by Jody, Alex, & Heather Christina Williams, founders, Help Asheville Bears Colonel Hershel Scott Morgan (Ret.), our stepfather, was the fourth longest held Air Force prisoner of war in American history. He was imprisoned in North Vietnam for seven years and ten months––more than two years longer than John McCain, the late U.S. Senator and […]
Afro-Vegan Society marks Black History Month 2022 with veg outreach
“Veguary” builds on a long, strong tradition of African-American food ambassadors BALTIMORE, Maryland––The Afro-Vegan Society will again in 2022 mark Black History Month with Veguary, “an online educational campaign celebrating black vegan trailblazers and providing culturally relevant workshops on plant-based eating,” society cofounder Brenda Sanders announced on January 26, 2022. “Throughout the month,” Sanders […]
Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette, 79, goes to “walk with tigers”
Rescued, sheltered, & rehabilitated wildlife for 43 years LAKE HAVASU, Arizona––Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette, 79, died on January 23, 2022. Reported CBS-Los Angeles, “Colette, who had been suffering from lung cancer, died at her Lake Havasu home, according to her publicist.” Wrote Mike Barnes for Hollywood Reporter, “She died surrounded by friends, and one […]
HSUS to spend up to $20 million on Project Chimps & then kick it loose
Seeks “peace with honor” & withdrawal after whistleblower campaign BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––The Humane Society of the United States on January 10, 2022 committed $20 million––at least in a media release––to making material improvements at the HSUS-funded Project Chimps sanctuary in Blue Ridge, Georgia. The HSUS pledge, observed Their Turn founder Donny Moss of New York […]
Are pigs among our closest kin? Heart transplant revives debate
Ethics, genetics, & relationship of pigs to humans BALTIMORE, Maryland––The world’s first pig-to-human heart transplant, performed on January 7, 2022 at the University of Maryland Medical Center, may or may not extend the life of transplant recipient David Bennett, 57. Certainly it shortened the life of the pig, trucked five hours from a company […]
Richard Leakey, 77, saved elephants & found missing links to veg past
Richard Leakey both extended human history backward & helped Kenyan wildlife survive into the future NAIROBI, Kenya––Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, 77, known to the world as simply Richard Leakey, died on January 2, 2022, in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital city and his home for most of his life. Born in Nairobi on December 19, 1944, […]
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” […]
“Ivory Queen” wins appeal––and gets 15 years again
But elephant poachers featured in Leonardo DiCaprio film are released due to faulty prosecutions DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania––The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court on December 8, 2021 re-sentenced “Ivory Queen” Yang Feng Glan and two alleged Tanzanian co-conspirators to 15 years imprisonment each for illegally trafficking 860 elephant tusks. (See “Ivory queen” sentence helps to […]
What does Islam teach about spay/neuter of dogs & cats?
All major schools and branches of Islam accept spay/neuter surgery––if it is done correctly Few ANIMALS 24-7 articles have been more often read, in more nations, than What did the Prophet Mohammed really say about dogs? This article, updated most recently on August 22, 2021, was among the first […]
Why Namibia is losing wildlife despite claimed success of conservancies
Investigation: The Efficacy of Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model As It Relates to African Elephants https://africanelephantjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Investigation-in-Namibias-conservation-model-Full-Report-LR.pdf “Namibia was the first African country to incorporate protection of the natural environment into its constitution,” open African Elephant Journal editor Adam Cruise and anthropologist Izzy Sasada in their newly published 53-page Investigation: The Efficacy of Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model […]
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