by Helene Hesselager O’Barry Illustrated by Cheryl de los Reyes Cruz Hardcover, 40 pages, $19.78, from https://www.amazon.com/Squees-Escape-Helene-Hesselager-OBarry/dp/0998646008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522071083&sr=8-1&keywords=Helene+Hesselager+O’Barry Reviewed by Beth Clifton Through a young dolphin’s eyes in the vast ocean world, Helene Hesselager O’Barry, wife of Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project founder Ric O’Barry and partner with him in freeing dolphins from captivity for more than 20 years, […]
Covance beagle breeding kennels: they are not Snoopy’s doghouse
SHARK’s flying machines expose the alleged Bloody Red Baron of animal testing CUMBERLAND, Virginia––Labcorp, parent company of Covance Research Products, has yet to respond to SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) drone video exposing how thousands of beagles live at the Covance company puppy mill in Cumberland, Virginia, according to SHARK president Steve Hindi. […]
White hats & black hats revisited, 25 years into the “no kill” era
The 1994 San Francisco “Adoption Pact” recast the roles of animal control & humane societies––but not as intended Again, in hundreds of cities and towns across the U.S., and indeed around the world, factions are polarized in furious conflict over what their local animal control agencies, humane societies and shelterless, volunteer-run “rescues” should be doing. […]
Do you feel you are fighting the same battles for animals over and over?
Dear friends & readers: Do you ever feel as if you are fighting the same battles for animals over and over? Thirty years ago we celebrated a global ban on commercial whaling, a ban on international sales of elephant ivory and rhino horn, and a 10-year suspension of the Atlantic Canada seal hunt. U.S. retail […]
Three more chuckwagon horses killed as Calgary Stampede 2019 ends
Six horses killed in 10 days; most since 1986 CALGARY, Alberta––The 2019 Calgary Stampede ended on the night of July 14, 2019 with reportedly the second-highest attendance in the history of the event, and three more horses killed in the climactic last heat of the Rangeland Derby, the chuckwagon races that for almost a […]
Three veg fun foods that terrify the animal-based food industry
Impossible Burgers, cell-cultured ice cream, & goldfish crackers––& goldfish crackers may scare the animal-based food industry most of all EMERYVILLE, California––Now you can order vegan Impossible Burgers to be delivered for a midnight meal, as thousands of people have already done. As of July 11, 2019, you could have real vegan ice cream for […]
Deadliest dogs in South Africa? Boerboels challenge pit bulls
The most dangerous dogs of the apartheid era make a bloody comeback BLOEMFONTAIN, South Africa––Adriana Salomina van Deventer, widow of David van Deventer, on July 4, 2019 in the High Court of South Africa, Bloemfontain Division, won an eight-year battle to establish that her husband was killed by a […]
Coming Events
Please send us the date, place, logo, and contact information for your upcoming public event! July 19-20: 4th annual New Harvest conference on cell-cultured alternatives to animal products, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge. Info: [email protected] July 19-21: Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations Regional Bootcamp Conference, Ahmedabad, India. Info: [email protected] July 21-25: Society for […]
Pit bull advocate charged with hit-&-run killing of Holocaust survivor
Alleged killer had her favorite pit cloned, & was charged with trying to break into a pound to rescue pits who mauled a couple LOS ANGELES, California––Joyce Bernann McKinney, 68, once a globally prominent pit bull advocate, was on July 3, 2019 formally charged with assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run driving, and vehicular […]
Alabama mauling: “Emily’s Law” fails to protect public from pit bulls
2018 law raised penalties for dog attacks, but also raised bars to preventing them FORT MITCHELL, Alabama––“Vicious dog attack warrants misdemeanor charge,” bannered Robbie Watson of WLTZ-38 First News on July 10, 2019, but the story focus was on the shock and frustration of victim Sandy Vogts that the attack itself actually brought no […]
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