The algebra of zoo management is Harambe times X-number equals what amount of public outrage cutting into profits? AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands––Is the European Association of Zoos & Aquaria heading full speed toward the 2016 Harambe debacle at the Cincinnati Zoo times a dozen? Or a hundred? Or any number in between? Did someone among the 340 […]
Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts
Author of Animal Rights & Human Morality and The Unheeded Cry FORT COLLINS, Colorado––Bernard Elliot Rollin, Ph.D., 78, better known as just Bernie Rollin, died on November 19, 2021. Remembered and appreciated as an entertaining, provocative, and often persuasive bridge among the animal rights, animal welfare, academic, veterinary, and legal communities during his 51 years […]
Winter, star of Dolphin’s Tale, showed aquariums can thrive as rescue centers
Winter’s 16 summers helped to bring a new dawn for captive wildlife CLEARWATER, Florida––Winter, 16, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin who spent almost her entire life at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium after losing her tail to a blue crab trap at just two months of age, died on November 11, 2021 from a twisted intestine. […]
Baylor University mascot bears benefit from SHARK campaign 18 years later
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?
Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––The 87th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is to be held nightly, August 12-15, 2021, after a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements. Bizarre as the race itself is, even more bizarre––and […]
Why Disney & Frontier Days are rich & alleged cockfighters are not
Accused cockfighters could take lessons from cowpokes & Mickey Mouse in how to cut & spin losses BURBANK, California; CHEYENNE, Wyoming; IRONTON, Ohio––Suspected cockfighting promoters James and Beckie Newcomb are unlikely to ever be accused of possessing the business smarts behind either the 125-year-old Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo and concert series, or Walt Disney […]
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