Judge sends James V. “Bub” Newcomb II to prison, throws out Shannon Clark plea bargain IRONTON, Ohio––Sentenced on November 10, 2021 for assaulting Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi and SHARK investigator Adam Fahnestock, James V. “Bub” Newcomb II, 54, of Waterloo, Ohio, left the Lawrence County Courthouse in Ironton on […]
“Victories” that are not, & other views of big animal groups from “The Eejit”
“Promises, promises,” to the skirl of bagpipes Soon-to-retire longtime Animal Concern campaign director John Robins, being a Scot who may never have seen a baseball game, is not known to have ever used a metaphor borrowed from baseball. (See “Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland.) Robins is known, […]
“Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland
Transformed sleepy Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society into butt-kicking Animal Concern DUMBARTON, Scotland––John Frederick Robins, 64, probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history, despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,” has announced his impending retirement after 41 years of directing pro-animal campaigns initially for Friends of the Earth, but chiefly as campaigns manager and […]
Kaporos chicken rescue brings New York City a smile on 9-11-2021
Rare good news on a grim anniversary NEW YORK, N.Y.––Twenty years after al Qaida terrorists on September 11, 2001 hijacked four airliners and crashed two of them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, killing 2,763 people, tens of thousands of New Yorkers awakened to a good news story. About […]
Who was Jim Phillips? Who is Steve Hindi? Biographer reveals both
The Fox Feats & Shark Tales of Pollution Fighter James F. Phillips & Animal Rights Warrior Steven O. Hindi by Pauline Marie Gambill Who Chains You Books, P.O. Box 581, Amissville, VA 20106 Amazon.com: $14.97 paperback; $4.27 Kindle Opens Pauline Marie Gambill in her introduction to The Fox Feats & Shark Tales, “While there are many […]
The ASPCA, HSUS, PETA et al ignore the Omak Suicide Race. Why?!
by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, SHARK for short, conducted our first rodeo investigation conducted in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1993. Our latest investigation concluded in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on July 31 of this year––less than two weeks ago. In between we have exposed the cruelty of hundreds of […]
Marine mammal activist Ben White, 53, dies of abdominal cancer
Long problematic career Ben White, 53, died on July 30, 2005, in Friday Harbor, Washington, after a six-month struggle against abdominal cancer. White “cut open dolphin-holding nets in Japan, scaled buildings to hang anti-fur banners, jumped in front of naval ships in Hawaii to stop sonar tests, and slept atop old-growth trees to protest logging,” […]
Fixing for a fight of Leviathans
The Makah Harpooners vs. Willy the Whale, alias Killer Keiko [Originally published in September 1998] NEAH BAY, Washington; NEWPORT, Oregon––If the September 1998 media drama underway in the Pacific Northwest was a professional wrestling match, it would be billed as the Makah Harpooners vs. Willy the Whale, alias Killer Keiko, orca star of the hit […]
Cockfighting in Kentucky: SHARK promises Fourth of July fireworks
Projected busiest traffic weekend ever gives Kentucky State Police an excuse––but what explains 16 years since last state cockfighting prosecution? LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] and the Kentucky State Police appear to be rocketing toward a head-on collision over the 2021 Fourth of July weekend, with the Fourth itself predicted to be […]
Good is not good enough! by Ed Duvin
The importance of understanding the stages of a social movement Years ago when heading an ethics institute, I was asked to speak at a nonprofit leadership symposium. I raised the issue that unlike corporations that go to great lengths to outperform competitors or perish, nonprofits too often subordinate excellence to expediency. This may keep their […]
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