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Stephen Kachmar

Rottweiler owners walk for death of granddaughter Olivia Grace Floyd, 7

February 7, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 3 Comments

Five years each suspended in plea bargain WAYNESBORO, Virginia––Penny L. Bachlor,  65,  and Stephen Christopher Kachmar,  60,  on February 3,  2023 escaped jail time with plea bargained sentences for the January 29,  2022 Rottweiler mauling death of seven-year-old Olivia Grace Floyd. Both … [Read More...]

Puffer fish in cracked and leaking fish tank

“The poor fish were the real victims,” tank owner says after fire

February 6, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 2 Comments

Beginnings of concern for fish suffering emerge even in the desert ST. GEORGE, Utah;  BERLIN, Germany––Josh Wilson of Scenic,  Arizona,  owner of Polaris Can-Am & Honda World in Mesquite,  Nevada,  a longtime sponsor of off-road races,  likely will never be mistaken for a bleeding heart animal … [Read More...]

Pit bull chef with devils and skulls.

If pit bulls are not “devil dogs,” why not speak their names?

February 5, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 9 Comments

Ignoring pit bull mayhem does not make it go away What happens when ANIMALS 24-7 goes ten days without publishing a new dog attack death or maiming account? Unfortunately,  the multinational failures of the so-called humane community to recognize and effectively address dog attack mayhem do not … [Read More...]

Cat and groundhog in window with snow

Groundhog Day hoarding cases showed need for Feline Fix by Five

Deceased couple left 150+ cats in Yorktown Heights;  176 cats found in Crystal Springs,  Mississippi BRUNSWICK, Maine––Can Feline Fix by Five get us out of Groundhog Day? What does fixing felines have to do with either groundhogs or Groundhog Day,  or the deaths in Yorktown Heights,  New York,  disclosed on Groundhog Day,  of New York City Department of Sanitation chief Patrick Hickey,  57,  … [Read More...]

Tennessee roosters with mountain and trees

98 alleged cockfighters busted; got only $50 fines & kept birds

Weak Tennessee cockfighting penalties boost the price of eggs             MAYNARDVILLE, Tennessee––Ninety-eight alleged cockfighters were cited and approximately 250 gamecocks were seized by the Union County Sheriff’s Office near Maynardville,  Tennessee on January 28,  2023. Yet none of the ninety-eight suspects went to jail.  All were released after paying $50 fines. All of them got their … [Read More...]

Vegan

Veguary re-introduces Afro-Americans to plant-based eating

“Prominent throughout the African Diaspora for centuries” BALTIMORE, Maryland––Afro-Vegan Society founder Brenda Sanders on February 1,  2023 commenced the organization's third annual Veguary campaign,  "providing culturally relevant content on plant-based eating during Black History Month. "Throughout the month of February,"  Sanders explained,  "the Afro-Vegan Society will host free … [Read More...]

Cat on a camel with an umbrella.

“Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty, two cases allege

Accused of hoarding but not charged,  no-kill shelter operator sues Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control LITTLEROCK,  California––A new strategic twist in the perpetual running battle between alleged animal hoarders and animal control agencies trying to prosecute them popped up in a January 30,  2023 web posting from the High Desert Animal Alliance,  issued in support of Southern … [Read More...]

Roberta Kalechofsky obituary

Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, interpreted Judaism in animal rights context

Took up animal advocacy in mid-career as author & publisher Roberta Kalechofsky,  90,  author,  animal advocate,  educator,  historian,  and publisher,   died on April 5,  2022 in hospice care in Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  near her longtime home in Marblehead,  Massachusetts. ANIMALS 24-7,  unfortunately,  only learned of her death on January 26,  2023,  necessitating this late … [Read More...]

Harbor seals and cormorants on a buoy.

Who shot pregnant harbor seals? Thomas Sewid encouraged it.

Seal hater even buys ammo for seal killers             DINES POINT, Washington––Who apparently cruised along the east shore of Whidbey Island,  Washington,  shotgunning pregnant harbor seals on or about January 24,  2023 is as yet officially unknown. ANIMALS 24-7 spent much of January 26,  2023 examining the bloated,  eagle-pecked remains of harbor seal victims,  and looking for others … [Read More...]

Kallen Islas dog attack fatality victim

2nd fatal dog attack of 2023, like the first, kills child out past sunset

Mother mauled trying to save son from four Rottweilers & Rott mixes             FORT HALL,  Idaho––The second fatal dog attack in the U.S. of 2023 occurred in almost exactly the same manner as the first and the first near-fatality:  a small child,  alone outdoors after dark,  was fatally mauled by unfamiliar big dogs,  in this case two Rottweilers and apparently two Rottweiler mixes,  whom … [Read More...]

Signifying monkeys

More predators in animal charity than remain in the wild

by Steve Hindi,  founder,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Predation,  parasitism,  fraud and outright theft are enormous problems in the animal protection industry that even a 90-day wormer cannot fix. ANIMALS 24-7 in George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers,  and in a wealth of previous exposés,  has unfortunately barely rippled the scum on the cess pool. Too … [Read More...]

George Santos and drag German shepherd dog

George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers

Santos' Friends of Pets United never existed.  Neither do "spay/neuter cookies." WASHINGTON D.C.––The most infamous of all of New York third district Congressional Representative George Santos’ many scams,  now extensively exposed,  was probably the easiest:  inventing and raising funds in the name of a pet rescue organization that never legally existed and never verifiably helped even one dog or … [Read More...]

Nellie Saiom Shriver obituary (Beth Clifton collage)

Nellie Saiom Shriver, 80, introduced Alex Hershaft to vegan activism

Eccentric midwife to the animal rights movement AKRON,  Ohio––Nellie Saiom Shriver,  among the most dynamic early orchestrators of the late 20th century animal rights movement,  died on January 12,  2023 at the Copley Nursing Health Care Center in Copley,  Ohio. “I don't know how much time I have,”  Nellie Shriver,  Saiom to friends,  emailed to longtime friend Alex Hershaft on December 27,  … [Read More...]

Vervet monkey (Beth Clifton photo/ collage)

Caribbean tax shelter wants to kill 450 tiny vervet monkeys––why?

Technically not a banana republic,  Sint Maarten acts like one PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten––Suddenly globally infamous for a scheme to exterminate an estimated 450 feral vervet monkeys,  who have colonized the 16-square-mile Caribbean island nation for nearly 400 years,  the former Dutch colony of Sint Maarten might be considered a banana republic. Sint Maarten does have most of the … [Read More...]

Sarah and Josh Bowmar.

For Josh & Sarah Bowmar,  it’s the fire next time they appear in court

Fined but no jail time in poaching-related plea bargain,  truck-burning & cabin-burning cases still ahead OMAHA,  Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness gurus Josh and Sarah Bowmar on January 12,  2023 escaped jail time for misdemeanor conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act,  which prohibits transportation of illegally obtained wildlife and wildlife parts across … [Read More...]

Martin Luther King in jail

Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. for animal advocates

by Steve Hindi,  with response from ANIMALS 24-7 For me,  more than 31 years after founding Showing Animals Respect & Kindness,  following extensive frustration in trying to work with national animal advocacy organizations that lacked––and still lack––a work ethic,  the biggest lesson Martin Luther King Jr. taught and exemplified is,  never stop fighting . This,  unfortunately,  is a … [Read More...]

Charles Darwin and Neanderthal man

Conservatism, the religious right, & the evolution of anti-vivisectionism

The right & left hands of anti-vivisectionism have rarely known what each other were doing Included in the recent ANIMALS 24-7 article What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. was a mention that during King’s lifetime,  1929-1968,  "Anti-vivisection activism had become co-opted by the radical right and was seemingly intertwined with opposition to teaching about … [Read More...]

What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Leading influence on rise of animal rights movement Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968, in whose honor we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, never had any visible direct involvement with animals or animal issues––but he is justly remembered among the greatest influences on the animal rights movement of our time, and the many other animal advocacy causes that have splintered from … [Read More...]

Four black leaders who built the humane movement––long before MLK!

Long before Martin Luther King Jr. had his enduring influence,  more people recognized William Key,  John W. Lemon,  Richard Carroll,  & F. Rivers Barnwell in their own time than would have recognized ASPCA founder Henry Bergh              INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana––“I am the only colored speaker on the program,  and in fact I have not seen a single colored visitor to it,”  wrote the Reverend … [Read More...]

John W. Lemon and Allen Lemon in attic with books

Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark

Letters and a map document humane & racial justice movements that pointed the way for Martin Luther King Jr. ARK, Virginia––Bus driver Alan Lemon,  then 59,  hoped to find antiques that might be sold online in 2018 when he and a friend decided to explore the attic of his great grandfather John W. Lemon’s long abandoned and ruined wooden frame house. Lost in the woods near the front of the … [Read More...]

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  • Rottweiler owners walk for death of granddaughter Olivia Grace Floyd, 7
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  • Groundhog Day hoarding cases showed need for Feline Fix by Five
  • 98 alleged cockfighters busted; got only $50 fines & kept birds
  • Veguary re-introduces Afro-Americans to plant-based eating
  • “Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty, two cases allege
  • Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, interpreted Judaism in animal rights context
  • Who shot pregnant harbor seals? Thomas Sewid encouraged it.
  • 2nd fatal dog attack of 2023, like the first, kills child out past sunset
  • More predators in animal charity than remain in the wild
  • George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers
  • Nellie Saiom Shriver, 80, introduced Alex Hershaft to vegan activism
  • Caribbean tax shelter wants to kill 450 tiny vervet monkeys––why?
  • For Josh & Sarah Bowmar,  it’s the fire next time they appear in court
  • Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. for animal advocates
  • Conservatism, the religious right, & the evolution of anti-vivisectionism
  • What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Four black leaders who built the humane movement––long before MLK!
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