Cal Morgan, Michigan Humane Society president since 2001, on January 24, 2014 resigned to become president of the Atlanta Humane Society & Georgia SPCA. Michigan SPCA chief operating officer David Williams was named interim president while the organization seeks Morgan’s successor. Morgan at the Atlanta Humane Society & Georgia SPCA succeeds Rick Aiken, interim director […]
Fire safety standards sought for barns
QUINCY, Massachusetts––A January 31, 2014 fire that killed 300,000 egg-laying hens at the S&R Egg Farm in La Grange, Wisconsin has reignited notice of a National Fire Protection Association proposal to require sprinkler systems in farm animal housing. Founded […]
Review: The Last Savanna, by Mike Bond
The Last Savanna by Mike Bond Mandevilla Press (7 Indian Valley Road. Weston, CT 06883), 2014. 320 pages, paperback. $15.99. The Last Savanna, a novel based on anti-poaching activity in Kenya at an indeterminate time appearing to be the mid-1980s, is easily parodied. The opening, for example, resembles the children’s song “There was an […]
Review: Monsters & Miracles: Henry Bergh’s America, by Gary Kaskel
Monsters & Miracles: Henry Bergh’s America by Gary Kaskel Infinity Publishing (1094 New DeHaven St., Suite100, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428), 2013. 383 pages, electronic & paperback formats. $10.95. Henry Bergh, who founded the American SPCA in 1866, remains such an influential and legendary figure that a succinct biography of Bergh fills nearly half of […]
Thai Court of Appeals rules for Wildlife Friends
BANGKOK––The Thai Court of Appeals on February 27, 2014 affirmed that all charges filed in February 2012 against the Wildlife Friends Foundation of Thailand, founder Edwin Wiek, and his wife Jansaeng “Noi” Sangnanork were without foundation. The charges were dropped on August 27, 2013. Explained Wiek to the Asian Animal Protection Network, “The Court of […]
“Steer-tailing” is even more brutal than “horse tripping”
The California State Legislative Counsel Bureau on February 6, 2014 issued a legal opinion on “steer tailing,” a standard event in charreada, or Mexican-style rodeo. The legal opinion concludes: “To summarize, the practice of steer tailing is not prohibited per se by the animal cruelty laws (of California.) It is our opinion, however, that…a court, […]
Terry DeGaw, 70, founder of the Serenity Springs Sanctuary
Terry DeGaw, 70, founder of the 20-year-old Serenity Springs Sanctuary in Forestburg, Texas, died of cancer on December 18, 2013. Volunteers closed the 25-acre sanctuary, transferring most of the resident pigs, chickens, horses, donkeys, dogs, sheep, cats, and peacocks to the Atlasta Home Sanctuary in Ennis, Texas. […]
Molly Richardson, 85, director of Native Animal Rescue
Molly Richardson, 85, longtime director of Native Animal Rescue in Live Oak, California, died on January 19, 2014. Born in India of British parents, Richardson later lived in New Zealand, before teaching for many years in Pacific Grove, California. “The 30-year-old Native Animal Rescue was first operated […]
Lily Glidden, 24, apparently trampled by elephants
Lily Glidden, 24, of Freeville, New York, was found dead on January 18, 2014 in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Petchaburi, Thailand, five days after disappearing while on a hike by herself to photograph wildlife. Glidden had apparently been trampled by elephants. “Looking at the pictures she took […]
“Elephant whisperer” Marianus Topno, 48
Marianus Topno, 48, a factory welder in rural Odisha state, India, was fatally trampled by elephants on November 13, 2013 in the Saranda forest. Topno had become known for politely asking elephants to leave villages and farms where they were doing damage, with frequent success. His daughter […]
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