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Wolf Gordon Clifton wrote a new post, Can Biologists Describe New Species Without Killing Them? 3 years, 8 months ago
In taxonomy, a type specimen is an individual organism used to officially represent a species or subspecies. The type specimen referenced when describing a new species for the first time is called a holotype. No […]
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Wolf Gordon Clifton wrote a new post, How Animal Protection Impacts All 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals 4 years, 5 months ago
From July 7th through July 16th, the United Nations will hold its annual High Level Political Forum (HLPF) partly online this year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Animal People has attended the past two HLPFs […]
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Wolf Gordon Clifton wrote a new post, Making Sense of Sacrifice: An Interview with the High Priest of Gadhimai 5 years ago
The Gadhimai festival, the world’s largest organized animal sacrifice, is again underway in Nepal. Over the course of two days, starting December 3rd, thousands of buffalo and hundreds of thousands of smaller a […]
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 7 months ago
“Serbian government has pledged to shut all fur farms by January 1st 2019 but due to pressure from fur farmers and fur traders, there are moves to delay the fur farming ban by 10 years.”
http://www.oipa.org/international/serbia-anti-fur-action/
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 7 months ago
“That bezoar is not found in all porcupines, you must be lucky to find the animal, which has it: It seems that only five for every 1,000 porcupines are naturally doted with it. For this reason, Chinese people make order of a large number of porcupines, dead or alive, to the hunters.”
http://www.oipa.org/international/porcupine-bezoar-congo/
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43757716
Kenya elephant rescuer Sheldrick diesConservationist Daphne Sheldrick - famous for rearing orphaned baby elephants - dies of cancer.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton wrote a new post, WORLD NEWS: Cloning, Dog Shows & Children at Bullfights (3/3/18) 6 years, 10 months ago
In this episode of Animal People World News, find out…
How dog shows like Westminster can be harmful for dogs
What Canada’s new bill means for cetaceans in captivity
Why Chile and Seychelles’ new […]
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43267524
Executive held over dam activist's murderPolice in Honduras arrest the suspected mastermind in the murder of Berta Caceres.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/world/americas/patagonia-national-park-chile.html
With 10 Million Acres in Patagonia, a National Park System Is BornTwo Americans snapped up large swaths of land in Chile, which they donated to a new conservation area that will be three times the size of Yosemite and Yellowstone combined.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
I observed something like nursing behavior in ants while I was in 4th or 5th grade, after stopping two girls from stomping on an anthill during recess. While inspecting the damage, I noticed an injured ant struggling to stand up, and considered putting him out of his misery. Before I could decide, out rushed a second ant, who lifted his wounded…[Read more]
'Paramedic ants' observed treating injured comradesThe social insects have been seen cleaning wounds and possibly administering antibiotics to prevent infection
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42994630#
'100,000 orangutans' killed in 16 yearsBorneo has lost a "shocking" number of its great apes, according to a new survey of the island.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/01/24/the-name-of-the-game-is-cruelty
The name of the game is cruelty: Why Russia's State Duma wants to ban a ‘baiting stations’ in the training of hunting dogs, and why the Senate is opposedIn mid-January, the State Duma created a mediation committee to review draft legislation that would ban “baiting stations,” where hunting dogs are trained to attack leashed wild animals. Co-sponsored by Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, the bill passed the lower house of Read more...
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Wolf Gordon Clifton wrote a new post, WORLD NEWS: Pope on Circuses, Animal Rights in Pakistan, and More! (1/17/18) 6 years, 11 months ago
In this episode of Animal People World News, find out…
Why the U.K.’s foxhunting ban is here to stay
How the U.S. Interior Department is pushing its pro-hunting agenda
How China is implementing its n […]
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Sindh, Pakistan to acknowledge animal rights! https://tribune.com.pk/story/1602473/6-animal-rights-sindh/
Animal rights in Sindh - The Express TribuneThe provincial government has decided to introduce a law to free animals from all kinds of abuse
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@sophiawilliams Hi Sophia! Thank you for joining the Animal People Forum. I must ask, however, that you please refrain from posting comments on unrelated articles solely to promote your own website. If you wish to raise awareness of your project as it relates to animal protection, the proper way to do so is by submitting an article on it for…[Read more]
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago
“This newly described great ape will be added to the list of Critically Endangered species, just as it is added to the zoological textbooks.” http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41848816
New great ape species identifiedThe apes in question were only reported to exist after an expedition into Sumatra mountains in 1997.
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Wolf Gordon Clifton wrote a new post, Wildlife watching soars as hunting dies off, says new U.S. report 7 years, 3 months ago
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a new report on Americans’ wildlife-related activities over the past five years. Announcing the report, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took the o […]
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Wolf Gordon Clifton wrote a new post, Highland Harvest: Vegan Recipes for Four Traditional Scottish Dishes 7 years, 3 months ago
Cooking can be a very powerful way to reconnect with one’s origins. Most of my ancestors immigrated to what is now the United States hundreds of years ago, intermarrying with people of various other national and […]
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Palm oil threats must be removed if Bornean orangutans are to survive, report saysA new report published by the International Institute for Environmental Development (IIED) says the development of large-scale oil palm plantations is responsible for significant loss and degradati…
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Wolf Gordon Clifton posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Habeas corpus victory for bear in Colombia encourages animal rights lawyersA bear named Chucho has been granted a writ of habeas corpus in Colombia in a landmark case that is encouraging lawyers who are fighting for animal rights elsewhere. “Personhood for nonhuman animal…
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