High pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 hits in unexpected places around the globe GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador; PUGET SOUND, Washington; DES MOINES, Iowa––Beyond the birding world, and only the small segment of that who pay attention to avian diseases, hardly anyone noticed the “canary in the coal mine” when on September 20, 2023 the Galapagos National Park […]
Halloween 2023: three dead by pit bull in 24 hours; U.K. bans XL Bullies
Wayne Pacelle stumps for passage of the FIGHT Act to stop both dogfighting & cockfighting, but banning interstate pit bull transport would do far more for the dogs LONDON, U.K.; WASHINGTON, D.C.––Outside of war zones, the deadliest beast at large on Halloween 2023 was once again a pit bull, whether in or out of costume. […]
Gaza cats hide, dogs run, & donkeys go on working amid Israeli bombing
Animal rescue activity is nearly completed in evacuated parts of Israel attacked by Hamas AL ZAHRA, Gaza; TEL AVIV, Israel––Amid the explosions and chaos of the Israeli Defense Force incursion to destroy Hamas tunnels, dogs run, cats hide, and the Gaza donkeys go on working. Indeed, the surviving Gaza donkeys are working perhaps harder than […]
Let The Animals Live reminds what the Israel/Hamas war is all about
Sulala Animal Rescue is out of contact as war intensifies; Israeli Bat Sanctuary stands down from active rescue, but continues to care for animals from massacred kibbutz farms & evacuated Israeli territory RAMAT GAN, Israel; NUSEIRAT, Gaza––With expanded Israel Defense Force ground operations in Gaza underway, concurrent with intensified negotiations seeking the release of 229 […]
Robert Card: Maine deer hunter goes berserk, kills 18 people plus himself
Three days later Card could have shot up the Maine countryside legally, if he only killed the bag limit of deer LISBON FALLS, Maine––Robert Card, 40, a lifelong deer hunter, shot 18 people dead, wounding 13 others, at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and then at the nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille in Lewiston, […]
Sixty million farmed animals get help from new USDA organic standards
New USDA organic rule does what consumers thought the Organic Standards Act did back in 1990 WASHINGTON D.C.––Sixty million farmed animals may benefit from the Organic Livestock & Poultry Standards final rule previewed on October 25, 2023 by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The final rule comes 33 years after the passage of the 1990 Organic […]
Mohawk teacher Ray Fadden-Tehanetorens opposed hunting & trapping
Though ANIMALS 24-7 friend Ray Fadden died nearly 15 years ago, we often remember him. This is his story. Ray Fadden-Tehanetorens, 98, died on November 14, 2008 at the Iakhihsotha nursing home in Akwesasne, the Mohawk nation located on either side of the U.S. and Canadian border near Massena, New York, and St. Regis, Ontario. […]
Heroes & heroines for animals on either side of the Israel/Gaza war zone
Nora Lifschitz, Ilan Ben Avraham, Saeed Al Err & family, et al TEL AVIV, Israel; GAZA, Palestine––Israeli Bat Sanctuary founder Nora Lifschitz is emerging as an Israeli national heroine for her now nearly 200 all-species animal rescues from the massacred kibbutz collective farms just outside Gaza. Let the Animals Live, the largest Israel animal rescue […]
Charreada steer-tailing & horse-tripping defense flunks history, art, & logic
Purported “historical” defense of steer-tailing & horse-tripping misrepresents sources For about as long as it took Mexican American Classic Charrería Organization founder and president Edward F. Ramirez to send ANIMALS 24-7 an email back on October 3, 2023, Ramirez appeared to make common cause with Showing Animals Respect & Kindness in denouncing charreada animal abuse. […]
Dogs, sheep, & storks seek safety in Gaza & Israel, two weeks into war
Birds far outnumber humans, but humans have the guns GAZA, Palestine; TEL AVIV, Israel––As many as 500 million birds per year, of approximately 250 species, migrate over Gaza each year, including most of the storks in the world, seasonally moving among Africa, Asia, and Europe. Hundreds of thousands of birds are on the wing over […]