Bully Breed Rescue president to be arraigned on February 13, 2019 BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut; TUSKEGEE, Alabama––Bully Breed Rescue president and alleged pit bull starver Heidi E. Lueders, 31, can expect to face a howling mob of former donors, volunteers, sympathizers, and miscellaneous other pit bull advocates when she appears for arraignment on February 13, 2019 […]
Omak “Suicide Race” 2018: more dead horses & “kill the messenger”
Tribal baseball tradition much better documented than “suicide racing” OMAK, Washington––Add at least two more dead horses to the mounting toll from the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo “Suicide Race,” bringing the known toll since 1983 to 25, with many more suspected but undocumented, and no record existing of injuries and deaths from the first […]
What does the Omak Suicide Race owe to a horse massacre & the KKK?
Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of the “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is that the 12 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation embrace as their own an event which appears to have originated with white men celebrating what they saw as […]
Beavers gnaw way toward wolf, grizzly & economic recovery in the Cascades
Future of logging, hunting, fishing & ranching region lies with nonlethal wildlife tourism TWISP, Washington––Vanishing salmon, Washington’s worst wildfire roaring through the Methow River Valley in July 2014, and flash floods that turned roads into rivers even before Finley Canyon stopped reeking of smoke and ash have brought beaver back to the Upper and […]
Stampede & Frontier Days ride furiously in opposite directions
No animal deaths in 2016 in Calgary; 8 injuries in 8 days in Cheyenne One day we rode the mountain crest and I went east & he went west. I took to law & wore a star while he spread terror near and far. ––Lorne Green, “Ringo” (1964) With two days left to run, at least 10 […]
“The Dog Lover,” bull riders, & Forrest Lucas
Why did oil magnate sink $2 million into film getting .0001% of the gate? SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota––Debuting in just 27 theaters nationwide, grossing $10,700 in box receipts, The Dog Lover is unlikely to influence even a fraction as many people as The Secret Life of Pets, an animated cartoon with an avoid-the-pound message reminiscent […]
“The most egregious event in all of rodeo”
by Eric Mills, founder, Action for Animals Surely “single steer roping” (aka “steer tripping” and, more aptly, “steer busting”) is the most egregious event in all of rodeo, worse even than calf roping (babies!) or the Mexican charreada’s “horse tripping” and “steer tailing” events. Anyone in doubt need only view the many YouTube videos. Contusions, […]
Cheyenne Frontier Days hires thrill-killers Troy Lee Gentry, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton to perform
Entertainers Troy Lee Gentry, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton have all signed on to play at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo on July 23, 2015. In an online video, posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqFicQJV7B0, SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness has exposed the cruel acts by these entertainers. Gentry was convicted in federal court after killing an old, […]
SHARK names “10 Worst U.S. Animal Abusers of 2014”
Coca-Cola, the Catholic Church, the NRA and leading state and national political figures are among those listed by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on the SHARK “10 Worst U.S. Animal Abusers of 2014” list. 10 Worst U.S. Animal Abusers of 2014, according to SHARK #1 – U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (OK). The Senator held a […]
Rock star Joan Jett: vegetarian animal advocate or rodeo clown?
CHEYENNE––Is Joan Jett of the Blackhearts a “legendary musician” who “has given her voice to animals for years,” and “attributes her great health and youthful appearance to her longtime vegetarian diet,” as PETA has it, or just a fading 57-year-old former star playing out the string on the rodeo circuit after undergoing extensive plastic […]