The Black Sea was hard habitat for dolphins even before the shooting started ISTANBUL, Turkey––That war kills animals as well as humans is scarcely in doubt, but whether war is worse than peace for Black Sea dolphins may be disputed. Nearly three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 2022, evidence is surfacing along […]
Cockfighters cut deals & hack reporting doesn’t cut it in Kentucky
Bill Estep of the Lexington Herald Leader is unapologetic about crediting wrong two groups with roles in busts; does not name the right two LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Cockfighting cases usually result in plea-bargained sentences. Few people, if any, might therefore have been surprised when alleged cockfighters Rickie D. Johnson, 55, and Hiram B. Creech Jr., 47, […]
Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg
Pit bull ban would have been replaced by “one free bite” WINNIPEG, Manitoba––Rejecting both of the leading pet-keeping fads of the past two decades, both often covers for animal fighting and organized crime, the Winnipeg city council by identical 9-7 votes on April 28, 2022 upheld reputedly the oldest pit bull ban in Canada and […]
15 years ago Michael Vick’s pit bulls killed the humane movement
And killed the no-kill movement too, but the deaths were by suicide WASHINGTON D.C.––National animal advocacy groups boosted by appeals playing off the 2007 arrest and conviction of former football star Michael Vick for dogfighting have so far made little mention of the 2022 fifteenth anniversary of the April 20, 2007 drug bust and […]
Shannon Clark cops plea for attack on cockfight investigator Steve Hindi
Four years on probation & must have head examined IRONTON, Ohio––Pleading guilty to aggravated assault against Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi, Shannon Lee Clark, 37, of Ironton, Ohio, was on April 18, 2022 sentenced to serve four years on probation, perform 200 hours of community service, pay court costs, and “complete […]
Indianapolis 500: still a car race, but no longer a balloon chase
Balloons Blow takes the checkered flag after a five-year campaign INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana––The Florida-based all-volunteer grassroots activist group Balloons Blow has earned a victory lap after taking the checkered flag in a ten-year campaign against the ceremonial release of as many as 40,000 balloons just before the start of the Indianapolis 500 car race. “Finally, […]
USDA proposes to cover birds under the Animal Welfare Act––sort of
Disease outbreaks afflicting poultry producers lend regulatory urgency to protecting birds––some birds, anyhow––that 50 years of activism did not WASHINGTON D.C.––The worst outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza on record, ravaging European flocks both wild and domestic since 2020, now killing birds by the million in poultry barns, especially in the upper Midwest, may soon help […]
Marineland of Canada & Mystic Aquarium in hot water over beluga deaths
Two of five “healthy” beluga whales sold by Marineland to Mystic in 2021 have died & a third is reportedly ill MYSTIC, Connecticut; NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario––Two of the longtime most controversial marine mammal exhibition venues in North America are taking heat––again––after the deaths of two out of five beluga whales who were transferred from one […]
20 murdered at U.S.-owned Mexican cockpit
Three U.S. citizens identified among the dead ZINAPECUARO, Mexico––Three U.S. citizens died and a fourth was critically wounded at an illegal cockfight on March 27, 2022 in Zinapecuaro, Michoacan state, Mexico, about halfway between Mexico City and Jalisco. The four U.S. citizens were among the 20 dead and six reported survivors in killings that Mexican […]
H5N1 avian flu: bird culls, food prices, Ukraine war, & cockfighting converge
Waterfowl meeting mostly in the Russian Arctic infect factory farms worldwide AMES, Iowa––Just as the COVID-19 pandemic afflicting the world since January 2020 seems to be letting up, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories are warning everyone concerned about birds, wild or domestic, to beware of the first outbreak of High […]
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