Tulsa Animal Services, police, & media say nothing of three fatal pit bull attacks in 10 days WATERLOO, Iowa; TULSA, Oklahoma––“Authorities are trying to determine how a beloved family pet turned into a killer, attacking a baby in a tragedy that shook the Waterloo community,” wrote Waterloo Courier reporter Jeff Reinitz on May 4, 2023. […]
Cullman County, Alabama: combatting cockfighting in a KKK stronghold
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness aims to see the sun set on one of the Ku Klux Klan’s biggest fundraising rackets in one of the most notorious of “Sundown” counties CULLMAN, Alabama––Cockfighting, the Ku Klux Klan, and corruption of law enforcement came together from Georgia to Cullman County, Alabama, home of the Bug Tussle cockpit, […]
U.K. & South Africa let the meter run on pit bull attacks while doing nothing
Parliaments of both U.K. & South Africa allow pit bull advocates to filibuster while the bodies pile up LONDON, England; CAPE TOWN, South Africa––If the pit bull body count was a taxi meter, the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and South Africa might be worried about letting it run while deliberating over whether even to […]
United Kingdom dog attack fatalities, 1991-present
U.K. human victims of fatal dog attacks occurring since the introduction of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (56 total, 71 dogs involved, 59 of them [83%] pit bull-type dogs [shown in red], 20 of the nominally prohibited pit bulls exempted as “Staffordshires.” See “English bulldog”: two dog breeds, one name, & a rising body count.) […]
Brazil & New Zealand end livestock exports––for a while, anyhow
Will ruling by Brazilian judge hold? Will New Zealand agriculture minister keep his seat? Will Australia ever do anything effective to stop live export disasters? SAO PAULO, Brazil; WELLINGTON, New Zealand––Upstaging a New Zealand ban on live cattle and sheep exports, to take effect on April 30, 2023, Brazilian federal judge Djalma Gomes on April […]
Dog meat farmers’ protest reflects grassroots success in South Korea
Home-grown anti-dog meat campaign succeeds where boycotts, petitions, & bashing failed for 40 years SEOUL, South Korea––About 50 people on April 25, 2023 straggled through the streets of Seoul, the national capital of South Korea, in a protest about dog-eating. Animal advocates’ events often attract much bigger crowds these days. These protesters were among […]
Joey Nelson, not prosecuted for cruelty to cattle, does triple life for murder
After starving nearly 1,000 calves, Nelson shot two creditors & burned their bodies KANSAS CITY, Missouri––If Garland Joseph “Joey” Nelson, 28, had been promptly prosecuted and sentenced for animal neglect and abuse committed in the name of cattle ranching more than five years ago, he might still be in prison, seeking parole. Nelson instead […]
Hitting cockfights in four states, SHARK takes on boxing champ Roy Jones Jr.
Flies drone into Misssissipi cockpit on the way home TUPELO, Mississippi; BUG TUSSLE, Alabama; PENSACOLA, Florida––Monday mornings at ANIMALS 24-7 tend to be a bit like show-and-tell in kindergarten. Animal advocates from around the world check in by email, Facebook messaging, text messaging, and sometimes even by telephone to let us know what they have […]
New Zealand exempts cats from killing contest, finds cure for FIP
But all other land predators & even non-native waterfowl remain in the crosshairs CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand––Nationally hellbent on destroying any semblance of a natural, normal predator/prey ecology since the introduction of the Predator Free 2050 program in 2012, New Zealand might be the last place the rest of the world might expect to produce a […]
Does not acknowledging a fatal pit bull attack mean it did not happen?
Tulsa silence is deafening TULSA, Oklahoma––How do the Tulsa Police Department and City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Department suppress rising public alarm over fatal and disfiguring dog attacks, primarily by pit bulls? Perhaps by pretending that such attacks have not occurred? On April 19, 2023, ANIMALS 24-7 received information relayed through a longtime trusted confidential […]