California trails China, Singapore, Taiwan, & Hong Kong in regulation of frog & turtle sales at live markets SAN DIEGO, California––Meeting on December 13-14, 2023 at the Handlery Hotel in San Diego, the California Fish & Game Commission will be asked yet again to ban the import into California of live American bullfrogs and freshwater […]
Dogs, sheep, & storks seek safety in Gaza & Israel, two weeks into war
Birds far outnumber humans, but humans have the guns GAZA, Palestine; TEL AVIV, Israel––As many as 500 million birds per year, of approximately 250 species, migrate over Gaza each year, including most of the storks in the world, seasonally moving among Africa, Asia, and Europe. Hundreds of thousands of birds are on the wing over […]
Wild boars win, camels lose, across Gaza, Israel, & West Bank
No amount of firepower from either side or all sides is likely to stop the porcine onslaught GAZA, Palestine; HAIFA, Israel––Wild boars may emerge as the biggest winners in Gaza when the warfare stops, and Bedouin camel herders the biggest losers. Regardless of whether Hamas survives, despite the reported loss of at least 1,500 fighters […]
Kevin alias “Doc” & “Bhagavan” Antle sentenced for wildlife trafficking
Fined $10,000 & gets five-year suspension of permit to deal wildlife in Virginia RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin Antle, 63, the former high school dork from Bettendorf, Iowa who for decades has passed himself off as the self-professed animal training guru “Bhagavan” and the alleged conservationist “Doc” Antle, on October 3, 2023 was fined the maximum $2,500 for each […]
Dianne Feinstein, 90, represented animals in the U.S. Senate for 30 years
Feinstein discovered animal issues after move from San Francisco politics to Washington D.C. WASHINGTON D.C., SAN FRANCISCO, California––U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, who died on September 29, 2023 in Washington D.C., might have been more involved with animal issues than any other member of Congress, from her election to the Senate in 1992 until her […]
Outside animal rescuers excluded from Morocco after earthquake
But British-funded SPANA and Massachusetts SPCA subsidiary American Fondouk were both already there MARRAKECH, Morocco––September 11 might be the grimmest of dates thus far into the 21st century. September 11, 2001 is marked in the U.S. for terrorist attacks that killed 2,996 people when Al Qaida hijackers crashed two jets into the World Trade Center […]
Nevada activist tilts at Lion Habitat Ranch fundraising windmill
Annoula Wylderich has truth on her side, but fundraisers, the law, & probably most duped donors don’t give a damn LAS VEGAS, Nevada––Fumed longtime Nevada animal advocate Annoula Wylderich in a 2021 comment to ANIMALS 24-7 about a quasi-sanctuary collapsing in Florida, “I am SICK of these disgusting, reckless carpetbaggers who capitalize off innocent animals […]
Ex-Safari Club president Larry Rudolph bagged his wife; gets life
Victim Bianca Finzio Rudolph & convicted co-conspirator Lori Milliron were also trophy hunters DENVER, Colorado––Former Safari Club International president Larry Rudolph, 68, on August 21, 2023 was sent to prison for life for killing his wife of 34 years, Bianca Finizio Rudolph, 56 at her death, and also a prominent trophy hunter. Larry Rudolph shot […]
Jail break for Colombian owl monkeys; hippos remain on the lam
Arbitrarily assigned conservation status protects owl monkeys, but designates hippos Public Enemy Numero Uno. CALI, Colombia––What a difference 15 million years makes! The most distant ancestors of Colombian owl monkeys, a subspecies of night monkey, are believed to have floated across the then much narrower South Atlantic ocean circa 30 million years ago on logs […]
Who to blame for animal diseases killing humans? Report says it’s U.S.
Harvard Law School and NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection deliver a shocker for most Americans (but not for you!) “For many Americans, concepts such as ‘bushmeat’ or ‘wildlife farming’ seem foreign,” opens Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States, “but they refer to practices that are common within the United States […]