Notorious as one of the world’s worst zoos for 25 years PHUKET, Thailand––The first good-news animal story of 2022, if all goes according to plan, may be the impending evacuation of 11 tigers and two bears from the defunct Phuket Zoo, a target of animal advocacy protest almost from the day it opened in 1996. […]
Public shelters: refuge for animals or not?
by Wendolyn Aragon, president, Pet Assistance Foundation Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. nearly two years ago, in 2020, most U.S. animal shelters adopted some variation of managed admissions, an approach long promoted by the “no kill” movement, only admitting animals in need of emergency care. This was concerning, since it was breeding […]
E.O. Wilson, counter-evolutionary “evolutionary biologist,” dies at 92
E.O. Wilson considered himself the Charles Darwin of our time, but contradicted many basic Darwinian precepts Edward Osborne Wilson, 92, better known as E.O. Wilson, died on December 26, 2021 in Burlington, Massachusetts, 16 miles north of Cambridge, where he was for 46 years a star member of the Harvard University biology faculty. Wilson was perhaps […]
Kentucky cops ignore alleged cockfight at scene of two notorious murders
The day after Christmas not a cop was stirring in Tomahawk, Kentucky TOMAHAWK, Kentucky––“SHARK investigators spent Christmas Day traveling to Kentucky, to be at a cockfight location today that is holding a cockfight now!” emailed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi from Tomahawk, Martin County, Kentucky, at 10:06 a.m. eastern standard time on December 26, 2021––Boxing […]
Who were the gurus who helped to inspire the animal rights movement?
Spiritual mentors sold vegetarianism before most animal advocates dared mention it PUTTAPARTHI, Andhra Pradesh, India; QUEENS, New York––Who were the unofficial gurus of the early animal rights movement, who helped to sell vegetarianism, in particular, even before any major animal advocacy groups added a vegan or vegetarian component to their message? “Guru,” in the Buddhist, […]
Save Animals Initiative cofounder Anil Malhotra, 80
Anil & Pamela Gale Malhotra created reputedly the largest non-governmentally managed wildlife sanctuary in India Anil Malhotra, 80, died on November 22, 2021 at the SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary he and his wife Pamela Gale Malhotra cofounded in 1991 at Theralu Village & Post, South Kodagu, Karnataka state, India. Posted Pamela Gale Malhotra to […]
Vernon Weir: “This man loved his family and animals with all of his heart!”
Quiet right-hand man for 40-plus years to legends Belton Mouras, Gretchen Wyler, & Tippi Hedren Vernon Weir, 74, died from a stroke on December 6, 2021. Born on March 8, 1947, Weir attended Normandy Senior High School in St. Louis, Missouri, then earned a B.A. in political science and government from the University of Missouri […]
Jane Goodall joins voices against livestock gift charities
Livestock gifts, Goodall warns, “can result in unintended consequences” WASHINGTON D.C.––Primatologist, anthropologist, and philanthropist Jane Goodall, 87, on December 20, 2021 added her globally influential voice to those of the growing number of critics of livestock gift charities. Livestock gift charities include, most prominently, Heifer International, Oxfam, World Vision, and the Cargill’s “Hatching Hope” […]
Police dog bites soar in Richmond, California; city tries to hide the data
Richmond has long history of controversial police use of violence RICHMOND, California––Praised in 2018 by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for significantly decreasing use of force without increasing officer fatalities, the Richmond, California police department is now under fire from critics for a marked rise in bites by police dogs, many of them severe, most of them […]
Heather Pingel death protecting child echoes the Daxton Borchardt case
Pingel died eight days after rescuing son from pit bull, on what would have been Daxton’s 10th birthday WAUSAU, Wisconsin––Heather Pingel, 35, of Bowler, Wisconsin, mauled by a pet pit bull on December 8, 2021 while rescuing her four-year-old son from attack, died eight days later at the Aspirus Wausau Hospital from injuries including […]
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