“No-kill, no shelters” catches on in Costa Rica
by Merritt Clifton SAN JOSE, Costa Rica–Gerardo Vicente, DVM, policy advisor to the Costa Rican Veterinary Licensing Board and former board president, shocked even unconventional thinkers at the No...
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Elected on pro-animal platform, new Costa Rican president allows...
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica––New Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís either failed to sign into law the anti-dogfighting law he helped to push through the legislature or did not announce...
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Katherine Bolland Gibson, 60, inspiration to a generation of humane workers
Katherine Bolland Gibson with one of her Great Danes. by Merritt Clifton Katherine Bolland Gibson, 60, a pioneer of promoting spay/neuter in rural areas of the developing world, and an inspiration...
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Four poachers get life for killing Costa Rican sea turtle defender
(Sea Shepherd Conservation Society photo) Convictions for the killing of Jairo Mora Sandoval reverse 2015 acquittal LIMÓN, Costa Rica––Four poachers have received prison sentences ranging...
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Questioning the claims of “crisis”
Jaguars are among the victims of border fencing schemes. (Jaguar at Big Cat Rescue, photographed by Beth Clifton.) Bio-xenophobia (Part 4 of a four-part series. See also The animal issue that made...
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Favor to speedboaters: Trump administration downlists manatees
(Beth Clifton collage) But manatees may benefit from global warming HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Florida––After a record 104 Florida manatees were killed by speeding boaters in 2016, one might almost...
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Death of Florida 6-year-old reminds that bat rabies can strike anywhere
(Beth Clifton collage) Humans & bats evolved to live in frequent proximity, yet rarely meet. That keeps us both safe. ORLANDO, Florida––The January 14, 2018 death of Ryker Roque, 6,...
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Florida: Bashing the brains out of iguanas as alleged illegal aliens
(Beth Clifton collage) Iguanas were in Florida first––by 16 million years FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida––Bashing or shooting the brains out of iguanas essentially for the hell of it would be...
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“We can still save them”: wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz, 65
Alan Rabinowitz & friends.(Beth Clifton collage) The “Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation” was an optimist in a field dominated by doom-and-gloom NEW YORK CITY––Wild cat...
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Wild Kingdom star Jim Fowler, 89: the truth behind the legend
Jim Fowler & friends.(Beth Clifton collage) Florida roadside zoo showman starred on TV for 50 years NORWALK, Connecticut––Few viewers of the NBC nature documentary television series Mutual of...
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COVID-19 hot tip for coffee growers: don’t go bat-@#$% nuts!
(Beth Clifton collage) COVID-19 shows “Eat @#$% & die!” is a warning, not a metaphor KUNMING, China; LONDON, U.K.; SEATTLE––One might imagine that the midst of a global pandemic of COVID-19, a...
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