Longterm payoff bears recognition WACO, Texas––A Showing Animals Respect & Kindness campaign targeting Baylor University back in 2002-2003 continued to pay off eighteen years later when the Baylor mascot bear enclosure, built in 2005 in response to the SHARK campaign, in May 2021 won Association of Zoos & Aquariums accreditation, “a first for a […]
Jack Hanna shenanigans get Columbus Zoo the boot from the AZA––again
Previous “one year” suspension lasted just seven months––& many other AZA zoos then did what Jack Hanna had done COLUMBUS, Ohio––Forty-plus years of Jack Hanna shenanigans finally caught up to the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium on October 1, 2021. The Association of Zoos & Aquariums [AZA] for the second time yanked the Columbus Zoo’s […]
Suspected drugged animals again displayed on New York City streets
Joseph Ramos-Noal/Noah and his immobile animals reappear on the Upper West Side NEW YORK, N.Y. –– He’s back! Just when you thought it was safe again to walk on the Upper West Side of New York City without encountering Joseph Ramos and his zombie-like animal collection, Ramos “seems to have reemerged with a whole […]
Six pit bull-related deaths linked to “The Wickedest City in America”
Phenix City goes to the dogs (& transfers dogs to laboratories) PHENIX CITY, Alabama––Frank Jerome “Red” Cobb, 70, killed by a pit bull on September 21, 2021, was at least the sixth pit bull-related fatality linked to Phenix City, Alabama, population 36,000, since 1988. Only three of the deaths, including Cobb’s. actually occurred within […]
Walking Horse National Celebration: don’t bet on the numbers
“Banned for life” trainer passed out a trophy SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee––Just what was celebrated at the 2021 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration? It wasn’t certainly wasn’t either ethics or economic success. Attendance, participation, and prize money claims included in Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration publicity appear to distort reality at least as much as the […]
Food & Justice, veg history to be proud of, & chickenshit in Kentucky
What Brenda Sanders & Chinny Krishna don’t have in common with Sheriff John Root BALTIMORE, Maryland; CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India; London, Kentucky––Some people, like Food & Justice web video host Brenda Sanders of Baltimore, dedicate their lives to breaking down stereotypes and expanding the horizons of everyone around them. Some people, like longtime Blue Cross […]
Mississippi dog burning
The Buddy case parallels local human deaths TUNICA, Mississippi––“Each New Day is a Celebration of Light and Life for Buddy!” bannered the Tunica Humane Society of Tunica, Mississippi on August 18, 2021 above a glowing update about a young dog whose face was set afire on April 22, 2021 by a juvenile who has […]
What does the Taliban mean for animals in Afghanistan?
Sharia law may be much better for animals than for western-funded animal advocacy organizations KABUL, Afghanistan––Six days after the Taliban retook Kabul, the national capital of Afghanistan, the one certainty for the status of animals may be that dogfighting will be prohibited and firmly suppressed, along with a violent regional sport called buzkashi in […]
Cockfights: Laurel County, KY Sheriff John Root avows he won’t do his job
Sheriff Root’s bizarre 56th birthday Facebook posting suggests he is ready for retirement LONDON, Kentucky––In what parallel universe does a county sheriff run for re-election by boasting of non-enforcement of state laws, pledging to continue not enforcing them, slandering critics with demonstrably false allegations from criminal suspects facing trial, endorsing abuse of the injured […]
Rodeo has had free pass from humane groups for 60 years, recalls Cox
Dean of U.S. humane work Warren Cox bucked rodeo before there was an “animal rights movement” The ASPCA, HSUS, PETA et al ignore the Omak Suicide Race. Why?! asked Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve’ Hindi in an August 11, 2021 ANIMALS 24-7 guest column. Hindi’s question reminded Warren Cox, the dean of […]
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