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 […]
Vernon Weir: “This man loved his family and animals with all of his heart!”
Quiet right-hand man for 40-plus years to legends Belton Mouras, Gretchen Wyler, & Tippi Hedren Vernon Weir, 74, died from a stroke on December 6, 2021. Born on March 8, 1947, Weir attended Normandy Senior High School in St. Louis, Missouri, then earned a B.A. in political science and government from the University of Missouri […]
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 […]
Celebrity bowhunters Josh & Sarah Bowmar face justice in Nebraska
TV hunting show star Rod Owen & two prominent outfitters already convicted OMAHA, Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness trainers Josh and Sarah Bowmar are expected to be next to go to trial for their roles in the biggest poaching case ever busted in Nebraska. Exactly when that will be, though, is uncertain. The […]
HSUS, Donald Trump, & the PACT Act: The Art of the Deal
Good publicity for Trump, fundraising photo-op for HSUS & friends, but not much in it for animals WASHINGTON D.C.––One could almost suspect a quid-pro-quo deal––Latin for “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine”––among U.S. President Donald Trump and major U.S. animal charities, especially the Humane Society of the United States, in arranging the heavily […]
Wildlife Waystation closed & to be dismantled, after 43 years
If a cat has nine lives, Wildlife Waystation had dozens SYLMAR, California––Wildlife Waystation, the often embattled prototype for dozens of other sanctuaries for former exotic pets and animals used in laboratories and entertainment, has closed, after 43 years. The closure came nearly four months after the reportedly forced retirement of founder Martine Colette. Colette […]
Wild Kingdom star Jim Fowler, 89: the truth behind the legend
Florida roadside zoo showman starred on TV for 50 years NORWALK, Connecticut––Few viewers of the NBC nature documentary television series Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom during the original run of the program, 1963-1971, might have expected that host Jim Fowler would die quietly at home at age 89––but he did, on May 8, 2019, in […]
Secrets of Doris Day’s life & work for animals
Publicity added much spin & gloss to what was already a positive record CARMEL, California––Doris Day, 97, died from pneumonia on May 13, 2019. Day was remembered worldwide as a singer who recorded more than 650 songs between 1939 and 1967; an actress who starred in more than 40 films between 1947 and 1968, […]
Did Koko sign “mauler”? Gorilla Foundation pit bulls ran amok
Former senior staff member & plaintiff in 2005 lawsuit detail similar incidents, involving different pit bulls, years apart WOODSIDE, California––We never expected to find alleged pit bull attacks involved in the long, often sordid saga of the Gorilla Foundation, home of Koko the signing gorilla from her infancy until her death on June 19, […]
Pit bull attacks: the “divisive” issue that is NOT on 2018 ballots
Two fatal dog attacks on the last weekend of 2018 campaign maintain pace toward matching 2017 record WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania––Details of the 34th and 35th known fatal dog attacks to occur in the U.S. in 2018 remained scarce as Election Day 2018 dawned. The two fatalities matched the toll as of the same date […]
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