Even when lab monkeys are given stuffed toys for comfort, they suffer miserable lives & deaths ICHIKAWA, Japan––The most famous Japanese macaque ever is doubtless Panchi-kun, called Punch for short in English. Born at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan on July 25, 2025, abandoned by his mother, Punch was bottle-fed by keepers, then introduced into […]
Syed Abulbar Rizvi, 92, linked Islamic & western animal advocacy
Syed Rizvi, a founding member of PETA, also founded Engineers & Scientists for Animal Rights Syed Abulbar Rizvi, 92, founder of Engineers & Scientists for Animal Rights, a longtime leading link between the animal advocacy communities of Pakistan and those of the west, and a leading voice for animals within Islam, died in his sleep […]
Beyond Evolution, by Michael W. Fox
Beyond Evolution by Michael W. Fox The Lyons Press (123 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011), 1999. 256 pages, hardcover. $24.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton in November 1999. “Few parents teach their children reverence for all life, opening their hearts to the wonders and mysteries of wild nature,” former Humane Society of the […]
Australia fatal & disfiguring dog attacks, 2005-present
Australia fatal & disfiguring dog attacks, 2005-present Breed Attacks doing Child Adult Deaths Maimings Notes bodily harm victims victims [dogs X victims] [————-Individuals—————] Akita 1 1 1 Blue heeler 3 1 2 2 Boerboel 2 2 2 Border collie/kelpie 1 1 1 Bull mastiff 13 2 7 2 7 * Cattle dog 2 1 1 […]
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 […]
Elephant menace brings prayers in India, trophy hunting in Botswana
22 people killed by one rampaging elephant in Jharkand RANCHI, Jharkhand, India; GABORONE, Botswana––“Rogue elephant kills two more in Jharkhand, toll reaches 22 in nine days,” bannered Mukesh Ranjan for the New Indian Express on January 9, 2025. This came just 48 hours after Shashi Singh of The Statesman, an Indian national newspaper published since […]
Five little noted but accomplished animal advocates who died in 2025
Marshall R. Thompson, Jamie Massey, Sarah Fisher, Neil C. Wolff, DVM, and Vincent van der Merwe Among the many accomplished animal advocates whose passage in the last months of 2025 mostly escaped notice from all but family and friends were Marshall R. Thompson, Jamie Massey, Sarah Fisher, Neil C. Wolff, DVM, and Vincent van der […]
New Year’s resolutions for animals, or just more political promises?
Europeans expect advances, Americans will have to defend gains, & Indian government dithers on WASHINGTON D.C.; LONDON; ROME; NEW DELHI––If political promises can be taken as New Year’s resolutions, 2026 might become an even better year for animals than was 2025. 2025 ended with a salute from Francisco Vásquez Neira, president of the international animal […]
Cockfighters got coal for Christmas from Houston, Texas to Karnataka, India
SHARK drones poised for action on first weekend of the New Year HOUSTON, Texas––Cockfighting activity between Christmas 2025 and New Year’s Eve 2026 seemed to be subdued, following a string of busts mostly in the U.S Southwest during the month before Christmas. Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi expected a flurry of action […]
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 […]