Too much gold in tigers for monks to stay out of the business KANCHANABURI, Thailand––The notorious “Tiger Temple” in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, nominally closed when wildlife authorities impounded 147 tigers in May 2016, has reportedly been reincarnated as the soon-to-open Golden Tiger Zoo, with 24 tigers acquired from the Mali Salika Tiger Zoo in Nakhon Nayok, just […]
More deaths in South Africa despite Pit Bull Federation warning
National SPCA and U.S. counterparts continue pushing pits, heedless of consequence PRETORIA––Has South Africa learned anything, the National SPCA of South Africa in particular, from the stern warning issued by the Pit Bull Federation of South Africa in November 2017 about rehoming pit bulls of dangerous history? Apparently not. Retired police officer Henry Kleynhans, […]
SHARK fights pigeon shooters where black man was hunted for sport
Three drones shot down; pigeon shooters quit early EHRHARDT, S.C. ––Losing three video drones to gunfire, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) nonetheless believes it won what might be termed the Third Battle of Broxton’s Bridge, South Carolina. SHARK had apparently already delayed the start of a scheduled four-day, six-station pigeon shoot by two days […]
England Goes to the Dogs, by Gavin Ehringer
The following is an excerpt from Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses by Gavin Ehringer, which explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals. Preamble, by Jessica Case, deputy publisher, Pegasus Books: The little-examined, yet omnipresent act of breeding lies at the core of Gavin Ehringer’s book. You’ll meet cows cloned from […]
“Pit bull roulette” killed 38,000 other animals in 2017
Pit bulls killed 92% of dogs killed by dogs & 96% of cats killed by dogs “Pit bull roulette” cost the lives of 39 humans, plus nearly 13,000 dogs, 5,000 cats, and more than 20,000 farmed animals in 2017––and, only two weeks into 2018, has already killed Happy Hound Hotel boarding kennel worker Laura Williams […]
Russ Rector, “the feared activist feared even among activists,” dead at 69
Said of marine mammal parks, “We’re all showing our age, but I don’t have to pass building inspections.” FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida––Russ Rector, 69, a former Ocean World dolphin trainer whose campaigns on behalf of marine mammals later closed Ocean World, unexpectedly died from natural causes at about 10:00 p.m. on January 7, 2018. Though […]
57 dog attack deaths & 645 disfigurements in 2017, led by pit bulls
Setters, Newfies, Dalmatians & greyhounds continue 35-year record as the safest big dogs Preliminary “final” 2017 dog attack data from the U.S. and Canada suggests some good news, in that “only” 989 dogs participated in killing or disfiguring humans, down from the 2016 record 1,075. But the bad news is that those 989 dogs killed […]
China halts ivory sales, but leads the world in live elephant imports
No more “state-approved ivory dealers” BEIJING, China; HARARE, Zimbabwe––All trade in elephant ivory is now illegal in China, effective January 1, 2018, except in Hong Kong, which is reportedly soon to enact a similar prohibition, to take effect in 2022. “From now on, if a merchant tells you ‘this is a state-approved ivory dealer’… […]
Chicago animal control chief, a pit bull advocate, attacked by pit bull
Under fire for having killed the pit bull who bit her CHICAGO, Illinois––Chicago Animal Control director Susan Russell, among the most prominent pit bull advocates in the animal care and control field, was herself “rushed to a hospital over the Christmas holidays after a pit bull she was walking took a chunk out of her arm […]
A year in jail for the life of Christmas Eve pit bull victim Lorraine Saylor
Death demonstrates that responsible dog-keeping begins with what dogs are kept ARJAY, Kentucky––Johnny Dale Lankford, 42, already jailed on other charges when his two pit bulls killed Lorraine Brock Saylor, 66, on Christmas Eve, was sentenced to serve a year in jail on January 3, 2018 after pleading guilty to a single charge of harboring […]
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