on banned” MOSCOW,  OTTAWA––Russian minister of natural resources Yury Trutnyev on March 11,  2009 told the world that Russia has halted hunting seals under one year old on the frozen White Sea. “This bloody hunting is from now on banned in our country,  as in most developed countries,”  Trutnyev […]

Filed Under: Canada, Eastern Europe, Europe, Marine life, Russia, Seals, The Americas, Wildlife Tagged With: Irina Novozhilova, Masha Vorontsova, Merritt Clifton, VITA, Vladimir Putin, Yury Trutnyev

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