Marty Irby leaves Animal Wellness Action on a high note, but horses are not drugged just to get them high WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Animal Wellness Action executive director Marty Irby on March 23, 2023 spoke in Oxford, Mississippi at the “Celebration of Life” for his friend and ally Clant Seay, founder of the Citizens Committee Against […]
Cockfighters hit in four states for bribery, drugs, even “grand theft auto”
Multiple alleged perps with long rap sheets LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Restauranteur and would-be cockfighting host Cruz Alejandro “Alex” Mercado-Vazquez, of Maysville, Kentucky, is headed to prison for 15 months for allegedly attempting to bribe sheriff Patrick Boggs of Mason County, Kentucky, to ignore his cockfights. U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning sentenced Mercado-Vazquez on March 24, […]
Bestiality & child porn bust in Bossier City, Louisiana: Terry Yetman deja vu
Suspect Nathan Mann held on 3,248 counts of sexual abuse of an animal BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana––Nathan T. Mann, 35, of Bossier, Louisiana, was on March 23, 2023 charged with 106 counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles and 3,248 counts of sexual abuse of an animal, the Bossier County Sheriff’s Office announced. Mann was […]
Direct action heroes for animals: Popeye, Olive Oyl, Betty Boop & Grampy
Rescuers, yes, but exemplars of animal rights? Not exactly. Eighty-eight years ago, forty years before the dawn of the animal rights movement, a muscular quasi-vegan sailor and his lanky girlfriend rescued animals on the silver screen, soon joined by a sexy “flapper” who sang jazz and her aged but ever inventive grandfather. Popeye, Olive Oyl, […]
Pit bull kills rescuer trying to stop a fight; third fatal dog attack in six days
What you don’t know about a pit bull will kill you––and so will what you think you do know TULSA, Oklahoma; VISALIA, California; CENTRE TOWNSHIP; Pennsylvania––“Try to find out some background, try to find out some other things before you actually take this dog into your home,” advised Sergeant Brian Collum of the Tulsa Police […]
Soi Dog Foundation shuts down a Vietnamese cat slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouse operated in open defiance of 1998 cat meat ban HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––“In a ground-breaking victory against the dog and cat meat trade in Vietnam, a cat slaughterhouse has been forced to cease operations,” announced Soi Dog Foundation director of international advocacy Rahul Sehgal in a March 23, 2022 appeal to potential donors. […]
Why didn’t Jasper County, Texas sheriff bust a big alleged cockfight?
Alleged host of cockfight previously characterized by law enforcement as a “career criminal” BUNA, Texas––“On March 12, 2023,” disclosed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness in a video posted to Facebook ten days later, “a SHARK drone located an active cockfight in Buna, Texas, in Jasper County. “The cockfight pit,” Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder […]
U.K. House of Commons votes to ban imports of hunting trophies
Ban still must clear the House of Lords and gain Royal Assent, but these formalities are more likely to delay than prevent enforcement LONDON, U.K.––The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill cleared the House of Commons on March 17, 2023 by unanimous voice vote. The silence of pro-trophy hunting opponents, however, scarcely means that the bill […]
Cats will now be fixed by India’s national Animal Birth Control program
Response to pack attacks: new rules also restrict where & when feeders may feed street dogs CHENNAI, India––Cats, as of March 10, 2023, are at last included in the Indian national Animal Birth Control program, operating since 2003. The inclusion of cats in effect officially recognizes neuter/return as the preferred method of cat population control […]
Miyoko’s Creamery had no “true trade secrets,” testifies Miyoko
“Denies that the company had proprietary recipes” in response to lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO, California––Vegan cheesemaker Miyoko Schinner, in her newly filed response to the Miyoko’s Creamery lawsuit against her for allegedly stealing trade secrets, “denies that the Company has any true ‘trade secrets,” and “denies that the company had ‘proprietary recipes.’” Fired in June 2022 […]
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