Kent Luk Ka-chit has tried to help, but licensing dogs for others has landed him in deep do-do HONG KONG––A second dog attack fatality within three weeks, after none in ten years, has Hong Kong asking whether the dog rescue efforts of Kent Luk Ka-chit and Paws Guardian Rescue are the cause of “dog menace,” […]
1st Hong Kong fatal pit bull attack in 10 years rouses public more than 41 in U.S.
“JoJo” was a “dog slave” who tried to save them all, but died as a pit bull’s dessert HONG KONG––Wong Cho-yee, 33, dog rescuer and trainer, “JoJo” to her friends, was not much different from thousands of young American women, and others around the world, who dream of earning their livings helping animals. Wong Cho-yee […]
Brigitte Bardot, 91, movie star for 20 years, animal advocate for 52 years
Brigitte Bardot: provocative on film, but even more provocative for animals, for more than twice as long PARIS, France––Brigitte Bardot, 91, a fashion model for four years, a film actress for 20 years, and a full-time animal advocate for the last 52 years of her life, died on December 28, 2025 of undisclosed causes at […]
“Super Typhoon Ragasa” animal welfare casualties apparently light
“Super Typhoon Ragasa” hit six nations in four days before blowing out HONG KONG, MANILA––Super Typhoon Ragasa, expected to be one of the deadliest and most damaging typhoons on record, instead seems to have proved chiefly that weather is still often unpredictable, and as regards animals, that animal welfare organizations in Southeast Asia are well […]
Dog-eating in China & Gadhi Mai mass sacrifice in Nepal both near an end
Decline of the activist & mass media exaggeration factors reflects the decline of the bloody realities BEIJING, KATHMANDU––Major good news out of China and Nepal on December 9 and December 11, 2024 came disguised to the point of invisibility for those unfamiliar with the details. Even as animal advocates wring hands and weep over sensational […]
Asian Animal Protection Network founder John Wedderburn, 83
Medical doctor John Wedderman quietly linked 759 Asian animal advocates into the beginnings of an international movement HONG KONG––Asian Animal Protection Network founder John Wedderburn, 83, among the most influential yet least well-known builders of the global animal rights and humane movements, died on November 25, 2024 at his retirement home in West Java, Indonesia. […]
“Run Spot Run” from Trump/Vance bogus claims about dog & cat eating
Hours after J.D. Vance eats false allegation about immigrants devouring dogs & cats in Springfield, Ohio, Donald Trump repeats it in debate against Kamala Harris PHILADELPHIA––Former U.S. president Donald Trump gave away his strategy only moments into debating vice president Kamala Harris on the evening of September 10, 2024. “It’s like four sentences like Run […]
Hong Kong: no-kill beacon to the world or hub of grand scale scamming?
The 121-year-old Hong Kong SPCA has a hard-earned great reputation, but about half of the purported no-kill shelters in the New Territories do not even exist HONG KONG––Is Hong Kong a beacon of hope for no-kill animal control campaigns worldwide, including in the U.S., or is Hong Kong actually the hub of scamming in the […]
Hanoi bans dog & cat meat trade; Philippines & India bust dog meat dealers
Stopping rabies & attracting tourists motivate government in Vietnamese capital HANOI, Vietnam––102 human rabies deaths in 29 administrative jurisdictions during 2023 have reportedly moved the city government in Hanoi, the national capital of Vietnam, to ban the dog and cat meat trade––coincidentally, almost on the eve of the annual dog-eating festival held toward the end […]
New rabies prevention rules for “rescue” puppy imports; HSUS squawks
CDC crackdown might encourage more overseas vaccination & s/n work, but may mean fewer photo-ops WASHINGTON D.C.––Pandering to the “rescue” community, including publicity stunt “rescues” by the Humane Society of the U.S. itself, instead of looking toward the greater good of dogs both in the U.S. and abroad, HSUS president Kitty Block and Sara Amundson, […]