Endangered Species Act definitions changed while 15 cats were in U.S. on tour ELLENTON, Florida; COTATI, California––The Animal Legal Defense Fund on May 25, 2017 let the world know via media release that it “strongly objects” to an application from the no longer performing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for a U.S. […]
A cry from the elephant pit
We need your help to stay out of the hole The time has come for us to speak to you forthrightly and directly about the “elephant in the room,” who is unfortunately not an elephant but a pit bull. The time has also come for us to ask you forthrightly and directly if you value what […]
“Ban white tigers & lion/tiger hybrids,” sanctuarians beg feds
Petition seeks rulemaking under Animal Health Protection Act & Animal Welfare Act WASHINGTON D.C.––Nearly 200 years of entrepreneurs speculatively breeding white tigers and lion/tiger hybrids are enough, say a coalition of animal advocacy organizations and several leading sanctuaries where “tigons,” “ligers,” and “liligers” have lived out their days after proving no longer profitable for […]
Boerboel dogs: “bull-biters” became symbols of apartheid
North Carolina breeder killed by one of her own “Beloved Boerboels” ASHEVILLE, North Carolina; DURBAN, South Africa––Buncombe County Animal Services on May 1, 2017 removed five boerboel dogs and a Great Pyranees from the home of Jane Marie Egle, 59, after shooting a sixth boerboel who had fatally mauled Egle. Relocating to the Asheville […]
Rhinos worldwide put at risk in South African crap game
Can rhinos survive a real-life test of libertarian economic theory? JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA—The South African Constitutional Court on April 5, 2017 opened the way to legal trade in rhino horn––and probably more illegal rhino horn trafficking worldwide––by dismissing an appeal from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to keep a moratorium on domestic sales of […]
Fatal cheetah attack spotlights big cat breeding industry
Lions & tigers bred for heads & bones PHILIPPOLIS, Karoo, South Africa––A captive cheetah on March 18, 2017 fatally mauled the three-year-old son of Jacob Pieterse, an employee at tiger breeder and filmmaker John Varty’s Tiger Canyon wildlife farm and tourist attraction. Police spokesperson Motantsi Makhele told media that the victim died while being […]
Eight hundred years of zoos in London
New book and 2004 volume detail the origins of zoos as we know them LONDON, U.K.––Scheduled for official publication by Viking/Pegasus on April 4, 2017, The Zoo: The Wild And Wonderful Tale Of The Founding Of London Zoo, by British television producer Isobel Charman, has drawn pre-publication raves from reviewers fortunate enough to receive […]
Court of Appeals rules airlines have right to ban hunting trophies
Verdict issued against rhino shooter Corey Knowlton, Safari Clubs, & coplaintiffs DALLAS, Texas––The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on March 20, 2017 ruled that Delta Airlines is under no legal obligation to carry hunting trophies. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling against trophy hunter Corey Knowlton, […]
Drought-driven land invasions hit Kenya wildlife conservancies
Will Kenya go the way of Zimbabwe? (See also The untold story of the conflict in Laikipia, by Sebastian Mwanza and Kenya crisis shows need to transition out of animal agriculture.) NAIROBI, Kenya––What will become of wildlife and wildlife tourism in central Kenya? “Wild West” conditions driven by drought and political and ethnic rivalries have […]
The untold story of the conflict in Laikipia, Kenya
by Sebastian Mwanza (Sebastian Mwanza is media representative for the Africa Network for Animal Welfare) Heavily armed pastoralist groups numbering about 10,000 from the Samburu, Baringo, Pokot and Isiolo districts of central Kenya, bringing more than 135,000 cattle with them, have over the past four months forcefully moved into ranches and conservancies in Laikipia county, […]
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