Neither Stampede’s signature event resembles any authentic Old West or Native American tradition OMAK, Washington; CALGARY, Alberta––The 2026 “stampede” subset of the rodeo season, consisting most notoriously of the annual Calgary Stampede and Omak Stampede, ended on August 16, 2026 with the fourth and last running of the year of the Omak “Suicide Race.” Riders […]
Pigs win U.S. Senate bean-shooter “Showdown at the Not OK Coral”
The Save Our Bacon Act, or SOB Act, fails to advance WASHINGTON D.C.––The much anticipated August 6, 2026 “Showdown at the Not Okay Corral” might as well have been fought with bean shooters––SNAP bean shooters––for all that the outcome meant toward passing a 2026 Farm Bill. The 2026 Farm Bill failed by an 11-10 vote […]
Kangaroo cleats & Aqueduct horse racing: sports jump & run to change
Kangaroo leather soccer boots & thoroughbred racing in NYC, both now history, were both booming businesses not so very long ago QUEENS, New York––The ongoing FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, from which Team USA was eliminated on July 6, 2026 in Seattle, and the June 28, 2026 last race at the Aqueduct Racetrack in […]
For horse racing & Major League Baseball, gamefowl come home to roost
Just when the Kentucky Derby appeared to have escaped stepping in poop––and can the Dodgers dodge pitcher’s promotion of cockfighting? SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico; NEW YORK, N.Y.––The horse racing industry breathed a premature sigh of collective relief when the May 2, 2026 Kentucky Derby concluded without another of the public relations disasters that for more […]
Risk of horse slaughter resuming in U.S. offsets Bouvry closure in Alberta
Canadian horse slaughterhouse may have closed in anticipation of U.S. competition FORT MacLEOD, Alberta; WASHINGTON D.C.––Animal advocates celebrating the recent closure of the Bouvry Exports horse slaughterhouse in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, once the biggest in Canada, may be celebrating prematurely. The real reason for the Bouvry Exports slaughterhouse closing may be anticipation that horse slaughter […]
Ridglan Farms beagle purchase: smokescreen for Farm Bill disaster
1,500 beagles win; 76 million pigs lose. WASHINGTON D.C.; MIDDLETON, Wisconsin––Even as the U.S. House of Representatives on the morning of April 30, 2026 passed the 2026 Farm Bill, by a vote of 224-200, which if also passed by the U.S. Senate would erase Wayne Pacelle’s signature political achievements on behalf of 76 million farmed […]
How landlords & animal control made horrific hoarding cases worse
Hoarding situations are bad enough even when the people with jurisdiction respond AUSTIN, Texas; CASWELL, Alaska; RIVERSIDE, California––Among the first 49 animal hoarding cases coming to the notice of ANIMALS 24-7 during the first four months of 2026, three in particular stand out, not because they were among the biggest, though one was, but because […]
Two track closures end horse racing in Canada west of the Rockies
Last thoroughbred track folds four months after last standardbred track VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada––Both thoroughbred and standardbred [harness] horse racing appear to be history in Canada west of the Rocky Mountains with the December 5, 2025 permanent closure of the Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver. Both the first and last dedicated thoroughbred track in British Columbia, […]
Not just a suspect in the toilet after FBI & ICE raid on Idaho horse track
As many as fifty undocumented immigrants nabbed & five operators including two Mexican citizens charged with illegal gambling WILDER, Idaho––“Person Dragged Out of Portable Toilet as Federal Agents Raid Gambling Setup” was the Storyful headline after as many as 200 members of law enforcement raided La Catedral Arena just outside Wilder, Idaho on October […]
Holly Cheever, DVM, 75: “In lieu of sending flowers, don’t eat meat”
Spay/neuter vet, veterinary reformer, expert witness, & Mother-of-the-Year besides NEW SCOTLAND, New York—Holly Cheever, DVM, a leading light in animal care and advocacy for more than half a century, and a longtime friend, source, and donor to ANIMALS 24-7, “died on February 9, 2025,” the Altamont Enterprise reported ten days later from Albany County, New […]