Scheduled at only one place, for just four days, in 2018 BANGKOK, Thailand––Elephant polo might in theory stagger on for years or even decades after the four-day 2018 King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament––if the last tournament host, Anantara Hotels & Resorts, remains willing to pour promotional effort into it and mahouts have elephants to […]
Has China made trains animal-friendly, while U.S. & India fail?
The dog survived, but the elephants didn’t. The pandas may never know the trains are there. DUPONT, Washington; GUWAHATI, India; CHENGDU, China––Just like in the movies, the dog survived. A Dachshund/terrier mix belonging to passenger Shaheim Lewis, Daisy went flying but suffered no serious injuries, according to the Tacoma Tribune, when Amtrak Cascades passenger train […]
From pit bulls to street dogs, irresponsible advocacy inflames “dog menace”
Dismissing dangerous dog behavior––or blaming the victims––disregards public trust SPRINGFIELD, Missouri; PHUKET, Thailand––Superficially, the dog-versus-human conflicts raging in Springfield, Missouri, where breed-specific legislation is at issue, and in Phuket, Thailand, where few dogs have any evident breed-specific traits, could scarcely look more different. Pit bull attacks are the problem in Springfield: 38 in three […]
Why is Asia for Animals excluding man who won case against Gadhi Mai?
Court victory upstaged host Jane Goodall Institute Nepal KATHMANDU, Nepal––Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center founder Gita Prasad “Uttam” Dahal, hospitalized in Delhi, India, for internal bleeding that has plagued him since a childhood spleen removal, on November 7, 2017 received an e-mail from Sangita Sapkota, program coordinator for the Jane Goodall Institute Nepal, which […]
No karmic justice for activist who did most to end Gadhi Mai sacrifices
Felled by internal bleeding, suffered since childhood KATHMANDU, Nepal––If karmic justice occurred in one lifetime, Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center founder Gita Prasad “Uttam” Dahal would walk onstage at the Asia for Animals conference, to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 3-5, 2017 to receive a standing ovation. Dahal would be recognized […]
Tony, the truck stop tiger since 2001, dies at 17––will he be the last?
Had at least 13 predecessors in 30 years IBERVILLE PARISH, Louisiana––Tony, 17, the latest and perhaps the last of a succession of at least 13 tigers exhibited for 30 years at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, was euthanized due to advanced kidney failure on the evening of October 16, […]
Could non-leather Zoa make the majors in sports before fashion?
Two high-tech sporting goods pioneers think so COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.; CHENNAI, India––If sports are the testing ground for style, then Modern Meadow Inc., makers of Zoa brand cultured leather, should be pleased as punch with reader response to the ANIMALS 24-7 feature article No animals skinned to make new Zoa “biofabricated” leather, published on October 9, 2017. […]
Greyhound racing goes to the dogs in Miami, Macau, & Australia
Magic City is allowed to replace greyhound racing with jai alai––a precedent for “decoupling” animal racing from gambling permits MIAMI, Florida––The Magic City casino in West Flagler, Florida, after more than 13 years of legal struggle, is soon to become the first Florida betting venue to be allowed to abandon animal racing while continuing […]
Pit bulls, “outliers” & Humane Society of the U.S. prez Wayne Pacelle
Pits kill four people in five years within 15 minutes of Pacelle’s family home, but he calls us insanely aggressive A 10-year-old girl in Bridgeport, Connecticut will require multiple surgeries over the next several years to repair damage inflicted on July 18, 2017 by a family member’s pit bull. The pit bull first attacked a […]
Monsoon floods threaten animals below the Himalayas
Devastation along one of the world’s longest yet most remote rivers GUWAHATI, ASSAM, INDIA––Exceptionally heavy monsoon rains pelting the southeast side of the Himalayas, believed to be symptomatic of global warming, have for the fifth year in a row triggered deadly landslides and caused the Brahmaputra river and tributaries to overflow their banks. More than […]
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