Appointees had put elephants & lions back on trophy hit list WASHINGTON D.C.––Tweeting “Put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as I review all conservation facts,” U.S. President Donald Trump on November 17, 2017 unexpectedly suspended U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services decisions –– trumpeted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and praised by both […]
Pit Bull Federation of South Africa rips rescuer denial of what a pit bull is
Contradicts rhetoric of trend toward removing breed-specific labels from shelter cage cards LOS ANGELES, PRETORIA––Few voices anywhere might be considered more rabidly pro-pit bull than the Pit Bull Federation of South Africa, a self-described “breed-specific show organization” whose declared “main goal is always to portray the American Pit Bull Terrier in a positive light.” […]
James Mahoney, DVM, “the Oskar Schindler of laboratory primates,” dies at 77
Mahoney moved more than 200 chimps & monkeys to sanctuaries ahead of scheduled transfer to other labs James Mahoney, DVM, 77, “passed away on September 6, 2017 as a result of complications of Lyme disease,” International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal announced on September 20. Remembered as the “Oskar Schindler of laboratory primates,” after […]
Hurricane Irma: survival stories from 27 zoos & sanctuaries
No losses of zoo & sanctuary animals reported! (See also Hurricane Irma: first reports on animals in the Caribbean islands, Hurricane Irma: Hemingway cats & dolphin rescuer Rick Trout rode it out in the Keys , and Hurricane Irma: how wildlife endured) Current USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service licensing data indicates that at least 217 […]
The National Park Service wants to get our goats
Putsch against “invasive” species ignores leading edge conservation science PORT ANGELES, Washington––Are the estimated 620 mountain goats roaming the upper reaches of 1,442-square-mile Olympic National Park a threat to biodiversity, as the National Park Service argues, or contributing to “rewilding” the park, as suggested by Arizona State University biodiversity researcher Erick Lundgren? Should they […]
The biggest animal rescue in 10,000 years
Little noticed Operation Noah inspired Operation Gwamba Before there was Operation Gwamba, documented by John Walsh and Robert Gannon in Time Is Short And The Water Rises, there was Operation Noah, a five-year rescue begun in 1958 by Rhodesian chief ranger Rupert Fothergill. Fothergill, then 46, began relocating animals from the Zambezi Valley to Matsudona […]
The Six Million Dollar Chimps
Will $6 million be enough to provide lifetime care to as many as 66 chimps abandoned in Liberia by the New York Blood Center? NEW YORK CITY, WASHINGTON D.C.––Response from animal advocates was mixed after Humane Society of the U.S. president Wayne Pacelle on May 30, 2017 announced a $6 million commitment from the […]
Will ALDF fight return to Europe of big cats who performed for Ringling?
Endangered Species Act definitions changed while 15 cats were in U.S. on tour ELLENTON, Florida; COTATI, California––The Animal Legal Defense Fund on May 25, 2017 let the world know via media release that it “strongly objects” to an application from the no longer performing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for a U.S. […]
A cry from the elephant pit
We need your help to stay out of the hole The time has come for us to speak to you forthrightly and directly about the “elephant in the room,” who is unfortunately not an elephant but a pit bull. The time has also come for us to ask you forthrightly and directly if you value what […]
“Ban white tigers & lion/tiger hybrids,” sanctuarians beg feds
Petition seeks rulemaking under Animal Health Protection Act & Animal Welfare Act WASHINGTON D.C.––Nearly 200 years of entrepreneurs speculatively breeding white tigers and lion/tiger hybrids are enough, say a coalition of animal advocacy organizations and several leading sanctuaries where “tigons,” “ligers,” and “liligers” have lived out their days after proving no longer profitable for […]
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