Fined but no jail time in poaching-related plea bargain, truck-burning & cabin-burning cases still ahead OMAHA, Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness gurus Josh and Sarah Bowmar on January 12, 2023 escaped jail time for misdemeanor conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, which prohibits transportation of illegally obtained wildlife and wildlife parts across state […]
“Recognized” for trash pickup, Mississippi sheriff ignored cockfighters
Two cockfights cancelled in Kentucky, but two go on in Mississippi despite tips to Lee County Sheriff Department TUPELO, Mississippi––Driving south with the Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] drone squadron, through Kentucky en route to Mississippi on the first weekend of January 2023, SHARK founder Steve Hindi felt gratified to discover that two of […]
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, […]
Eight life terms plus 121 years for murders linked to cockfighting
One suspected cockfighting family massacred another CINCINNATI, Ohio; MANILA, Philippines––Among the evidentiary photos and video obtained by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness during cockfights at Honest Abe’s pit in Pine Knot, McCreary County, Kentucky on December 17, 2022 was extensive documentation of the presence of small children, with their supposed parents, barely an arm’s […]
The damage is done, by Helene Hesselager O’Barry
Editor’s note: Helene O’Barry, wife of longtime dolphin freedom advocate Ric O’Barry, follows up below on An open letter to James Cameron & Avatar crew by Ric O’Barry, posted on December 15, 2022. Meanwhile, clarifies Ric, “Dolphin Project is not boycotting the movie Avatar: The Way of Water. “The problem is with their obscene publicity […]
Four chimps shot dead at the Furuvik Zoo in Sweden––why?
Shootings, as info emerges, look more like panic than a safety precaution GAVLE, Sweden––The more information emerges about the December 14, 2022 fatal shooting of four chimpanzees and wounding of another at the Furuvik Zoo, about 100 miles north of Stockholm, the Swedish capital city, the more the shootings look like an ill-informed panic […]
Joe Biden signs the Big Cat Public Safety Act
Fifteen-year campaign nears climax for Howard & Carole Baskin WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Joe Biden on December 20, 2022 endorsed the Big Cat Public Safety Act into law. The Big Cat Public Safety Act on December 6, 2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on a voice vote, after clearing the House of Representatives […]
What’s worse than coal for Christmas? 10 years for dogfighting!
Dogfighting, drugs, & firearms AKRON, Ohio––Convicted dogfighter Ronald Smith, 39, of Akron, Ohio was on December 19, 2022 sentenced to serve ten years and three months in jail, after pleading guilty to a 22-count indictment, including charges of dogfighting, drug trafficking, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge John R. […]
How SHARK stole Christmas from a bar full of alleged cockfighters
Who in Whoville called SHARK? Who called the cops? Who tipped off the cockfighters? Who wants to know? PINE KNOT, Kentucky––Whoville, the primary setting of the 1957 Dr. Suess fable How The Grinch Stole Christmas, huddled beneath the abandoned Star Studying Tower on Mount Crumpit, might almost have been modeled on the poverty-stricken former coal […]
Sam Lipman, 32, & Ken Balcomb, 82, devoted their lives to whales
Balcomb spent more than 50 years in the cause, Lipman just 15, but both left a mark FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington; CRAWLEY, West Sussex, U.K.––Self-described “orcaholics” Samantha “Sam” Lipman, 32, and Ken Balcomb, 82, half a world and 50 years apart, died on November 29, 2022 and December 15, 2022, […]
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