NOAA issues Final Environmental Impact Statement, the last legal obstacle between gray whales & Makah harpoons & bullets SEATTLE, Washington––An early 2024 resumption of gray whale killing by the Makah tribe of Neah Bay, Washington, seems all but assured after the November 17, 2023 publication of a 2,364-page Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Makah […]
South Korean government pledges dog-eating will be banned by 2027
Governing party and leading opposition party both favor banning dog consumption SEOUL, South Korea––Dog-eating in South Korea appears likely to be banned after January 1, 2027. “In a special consultative meeting at the National Assembly,” reported Lee Jaeeun for the Korea Herald on November 17, 2023, “the Yoon Suk Yeol administration and officials of the […]
Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt endorses the cockfighting industry
Praises Oklahoma Game Fowl Commission for “preserving heritage” OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt all but dropped his rooster into a cockpit and placed a bet at the Oklahoma Game Fowl Commission annual legislative meeting on November 12, 2023 in McAlester, Oklahoma. “Hey everyone. Governor Kevin Stitt here,” he opened, addressing the meeting by video. […]
Sluggish on getting the lead out: feds again play pro-hunting politics
Sluggish on getting the lead out: feds again play pro-hunting politics WASHINGTON D.C.–– The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service still isn’t getting the lead out. And is not about to, in view that both major U.S. political parties continue to kiss the portions of hunters’ anatomy where lead continues to accumulate in regulatory posteriors. (See […]
Rabies deaths drive effort in Vietnam to stop eating dogs & cats
Soi Dog Foundation enlists teachers & practitioners of traditional medicine in campaign HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––Sixty-four human deaths from rabies in Vietnam during the first nine months of 2023, an increase of 21 from the first nine months of 2022, have sparked renewed efforts to eradicate the dog and cat meat traffic. Medically recognized […]
EATS Act: beware of zombie stealth attack on U.S. farmed animals
Promising abolition of live exports, King Charles III of U.K. demonstrates why EATS would be the shits for poultry, pigs, & cattle LONDON, U.K.; WASHINGTON D.C.––Kings of England, Scotland, and Wales have not had a say in the passage of United States legislation since 1776, when the Thirteen Colonies and Vermont gave the British […]
Will County, Illinois charges another charro with charreada cruelty
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video again provides evidence JOLIET, Illinois––The ongoing Showing Animals Respect & Kindness campaign to document animal abuse at unsanctioned charreada “Mexican style” rodeos in the greater Chicago area on November 8, 2023 brought criminal charges against a charreada participant for the seventh time in two years. “The Will County […]
“Chicken Run” revisited: claymation classic as good now as in 2000
Chicken Run Animated feature film co-directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park, starring the voices of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawahla, and Miranda Richardson. Produced by Aardman Studios, distributed by Dreamworks, 2000. 80 minutes. Sequel, Dawn of the Nugget, coming to Netflix on December 15, 2023. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton An appreciation of the late […]
Kevin Antle, self-styled “Bhagavan” and “Doc,” pleads to federal charges
Pleads to conspiracy to commit both wildlife trafficking & money laundering MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina––Myrtle Beach Safari owner Kevin Antle, 63, styling himself “Bhagavan” and “Doc” for decades, on November 6, 2023 pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit both wildlife trafficking and money laundering. “For each count,” explained a federal […]
Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79
Karen Davis was a frequent ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist & commentator MACHIPONGO, Virginia––United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis, or Karen Davis, PhD., as she always signed her writings, “passed away peacefully on the morning of November 4, 2023 at the United Poultry Concerns sanctuary, surrounded by her beloved birds,” the organization announced, pledging to “continue […]