Paint job was not "whitewashing" because Project Chimps used bright colors BLUE RIDGE, Georgia–– Humane Society of the U.S. representatives once upon a time derisively denounced as eyewash meant to impress human visitors, not the imprisoned animals, the common zoo practice of painting scenic … [Read More...]
Pit bull & animal neglect defense lawyer pleads in murder-for-hire plot
Seven felonies & four misdemeanors could bring life sentence EVERGREEN, Colorado––Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Reba Edwards Emmi, 43, previously best known for defending alleged dangerous dogs and accused animal hoarders, is due to be sentenced on August 16, 2021 after … [Read More...]
Credibility, GAP? Global Animal Partnership 10 years later
Farm Forward, a former booster, finds GAP approach bassackward––& is scarcely alone AUSTIN, Texas––What a difference ten years of Global Animal Partnership have not made for factory-farmed animals! Indeed, the biggest visible change associated with Global Animal Partnership [GAP] may be … [Read More...]
Dying tule elk need water now diverted to cattle; can lawyers save them?
Cattle ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore was to end by 1987, but now 10 times more cattle crowd the habitat than before the land was "protected" POINT REYES, California––The remains of at least 18 endangered tule elk at drought-parched Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California, 38 miles north of San Francisco, attest that the worst is happening there: tule … [Read More...]
Rare busts hit cockfighting, dog torture, & other Appalachian pastimes
Convictions remain scarce as hen's teeth LONDON, Kentucky––Ten people including a Laurel County bailiff were reportedly cited by Kentucky State Police for various alleged offenses on July 10, 2021 while attending a cockfight at Bald Rock, Kentucky, according to the Chicago-based animal advocacy organization Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK]. SHARK drones and hidden cameras … [Read More...]
Tiger exhibitor Marcus Cook: ex-cop has dodged the law for 20 years
Carole & Howard Baskin aim to stop Cook by persuading feds to do their job KAUFMAN, Texas––Having already put tiger cub exhibitors “Joe Exotic” Schreibvogel Maldonado Passage, Tim Stark, and Jeff Lowe out of business, Carole and Howard Baskin of Big Cat Rescue are metaphorically gunning now for Marcus Cline Hines Cook, doing business as Zoo Dynamics and ZooCats, formerly operating at … [Read More...]
Hunter gets 7 to 20 years for killing teen he mistook for a groundhog
Rare stiff sentence for "hunting accident" DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania––Kenneth Troy Heller, 52, of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, was on July 7, 2021 sentenced to serve from seven to 20 years in prison for a so-called “hunting accident” that on October 24, 2020 killed 18-year-old Jason Kutt at Nockamixon State Park, Bucks County. The unusually stiff sentence for a “hunting … [Read More...]
Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s mother & a Dutch witness speak
Pit bull owner Christophe Ellul "has to recognize that it was his dog," says Nathalie Pilarski. PARIS, France––The Amiens Court of Appeal is to rule on July 23, 2021 on a petition from attorney Alexandre Novion, representing pit bull owner Christophe Ellul, seeking to suppress DNA evidence that Ellul’s pit bull Curtis, and Curtis alone, killed Ellul's companion Elisa Pilarski on … [Read More...]
Dog breed census 2021: Labs, hounds top list; pit bulls come in third
The real "face of America's dog" is not much different from 1900-1950, even if pit bulls are more abundant If someone wrote the sort of demonstrable nonsense about the relative popularity of automobile makes that a fellow named Brett Bachman published on Salon.com on July 4, 2021 about dog demographics, that essay would likely never reach an audience. Bachman, however, got away with it, … [Read More...]
Bush vet Eric Jayne, 61, who survived wilds of Alaska, killed by truck
Jayne spent career providing vet care to remote & indigenous communities GRAND FORKS, North Dakota–– “Eric Jayne, DVM, lost his life this morning in a multi-vehicle accident near Grand Forks, North Dakota,” Humane Society of the U.S. senior state director Lisa Kauffman informed friends and colleagues at mid-day on July 2, 2021. “The North Dakota Highway Patrol says one … [Read More...]
Cockfighting in Kentucky: SHARK promises Fourth of July fireworks
Projected busiest traffic weekend ever gives Kentucky State Police an excuse––but what explains 16 years since last state cockfighting prosecution? LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] and the Kentucky State Police appear to be rocketing toward a head-on collision over the 2021 Fourth of July weekend, with the Fourth itself predicted to be the busiest … [Read More...]
New L.A. animal control chief Brown expected to go “Back to basics”
Brown brings to the job background in animal control, personnel management, and law enforcement, knows Los Angeles, & is bilingual LOS ANGELES––Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti on June 24, 2021 nominated Dana Brown, 57, to become the next Los Angeles Animal Services general manager, succeeding Brenda Barnette, 72, who retired on May 7, 2021 after a 10-year tenure. (See Los Angeles … [Read More...]
MLK assassin ex-wife Anna Ray busted for dog hoarding––again!
1996 Anna Sandhu Ray case history was often cited by hoarding expert Vicky Crosetti JACKSON, Tennessee––Anna Sandhu Ray, 74, ex-wife of James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., was on June 21, 2021 arrested in Jackson, Tennessee and booked into the Madison County jail on 44 counts of animal cruelty for extreme neglect of dogs. “Earlier in the day,” reported WKRN … [Read More...]
New approach to cat/dog contraception explained in simple terms
Gene transfer may confer lifelong sterility in one shot (but it can't be done with a cookie) PORTLAND, Oregon––Could mice produce a miracle drug capable of preventing cat reproduction? If mice could do it unassisted, through normal evolution, you can bet your catnip they would have, long since. But mice assisted by a battalion of top-drawer genetic scientists are a whole different … [Read More...]
Pit bulls kill at Mafia graveyard; extortion in New York statehouse
Bills passed in New York & Nevada will force all insurees to subsidize pit bull mayhem with their premiums ALBANY, BROOKLYN––Maybe three-term New York state governor Andrew Mark Cuomo read the New York Post on June 23, 2021. Maybe he noticed that a 39-year-old wheelchair-bound man suffering from cerebral palsy had been fatally mauled the previous evening by two pit bulls in the trailer … [Read More...]
Sheriffs ignored chimp in their own back yard until they shot him
Two sheriffs and many deputies helped to found and run the former Buck Brogoitti Animal Rescue, named for the chimp PENDLETON, Oregon––Tamara Brogoitti, 68, closed the 800-acre Buck Brogoitti Animal Rescue on the outskirts of Pendleton in January 2019. Knowing she was no longer either physically or financially capable of running the sanctuary, looking after large and potentially dangerous … [Read More...]
Five humane workers noted in passage
Melvyn Driver, Stephen Paysse, Michelle Rose, Marge Wright, & Eleonora Worth mostly helped animals behind the scenes Driver "designed & built humane animal handling equipment for over 50 years" Melvyn Driver, 80, of Luton, United Kingdom, whose “innovation, knowledge of cats, and passion for problem-solving helped to shape the success of trap/neuter/return feral cat control in … [Read More...]
Shooting war: cats win, feeders lose in East Bay Regional Park District
East Bay Regional Park District agrees to ceasefire if cat rescuers remove cats from sensitive wildlife areas OAKLAND, California––Histrionic headlines and activist alerts aside, what the East Bay Regional Park District board of directors really did at a heated June 15, 2021 meeting over cat policy was to: Permanently reassign staff biologist David “Doctor Quack” Riensche from … [Read More...]
Spay/neuter popcorn? It’s as real as Alex Pacheco’s s/n cookies!
600 million stray dogs would eat it, & it would not need FDA approval POMPANO BEACH, Florida––Asked a former major financial backer of 600 Million Stray Dogs Need You, upon receiving founder Alex Pacheco 2021 "summer fundraising drive" appeal for more money with which to develop a spay-and-neuter cookie, "I wonder if he's tested popcorn? "My dogs have been eating it for 40 years," … [Read More...]
CDC: fixated on rabies, ignoring 100 times more deaths from pit bulls
As many U.S. children were killed by pit bulls within 5 days in June 2021 as have been killed by canine rabies since 1968 ATLANTA, Georgia––Which is more likely to kill an American, a rabid dog or a pit bull? The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 14, 2021 upstaged notice of the most recent of a dozen fatal pit bull … [Read More...]