Navajo Nation residents are 35 times more likely to be killed by dogs than other Americans Part I of a three-part series. See also: Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”: fatal dog attacks triple and Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool. WINDOW ROCK, Arizona––Three-year-old Kayden Colter Begay was on July 14, 2016 […]
NFL warns players–22 years after Humane Farming Association
Eating Mexican or Chinese meat said to bring risk of ingesting banned drug NEW YORK CITY––A National Football League warning to players against eating meat from Mexico and China that may contain the synthetic steroid clenbuterol in early May 2016 at last caught up to Humane Farming Association warnings to the American public––22 years […]
Fundraising, FADS, “dolphin safe,” & why Ric O’Barry left Earth Island Institute
by Merritt Clifton BERKELEY, OAKLAND––“FADs are bad,” says dolphin defender Ric O’Barry. By FADs, O’Barry means a fishing method so deadly that he believes it makes a travesty of “dolphin safe” tuna labeling. The U.S. “dolphin safe” standard accepts the use of FADs at the expense of sharks, sea turtles, and many other marine species, […]
Netherlands & Mexico ban wildlife use in circuses
DEN HAAG, MEXICO CITY, LONDON––Announcements distributed by Animal Defenders International less than 24 hours apart on December 12 and 13, 2014 heralded Dutch and Mexican national bans on the use of wild animals in circuses. Said Animal Defenders International president Jan Creamer, “Use of animals in traveling circuses is cruel and outdated, and that is […]
Tulum Monkey Sanctuary founder Richard Mileski killed by camel
Richard Mileski, 60 according to U.S. sources but 70 according to Tulum Civil Defense official Aberto Canto, was fatally stomped by a camel on October 13, 2014 at the Tulum Monkey Sanctuary in Yucatan, Mexico. “One version,” Canto told media, “is that Mileski would always give the camel a Coca Cola to drink, and apparently, […]