Pissing match hits the Chronicle of Philanthropy ARLINGTON, Virginia––Founded almost literally in a Washington D.C. alley to advocate on behalf for one of the most contentious of species, Alley Cat Allies has for 28 years been embroiled in controversy on a daily basis, but … [Read More...]
Aussie prof’s video challenges “invasion biologists” on their own turf
Feminist Ferals by Arian D. Wallach Produced by Tommy Lin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpx-ZHHWN5s&t=2s This video explores how conservation remains tethered to chauvinistic ideologies. It explores how archaic beliefs about animals, wildlife, and nature, has erased one of the Earth's … [Read More...]
More Election 2018 results––& where the pit bulls lurked
Michigan attorney general Nessel & California governor Newsom kept their pit bull history behind closed doors LANSING, SACRAMENTO––Pit bull attacks, as ANIMALS 24-7 pointed out on November 6, 2018, were the “divisive” issue that was omitted from the Election Day 2018 political … [Read More...]
Pro-animal ballot initiatives win big; mixed results for candidates
Anti-animal protection candidates Steve King & Marsha Blackburn return to Congress WASHINGTON D.C.––The November 6, 2018 election of a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives improves chances of successful defenses of the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and Animal Welfare Act against Republican attempts to dilute or at least weaken enforcement … [Read More...]
Hen caging & greyhound racing go before voters in 2018 election
Animal advocates & agribusiness split over California Proposition 12; Republicans split over Florida Proposition 13 SACRAMENTO, California; ORLANDO, Florida––The axiom that animal politics cut diagonally across partisan divides could scarcely be better illustrated than by the alignments for and against the two major ballot initiatives on animal issues going before voters on … [Read More...]
Iranian cheetah defenders face the death penalty
Accused of "sowing corruption on earth" TEHRAN, Iran––Because fair trials in Iran are historically scarcer than the highly endangered Asiatic cheetah, who survives only in remote habitat in the eastern part of the country, the global conservation, scientific, and human rights communities are anxious as a cat on a hot tin roof about “espionage” indictments brought against four … [Read More...]
Over-counting jaguars, over-estimating poaching
1964-1966 flood rescue data suggests there were never as many jaguars in Suriname as World Animal Protection claims have been poached PARAMARIBO, Suriname––Claims recently amplified on social media about the alleged extent of jaguar poaching in Suriname appear to have inflated at most a handful of rare, scattered incidents occurring over many years into a purported "crisis" for which there is … [Read More...]
HSUS election picks are too few to stop the Trump juggernaut
Humane Society Legislative Fund fails to endorse enough Democratic challengers to slow anti-animal Republican momentum in the U.S. House & Senate WASHINGTON D.C.––If voters who care about animals follow the recommendations of the Humane Society Legislative Fund arm of the Humane Society of the U.S. at the polls on election day, November 6, 2018, and all of the Humane Society … [Read More...]
Johnny Rodrigues, 69, fought to save wildlife in Zimbabwe
Felled by cancer after surviving two wars, poachers' gunfire, & the Mugabe regime QUARTEIERA, Portugal––Johnny Rodrigues, 69, founder of the the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force and an enthusiastic contributor of information and occasional guest columns to ANIMALS 24-7, died on September 17, 2018 at his daughter Lorraine and son-in-law Gavin Randall’s home in Portugal, after a prolonged … [Read More...]
Albuquerque sued again for allegedly rehoming dangerous dogs
Earlier cases allege rehoming dangerous cats, too ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––Already sued half a dozen times in under four years over issues pertaining to rehoming dangerous animals, the city of Albuquerque was in the fourth week of October 2018 sued yet again, this time by former Albuquerque Animal Welfare employee Victoria Murphy. Murphy in her filing alleges that “In 2014 she … [Read More...]
Fight over feces-flinging gorilla Ndume goes to federal court
Having lost Harambe, the Cincinnati Zoo wants him back. Having lost Koko, the Gorilla Foundation signs "No." CINCINNATI, SAN FRANCISCO––Fighting to maintain a mission and identity since the June 2018 death of Koko the signing gorilla, Gorilla Foundation founder Francine “Penny” Patterson, 71, is now fighting in federal court as well to retain Ndume, 37, the last gorilla left … [Read More...]
Could Zambia contracept wild hippos instead of culling?
Or is hippo overpopulation even really the issue? LUSAKA, Zambia––Why has Zambian tourism minister Charles Banda revived a five-year-old plan to cull up to 250 hippopotamuses per year from South Luangwa National Park, only two years after scrapping it? “The South Luangwa National Park has a population of more than 13,000 hippos but the area is only ideal for 5,000 hippos,” Banda told media … [Read More...]
Beth & Merritt’s Cheap, Quick & Easy Meatless Balls
On top of spaghetti, all covered with sauce, if you don't try our meatless balls, that's your tummy's loss! Serves 6+ Makes 32 balls, 1.25” in diameter Costs about 10% as much per ball as popular store-bought meatless ball brands! Mix together well: 1 pound of mashed silken tofu (other tofu styles may be substituted, but will change the texture) 1/3 cup of flour 1/3 cup of … [Read More...]
TNR protects African wildcats from “genetic pollution” & ferals from cruelty
Alley Cat Rescue begins project at Kruger National Park KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa––Alley Cat Rescue, of Mount Ranier, Maryland, is now “working to implement trap-neuter-return programs for stray/feral cats around Kruger National Park,” according to founder Louise Holton, to keep African wildcats from hybridizing with their domestic descendants. Having “advocated for … [Read More...]
Should dog owners face prison for fleeing the scene of attacks?
Maine politician promises bill to address dine-and-dash behavior ––if elected AUGUSTA, Maine––Should dog owners be criminally prosecuted for leaving the scene of an attack injuring a human or another animal? Oddly enough, no state legislature appears to have addressed hit-and-run dog-walking yet, nor even instances in which dog owners flee with dogs who have attacked a human or … [Read More...]
Mystery marine toxo host kills sea mammals; cats wrongly blamed
Toxoplasma gondii finding in beluga whales points same way as sea otter and monk seal studies––& not toward cats MONTREAL––A new study widely publicized for allegedly linking domestic cats to losses of endangered beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River estuary actually shows almost the opposite, read in context––and contributes to a growing stack of evidence that the original … [Read More...]