The anti-cockfighting & dogfighting FIGHT Act is reintroduced in both U.S. House & Senate MANILA, Philippines; BIRMINGHAM, Alabama––Thirty-four Philippine cockfighters, missing since January 2022, “are dead and buried in Taal Lake in Batangas province, according to one of the suspects who now wants to testify,” reported Mary Joy Salcedo on June 19, 2025 for the […]
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. […]
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 […]
Pro-animal teachings in Islam made available free to the world
Animals In Islam, 2nd edition From Al-Ma’arri (973-1057) to ABA Masri (1914-1992) by Al-Hafiz Basheer Ahmad Masri with foreword by Syed Rizvi 165 pages, paperback. “This book is published for non-commercial and free distribution in collaboration with the Pakistan Medical Association, the Pakistan Animal Welfare Society, and Engineers & Scientists for Animal Rights to create […]
Rabid street dog or hungry pit bull: if at risk, get help!
Jamaica Star Seraspe asked for help too late; Kaheem Robinson apparently never asked. But both knew they were in trouble. NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.; MANILA, Philippines––Seventh grade student Jamaica Star Seraspe, 13, of the Tondo district of Manila, Philippines, and Kaheem Robinson, 41, of the Longwood district in Bronx, New York, had in common only […]
Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt endorses the cockfighting industry
Praises Oklahoma Game Fowl Commission for “preserving heritage” OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt all but dropped his rooster into a cockpit and placed a bet at the Oklahoma Game Fowl Commission annual legislative meeting on November 12, 2023 in McAlester, Oklahoma. “Hey everyone. Governor Kevin Stitt here,” he opened, addressing the meeting by video. […]
International animal advocacy influencer Brian Davies dies at 87
Founded IFAW to fight the Atlantic Canada seal hunt CAPE COD, Massachusetts––Brian Davies, 87, founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Network for Animals, the Political Animal Lobby, and Animal Survival International, died after a prolonged illness on December 27, 2022. Born on February 4, 1935 in Tonyrefail, Wales, an impoverished mining village, […]
Seven members of Alabama cockfighting family plead guilty to federal charges
Exported gamecocks around the world MONTGOMERY, Alabama––Cockfighters and gamefowl breeders Brent Easterling, William Easterling, and five other members of their family on August 11, 2022 pleaded guilty to federal and state of Alabama charges filed in 2021 as “conspiracy to violate federal anti-animal fighting laws, including operating fighting pits on their properties, possessing thousands of […]
Alleged cockfighter indicted for bribery in Kentucky, others named
31 missing cockfighters becomes a presidential campaign issue in the Philippines LEXINGTON, Kentucky; MANILA, Philippines––The U.S. Department of Justice on March 2, 2022 disclosed the names of four more alleged cockfighters against whom sealed federal indictments were issued on February 24, 2022 in London, Kentucky. No further information, however, has been forthcoming about who was […]
FBI raids alleged Kentucky cockpit; 31 cockfighters “disappear” in Philippines
But Oklahoma legislator moves to gut anti-cockfighting law WHITESBURG, Kentucky––Information is scarce about a February 25, 2022 raid by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on an alleged cockpit near Whitesburg, Kentucky. Information is even scarcer about a rumored simultaneous raid on a second alleged cockpit west of Lexington, Kentucky, followed by additional raids elsewhere in […]