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Russian war on Ukraine kills dolphins, but fishing kills more

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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 […]

USDA proposes to cover birds under the Animal Welfare Act––sort of

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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

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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 […]

Smoked by a camel: happens more often than you think

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U.S. deaths & injuries from camel attacks occur at about 10 times the global rate,  but attacks where camels are work animals are not rare OBION,  Tennessee––Tennessee men Bobby Joe Matheny II,  42,  of Ridgely,  and Tommy Gunn, 67,  of Obion,  were on March 10,  2022 stomped to death by a camel at Shirley Farms […]

Russians kill Ukrainian animal rescue volunteers, bomb & starve shelters

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Anastasiia Yalanskaya & two others shot after delivering food to dog shelter near battle front             KYIV,  Ukraine––Anastasiia Yalanskaya,  26,  on March 4,  2022 became the second animal advocate known to have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yalanskaya,  26,  “was delivering food to a dog shelter in Bucha,”  18 miles northwest of Kyiv,  […]

Could Lolita, permanently off exhibit, outlive the Miami Seaquarium itself?

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Terms of exhibition permit suggest the late Russ Rector was almost right in betting he would outlive the aging Miami Seaquarium,  even if Lolita did not MIAMI, Florida––MV Leisure,  the new owner of the 67-year-old Miami Seaquarium,  will not be allowed to exhibit the 56-year-old orca whale Lolita and her Pacific white-sided dolphin companion Lili as […]

See the video exposé that sent Jack Hanna into demented retirement––free!

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The Conservation Game Directed by Michael Webber, featuring Tim Harrison,  founder,  Outreach for Animals If you have not yet seen The Conservation Game,  the acclaimed exposé of exotic cat exhibition and trafficking that sent longtime animal exhibitor Jack Hanna into retirement due to alleged dementia,  there will never be a better time to watch it––free––than […]

How to take down rodeo like a bull flipping a cowboy in 8 seconds or less

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The rodeo fall could be short,  with a hard landing in mud & manure by Steve Hindi Rodeos are held across North America, but have such a narrow fan base that the concerts accompanying the major U.S. rodeos routinely outdraw the actual rodeo events, often by a factor of ten-to-one or more. World Wrestling Federation […]

“Wolf dog is doing well” at large, but “For how long?” community wonders

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Little Red Riding Hood has not been seen lately             OAK HARBOR, Washington––“Wolf dog is doing well,”  a would-be rescuer just posted the Whidbey Island Community page on Facebook. The would-be rescuer had snapped a cell phone photo of an immense female probable wolf hybrid who has been running at large for a couple of […]

Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette, 79, goes to “walk with tigers”

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Rescued,  sheltered,  & rehabilitated wildlife for 43 years LAKE HAVASU,  Arizona––Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette,  79,  died on January 23,  2022. Reported CBS-Los Angeles,  “Colette, who had been suffering from lung cancer,  died at her Lake Havasu home, according to her publicist.” Wrote Mike Barnes for Hollywood Reporter,  “She died surrounded by friends,  and one […]