Fined $10,000 & gets five-year suspension of permit to deal wildlife in Virginia RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin Antle, 63, the former high school dork from Bettendorf, Iowa who for decades has passed himself off as the self-professed animal training guru “Bhagavan” and the alleged … [Read More...]
Charreada horse beater Christofer Dorado charged in Joliet, Illinois
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness video shows what Dorado did. Court to decide if beatings were crimes. JOLIET, Illinois––The People of the State of Illinois, represented by the 12th Judicial Circuit Court in Joliet, county seat for Will County, on October 3, 2023 brought two misdemeanor … [Read More...]
Dianne Feinstein, 90, represented animals in the U.S. Senate for 30 years
Feinstein discovered animal issues after move from San Francisco politics to Washington D.C. WASHINGTON D.C., SAN FRANCISCO, California––U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, who died on September 29, 2023 in Washington D.C., might have been more involved with animal issues than any other member … [Read More...]
Why the “green” prescriptions of 1970 have expired today
Embracing Limits: A Radical and Necessary Approach to the Environmental Crisis 384 pages; $8.99 Kindle; $23.50 paperback. Earth Animal Trust P.O. Box 11240 Englewood, CO 80151 Denver vegan advocate Keith Akers, 74, “has been researching environmental issues ever since 1970, when he attended a rally on the first Earth Day,” an online biographical page mentions. Earning a B.A. in … [Read More...]
New Balance to hop out of the kangaroo leather shoe business
Kangaroos jump for joy Down Under WASHINGTON D.C.; BOSTON, Massachusetts––“The athletic wear giant New Balance informed the Center for a Humane Economy yesterday that it has altered its sourcing policies and that the company will phase out its use of kangaroo skins and halt sales of kangaroo-based shoes by next December,” emailed Center for a Humane Economy founder Wayne Pacelle to ANIMALS 24-7 … [Read More...]
Pit bulls kill 2 women, 2 days apart. Small town cares; does Toledo?
Response to fatal pit bull attacks in Genoa, Arkansas, and Toledo, Ohio, could scarcely be more different. GENOA, Arkansas; TOLEDO, Ohio––Fatally mauled by pit bulls in their own yards two days apart, on September 24, 2023 and September 26, 2023, respectively, Brenda Lynn Witt, 60, of Genoa, Arkansas, and Diane Etta Knepper, 70, of Toledo, Ohio, appear to have had little else … [Read More...]
Mink releases muddy the waters, but disease is main threat to fur farms
No net gain for animals when a turkey farm replaces a mink farm ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania––Mink are still being trapped alive by neighbors of the Richard H. Stahl Sons Incorporated mink farm near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, more than a week after someone cut fences in the early morning hours of September 17, 2023. The Pennsylvania Game Commission initially estimated that approximately … [Read More...]
The biggest dogfighting bust that South Carolina media did not report
Only one journalist saw fit to mention the second largest dogfighting sweep in state history COLUMBIA, South Carolina––Four days after the biggest dogfighting bust in South Carolina in almost a year, and one of the biggest in South Carolina and for that matter the entire U.S. ever, only crime and courts reporter Ted Clifford of The State newspaper in Columbia seems to have noticed. As of … [Read More...]
Yet again, repealing BSL brings a pit bull-inflicted fatality
Pit bull fatality followed BSL repeal in Moses Lake in 2020, & now in Kennewick, 75 miles south on Washington state route 395, in 2023 KENNEWICK, Washington––The September 21, 2023 death of Billene “Billi” Cameron, 65, demonstrated yet again the strong likelihood that a community that repeals breed-specific restrictions of possession of pit bulls will soon experience a … [Read More...]
Oregon halts wildlife killing contests; New York gov Hochul dithers
New York legislature passed bill to ban wildlife killing contests three months ago, but governor has yet to sign it into law BEND, Oregon; ALBANY, New York––The Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on September 15, 2023 voted unanimously to prohibit wildlife killing contests for coyotes and other species classified as unprotected mammals in the state, meaning that hunting them is … [Read More...]
Weasel words on the monkey beat: did FDA really end experiments?
White Coat Waste Project says National Center for Toxicological Research ended monkey studies, but FDA indicates they might resume "in the future based on agency needs" JEFFERSON, Arkansas––The White Coat Waste Project on both August 30 and September 18, 2023 declared victory in shutting down nicotine addiction experiments at the National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson, … [Read More...]
After the earthquake: donkeys & a lucky puppy rescued in Morocco
The London-based Society for Protecting Animals Abroad and the Massachusetts SPCA subsidiary American Fondouk are still the only major outside animal charities with boots on the ground in Morocco. MARRAKECH, Morocco––Most outside relief organizations, including animal charities, continue to be excluded from Morocco following the September 8, 2023 earthquake that flattened whole villages in … [Read More...]
$1.62 million award against rescue for fostering out vicious pit bull
Record award in fostering case remains lower than record awards in cases involving adoption and shelter volunteer HACKENSACK, New Jersey––A $1.62 million settlement to be paid by Eleventh Hour Rescue, of Flanders, New Jersey, to pit bull attack victim Carol Olsen, 59, of Midland Park, New Jersey, appears to be the highest disclosed payout yet in a case brought against an … [Read More...]
Soi Dog celebrates a million animals fixed in 18 years; lesson for U.S.
U.S. shelter killing is up, despite & actually because of emphasis on "no kill" instead of s/n. PHUKET, Thailand; ATLANTA, Georgia––“Today, I am overjoyed to share the news that the millionth stray animal has passed through Soi Dog Foundation's spay/neuter program,” Soi Dog Foundation cofounder John Dalley exulted on September 8, 2023. “This is the first time in history that this … [Read More...]
Would Moses have practiced Kaporos? Did Jesus handle snakes?
Israel discourages Kaporos. U.S. authorities ignore it. Many U.S. Jews protest against it. TEL AVIV, Israel; New York City, N.Y.––Compared to the slaughter of 25 million factory-farmed chickens per day for human consumption, the annual sacrificial killing of 50,000 to 100,000 by the estimated 130,000 Hassidic Jewish households worldwide in the practice of Kaporos scarcely amounts to a … [Read More...]
U.K. to ban American Bully XL pit bulls, prime minister Sunak pledges
"I share the nation's horror," says Rishi Sunak LONDON, U.K.––United Kingdom prime minister Rishi Sunak on September 15, 2023 announced that his government intends to add the American Bully XL to the short list of dog breeds prohibited by the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. “I share the nation's horror at the recent videos we've all seen,” said Sunak, about 24 hours after two American Bully XL … [Read More...]
All we know about animals after Morocco earthquake & Libya floods
Uncertain status of the Sahara sand cat is emblematic of the many unknowns following double disasters TOUBKAL NATIONAL PARK, Morocco; EL KOUF NATIONAL PARK, Libya––Little as yet can be reported about the plight of animals in either Morocco or Libya after the catastrophic earthquake that hit central Morocco on September 9, 2023 and the flooding caused by Storm Daniel that inundated eastern … [Read More...]
Cane Corsos & pit bulls killed two 93-year-old women in two weeks
CDC belatedly admits that fatal dog attacks are starkly up, but does not acknowledge that bully breeds are doing 90% of the killing MODESTO, California––The demographic odds were 380-to-one against two consecutive dog attack fatalities being 93-year-old women who were minding their own business in their own yards when mauled, 2,000 miles away from each other, two weeks apart, but were more … [Read More...]
Charreada steer-tailing loses first court test in Will County, Illinois
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video persuades Illinois state's attorneys & county court judge JOLIET, Illinois––A terse handwritten note from Will County, Illinois county court judge John Anderson on September 8, 2023 handed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness a first big win––at least on paper––in a year-long campaign against charreada cruelty in the greater … [Read More...]
Outside animal rescuers excluded from Morocco after earthquake
But British-funded SPANA and Massachusetts SPCA subsidiary American Fondouk were both already there MARRAKECH, Morocco––September 11 might be the grimmest of dates thus far into the 21st century. September 11, 2001 is marked in the U.S. for terrorist attacks that killed 2,996 people when Al Qaida hijackers crashed two jets into the World Trade Center in New York City and a third into the … [Read More...]