Animal rights movement pioneer SAN RAFAEL, California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz, DVM, “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,” the organization announced via Facebook on April 9, 2021, after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]
“Tiger Baby Playtime” promoter Tim Stark meets stark reality in court
Stark threatens to euthanize himself INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana––Former Wildlife In Need exotic animal park owner/operator Tim Stark was late on April 8, 2021 “taken into custody despite not facing any criminal charges,” WDRB-TV reported from Louisville, Kentucky. ” Scott Maples, chief deputy of the Clark County Sheriff’s Department,” in southern Indiana, “couldn’t elaborate Thursday about the […]
Aloha Rodeo: animal advocates, Disney, & Cheyenne showdown
Will forthcoming film “glorify steer roping” & help to revive rodeo, or help to finish it? CHEYENNE, Wyoming––Walt Disney Inc., Cheyenne Frontier Days, and a coalition of animal advocacy groups headed by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] may be headed toward the highest-profile showdown at the 123-year-old Frontier Days rodeo since Hawaiian paniolos Eben […]
Did Namibia sell 170 elephants to China to make way for oil drilling?
Murky Namibian elephant deal might involve as much as $22 million paid to someone, even if oil rights are not involved WINDHOEK, Namibia––Two weeks after the Namibian government sold 170 elephants to five undisclosed buyers, to be transported to parts unknown, Namibian minister of environment and tourism Pohamba Shifeta has yet to reveal the details […]
Did Chinese zoos buy 170 Namibian elephants sold at secret auction?
Namibian officials say disclosing purchasers might jeopardize the deal WINDHOEK, Namibia––Who bought 170 elephants, auctioned off by the Namibian government against international law, despite months of protest? Suspicion is growing that Namibia will not disclose the elephants’ buyers until the elephants have already been flown to their destinations, probably Chinese zoos, the buyers of […]
“Conserving” rhinos to the brink of extinction
Zoo births one rhino, scientists make five rhino embryos, trophy hunters buy rights to shoot dozens, & poachers kill 1,000-plus per year DUBBO, Australia; BERLIN, Germany––The Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, on March 1, 2021 informed media that it “is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered black rhino calf.” Born to a four-time […]
Grand jury indicts alleged assailants of humane investigator Steve Hindi
Hindi beaten, drone destroyed, while trying to videotape site of suspected cockfight IRONTON, Ohio––A Lawrence County, Ohio grand jury on February 23, 2021 indicted suspects James V. “Bub” Newcomb II, 53, of Waterloo, Ohio, and distant Newcomb neighbor Shannon Lee Clark, 35, on multiple felony counts originating in a January 3, 2021 alleged assault […]
Bullfighting politics take sharp twists in India
Bullfighting foes receive national honors even as Tamil Nadu state government drops charges against 26,450 bullfighting defenders & heads of both major national parties support bullfights CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India––Jallikattu, the Tamil Nadu form of bullfighting in which mobs abuse the bulls as they run through the streets during harvest festivals, on February 20, […]
Enforcing anti-cruelty laws proves harder than passing them
Who enforces “victories” won by the Humane Society of the United States? Stop Animal Exploitation Now, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, & the Humane Farming Association are trying. SALT LAKE CITY, LEXINGTON, BOSTON––Some animal advocacy organizations with multi-million-dollar-a-year-plus incomes attract donors by the hundreds of thousands through winning passage of laws that they then […]
Pit bulls again inflicted 90% of fatal dog-on-dog attacks in 2020
Recurring pattern continues to elude the animal care-and-control community, much of law enforcement, mass media, and the public NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.––Social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic kept people and dogs home in 2020, cutting reported dog attacks on other animals by more than half in 2020 from the annual average since ANIMALS […]
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