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 […]
Kangaroos, mink, & crocs have skin in the game; politicians do not
Republicans try to undo legislation against kangaroo leather and the mink trade; IUCN favors crocodile & snake farming DETROIT, SACRAMENTO, WASHINGTON D.C., MELBOURNE, Australia––2026 began most auspiciously for those of us who believe fur and hides belong on the animals who grew them, not to human scavengers, but that was before politicians got involved on […]
Dingo vs. dog: Piper James death reignites Australian animal control debate
Victim Piper James apparently drowned under dingo attack. Six dingoes culled, more likely to follow K’GARI (Fraser Island), Queensland, Australia–––Debate raging across Australia since the January 19, 2026 drowning of Canadian visitor Piper James while under dingo attack may never produce agreement about what should be––and should have been––the appropriate official response. The debate centers […]
Aussies fined for pig/dog videos; Wyoming wolf killer Cody Roberts indicted
Hunting is legal. Cruelty is not––not in Wyoming, grand jury says, & not Down Under either, magistrate rules BUNBURY, West Australia––Riley Thomas Lang, 25, and Marie Ann Parker, 23, were on August 19, 2025 respectively fined the equivalent of $21,231 and $12,224 in U.S. dollars in Bunbury Magistrate’s Court for cruelty to pigs and dogs […]
Could cruelty to pigs cases in Hawaii, Vermont, & Australia start a trend?
Courts have historically not recognized cruelty to pigs as an offense MAUI, Hawaii; HYDE PARK, Vermont; BANBURY, Australia––Reports of three separate prosecutions of five individuals in widely separated places for cruelty to pigs, all within the third week of July 2025, hardly marks a definitive turning point in human recognition of the moral status of […]
New wildlife trafficking studies miss the point, says legendary investigator
Old ivory is not killing elephants, points out Daniel Stiles, & AI theories are not evidence sufficient to bring seizures & convictions WASHINGTON D.C.––Seven years after the still officially unsolved murder of ivory traffic investigator Esmond Martin in Nairobi, Kenya, Humane World for Animals continues to use the methods he pioneered to pursue the ghosts […]
“Kangaroos are not shoes” campaign boots Adidas into the goal
Adidas was on the losing end of a $2.8 billion penalty kick FURTH, Germany––“Adidas’s chief executive officer Bjørn Gulden personally told me this morning that the company has permanently stopped sourcing kangaroo skins for its shoe models,” exulted Animal Wellness Action and Center for A Humane Economy president Wayne Pacelle on May 15, 2025. “Bjørn […]
Should convicted perv Adam Britton be thrown to the dogs, or the crocs?
Convicted of cruelty, bestiality, & child porn DARWIN, Australia––Adam Britton, 53, arguably the world’s most famous crocodile expert, is now also arguably the most notorious convicted perpetrator of bestiality, sadism toward dogs, and possessor and transmitter of what Northern Territory Supreme Court chief justice Michael Grant called “the worst category” of child sexual abuse materials. […]
Bad eggs including pigeon shooter busted for raiding rare birds’ nests
Crows raid nests & sometimes kill pigeons too, but for food, & only one at a time HOBART, Tasmania––Oology, or “egging,” the largely forgotten and now often illegal Victorian practice of collecting wild birds’ eggs, appears to have resurfaced in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, a little less than a year after a similar case brought criminal […]
“Bird flu” whacks marine mammals; are bird-eating people next?
High pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 hits in unexpected places around the globe GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador; PUGET SOUND, Washington; DES MOINES, Iowa––Beyond the birding world, and only the small segment of that who pay attention to avian diseases, hardly anyone noticed the “canary in the coal mine” when on September 20, 2023 the Galapagos National Park […]