by Elizabeth Young, founder, Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions with afterword, How pigeon flying lost the way, by ANIMALS 24-7 Every day hundreds of domesticated pigeons are transported miles from their homes and “released” to try and fly back for human entertainment. These domestic birds have no survival skills: no ability to find food or water or […]
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 […]
Second South African pit bull fatality of 2023 builds pressure for national ban
Cabinet minister finally agrees to accept 139,000 signature petition seeking ban CAPE TOWN, South Africa––Olga Grill, 88, of Bonteheuwel, South Africa, would have celebrated her 89th birthday on April 4, 2023. Instead, Grill on March 28, 2023 “was mauled by a neighbor’s two pit bulls when they jumped over a makeshift boundary wall between […]
If pit bulls are not “devil dogs,” why not speak their names?
Ignoring pit bull mayhem does not make it go away What happens when ANIMALS 24-7 goes ten days without publishing a new dog attack death or maiming account? Unfortunately, the multinational failures of the so-called humane community to recognize and effectively address dog attack mayhem do not stop. The body count rises, even if temporarily […]
George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers
Santos’ Friends of Pets United never existed. Neither do “spay/neuter cookies.” WASHINGTON D.C.––The most infamous of all of New York third district Congressional Representative George Santos’ many scams, now extensively exposed, was probably the easiest: inventing and raising funds in the name of a pet rescue organization that never legally existed and never verifiably helped […]
Soccer hero Philemon Mulala is latest South African pit bull victim
South African pit bull-inflicted fatality rate, over past 100 days, soars to four times the U.S. record rate of 2022 LICHTENBERG, South Africa––Few Americans would recognize the name Philemon Mulala, but among soccer fans in Africa, he enjoyed approximately the fame of a major league baseball player who punctuated a career longer than most by […]
Pit bull owner charged with culpable homicide in South Africa
Rare criminal case filed after six fatal pit bull attacks in 45 days SENWABARWANA, South Africa––Walking to work at about 5:00 a.m., two days before Christmas, Melitta Sekole, 43, of Senwabarwana, Limpopo state, South Africa, was on a heavily traveled footpath through Ga-Makgato village, heading toward Vivo village, ten miles away, when two pit bulls […]
For auld lang syne: last ANIMALS 24-7 obituaries of 2022
John Neville Hare, Mark Stanley-Price, Faith Maloney, & Vivienne Westwood The camel man John Neville Hare, 88, died on January 28, 2022, but ANIMALS 24-7 did not learn of his death until almost a year later. Born in Bexhill, Kent, Hare became acquainted with working camels as a British army officer assigned to the Royal […]
Alleged game farm money-laundering may oust South African president
Cyril Ramaphosa raised animals to hunt, purportedly had $580,000 stashed in his sofa, & was suspected of taking a bribe linked to $42 million scam by David Wills, former Humane Society of the U.S. exec doing life for child sex trafficking JOHANNESBURG––Win or lose a confidence vote at the African National Congress convention beginning on […]
More dog attack deaths fuel alarm in South Africa, Australia, Ireland
Why is death-by-dog accepted as punishment for even innocent & accidental trespass? MOGWASE, South Africa; GREENBANK, Australia; DUBLIN, Ireland––Two December 3, 2022 dog attack fatalities resulting from use of high-risk dogs as alleged crime deterrents, and a new investigative report about pit bull breeding in Ireland, have further fueled rising demands for stricter dog laws […]