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 […]
Russians kill Ukrainian animal rescue volunteers, bomb & starve shelters
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, […]
See the video exposé that sent Jack Hanna into demented retirement––free!
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 […]
“Wolf dog is doing well” at large, but “For how long?” community wonders
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”
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 […]
Betty White, 99, “white-washed” animal use industries for 50 years
The Betty White reputation for animal advocacy rewrites history LOS ANGELES––Betty White, 99, a radio and television actress, producer, talk show and game show personality whose broadcast career began at eight years old in 1930, died on December 31, 2021, just 18 days before what would have been her 100th birthday. Most of the […]
Big group bullies––like PETA––are stealing the animals’ lunch
by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] As we head into 2022, I’d like to raise an issue––bullying––that has been a persistent problem in the animal advocacy cause. You might not think that bullying would be an issue in the realm of animal protection, but it is, and has been for a […]
Wildlife Friends to evacuate Phuket Zoo; PETA did zip but claims credit
Notorious as one of the world’s worst zoos for 25 years PHUKET, Thailand––The first good-news animal story of 2022, if all goes according to plan, may be the impending evacuation of 11 tigers and two bears from the defunct Phuket Zoo, a target of animal advocacy protest almost from the day it opened in 1996. […]
European zoos consider killing “surplus” gorillas
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 […]
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. […]
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