How did Wildlife SOS cofounder & experienced anti-poaching investigator Kartick Satyanarayan get caught in such a tangle? AGRA, India––Wildlife law enforcement agents worldwide, both with government agencies and with nonprofit organizations, might take a lesson from the present plight of Wildlife SOS cofounder Kartick Satyanarayan. In particular, Satyanarayan could probably teach quite a bit from […]
Cockfighters, dog & cat meat breeders play the violin for lost lives
Cruel hypocrisy masquerades as concern for exploited dogs, cats, & gamefowl SEOUL; HANOI; CROSS PLAINS, Texas; BENNETT, Colorado––One need not have spent much time personally investigating Southeast Asian dog and cat meat markets, or U.S. cockpits, or even just viewing the wealth of undercover and drone video of such operations gathered in recent years […]
Trump regime reneging on lab monkey retirement
Exit of animal use critics from the Trump administration, opposition from major research funder, & Trump policy-driven surge in Chinese lab demand stimulate “monkey hoarding” HILLSBORO, Oregon––Hopes that the Oregon National Primate Research Center might become a sanctuary for the almost 5,000 resident monkeys and baboons appear to have been dashed by Oregon Health & […]
Cats & dogs: how tigers, leopards, jaguars, & coyotes survive in suburbs
Dog & cat feeders unwittingly bait wild predators Cats hunt, dogs scavenge. When either dog or cat numbers drop, the other changes behavior MUMBAI, India; MAHAHUAL, Mexico; KATHAMANDU, Nepal; SAN FRANCISCO, California––Recent reports of tiger, jaguar, leopard, and coyote predation in human-dominated habitat come as reminders that the cat/dog relationship, even in the presence of […]
Sloths & the 70 (?) deadly sins of wildlife exhibitor Larry Wallach
Cougars, bears, sloths, & a kangaroo, oh my, & a rap sheet as long as a python MARGATE, Florida; BROOKHAVEN, New York––Sloth, a harmless herbivorous “species of least concern,” according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, frequently exhibited but rarely surviving long in captivity, also happens to be the name of one […]
Feds bust Louisiana cop for allegedly retaliating against cockfighting witness
Cop apparently tried to forge documents to get witness deported as alleged illegal alien GULFPORT, Mississippi––Confirmation of probable collusion between cockfighters and elements of law enforcement surfaced in Gulfport, Mississippi on June 1, 2026, days after major cockfighting busts in Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. U.S. Federal Court magistrate judge Bradley Rath denied bond for Hammond, […]
Haj 2026 ends with livestock slaughter down, killing dogs judicially decried
Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz stopped livestock shipments to seven nations. Islamabad High Court rules that indiscriminately killing street dogs contradicts Islamic law. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan––The 2026 Haj season, meaning the pilgrimage-to-Mecca season observed by the Islamic faithful, ended on May 30-31 with both good and bad news for animals. The bad news, as ever, […]
Safety from dog attacks is basic human right, India Supreme Court rules
Current pace of fatal dog attacks in Tamil Nadu state alone would project to more than 3,000/year for the whole of India NEW DELHI, India––Issuing the most emphatic Supreme Court of India ruling yet against “dog menace,” a three-judge panel reviewing Indian dog law since August 2025 on May 19, 2026 held that neither dogs […]
How “tiger porn” & kitten handling Trump the Big Cat Public Safety Act
The Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary, Knoxville Zoo, and Sharkarosa Zoo defy the intent of the Big Cat Public Safety Act, if not the actual letter of it WEST BEND, Wisconsin; KNOXVILLE, Tennessee; PILOT POINT, Texas––One might call it “tiger porn.” Mingling fantasy with delusion, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and profitable showmanship, the grotesquely misnamed roadside zoo calling […]
Naked Ape author Desmond Morris, 98, helped to shape AR movement
Desmond Morris’ ideas helped to form “animal rights” arguments, but Morris stood apart from the cause LONDON, U.K.––Naked Ape author Desmond Morris, 98, an influence upon and fellow traveler with the animal rights movement for much of his life, but at odds with vegans and vegetarians, died on April 19, 2026, in Naas, County Kildare, […]