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Trixie the whale shark dies young at the Georgia Aquarium

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Three whale sharks left of six brought from Taiwan in 2006-2007             ATLANTA, Georgia––Trixie the whale shark,  who could have lived up to 130 years in the wild,  died on November 27,  2020 after just 14 years at the Georgia Aquarium. Trixie,  believed to have been about 32 feet long,  still about eight feet short […]

Kaavan flies to sanctuary with “elephant singers” Cher and Amir Khalil

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World of friends help “world’s loneliest elephant”             ISLAMABAD, Pakistan;  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia––Kaavan,  long billed “the world’s loneliest elephant,”  was a flying elephant this morning,  November 30,  2020,  en route from the defunct Marghuzar Zoo in Islamabad,  Pakistan,  to share a 25,000-acre habitat with three female Asian elephants inside the the one-million acre Kulen-Promtep Wildlife […]

Maneka makes waves as animal welfare minister (November 1998)

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Moved rapidly on marine mammal exhibition, cattle transport, & wild-caught bird trade NEW DELHI––Contrary to Press Trust of India and New Zealand Press Association reports of October 7,  Indian minister for social justice and empowerment Maneka Gandhi did not ban animal experiments in India effective on October 8,  1998  but she did announce draft regulations […]

India bans dolphin exhibitions

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“We will not allow dolphinariums” May/June 2013 DELHI––“We will not allow dolphinariums,”  Indian environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan on May 8,  2013 told Chetan Chahan of the Hindustan Times. “The environment ministry rejected plans to develop dolphinariums in the Noida neighborhood of Delhi,  Kochi in Kerala,  and in Mumbai,  some of which have been […]

China prosecutes 10 times more wildlife scofflaws in 2020 than U.S.

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COVID-19 triggers sustained crackdown on illegal fishers,  poachers, & traffickers BEIJING, China—Cracking down on wildlife-related crime in response to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic,  China prosecuted more than 15,000 alleged perpetrators in the first nine months of 2020. About 7,000 prosecutions were for illegal fishing,  4,000 for poaching land animals and birds,  and 3,000 for […]

Virunga ranger, Taiwanese doctor, & PETA staffer lived & died for animals

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Virunga National Park Ranger Bagurubumwe Chuhoze Deogene,  47,  Mira Fong,  74,  and Jennifer Woods,  58,  died on October 10,  September 6,  and August 22,  2020,  respectively,  having in common almost nothing in their life histories except their dedication to animals. Bagurubumwe Chuhoze Deogene Joining the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature in 1996,  at […]

Horsemeat, dog meat, & how “angel” Marc Ching fell from grace

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Donors ignored years of warnings about convict turned “rescue” celebrity LOS ANGELES––Marc Ching,  who in November 2018 offered to sell the city of Los Angeles vegan food for impounded dogs at a substantial discount,  is reportedly to be arraigned in December 2020 on one misdemeanor count each of practicing veterinary medicine without a license,  false advertising,  […]

Queen Elizabeth II honors Thai street dog rescuer John Dalley

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Global recognition for Soi Dog Foundation             PHUKET,  Thailand––John Dalley,  co-founder and president of Soi Dog Foundation International,  was on October 10,  2020,  the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for service to animal welfare in Southeast Asia. The term “Soi […]

Kevin “Doc” Antle’s secret life on the lam from Iowa

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Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges?             RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin “Doc” Antle,  who styles himself “Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle,”  appears to have spent most of his adult life trying to  avoid being identified with his youth in Bettendorf,  Iowa,  never once mentioned in any of dozens of interviews with him collected by […]

Jan Salter, 82, mastered the arts of animal & human aid in Kathmandu

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Founded leading Nepal humane organization past age when most people retire             KATHMANDU,  Nepal––Jan Salter,  82, artist,  humanitarian, and founder of the Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre in Nepal in 2004,  died in Lyme Regis,  United Kingdom,  on April 29,  2018. Word of her death did not reach ANIMALS 24-7 until nearly 90 days later. Born Janette […]