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,” […]
New L.A. animal control chief Brown expected to go “Back to basics”
Brown brings to the job background in animal control, personnel management, and law enforcement, knows Los Angeles, & is bilingual LOS ANGELES––Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti on June 24, 2021 nominated Dana Brown, 57, to become the next Los Angeles Animal Services general manager, succeeding Brenda Barnette, 72, who retired on May 7, 2021 after […]
Five humane workers noted in passage
Melvyn Driver, Stephen Paysse, Michelle Rose, Marge Wright, & Eleonora Worth mostly helped animals behind the scenes Driver “designed & built humane animal handling equipment for over 50 years” Melvyn Driver, 80, of Luton, United Kingdom, whose “innovation, knowledge of cats, and passion for problem-solving helped to shape the success of trap/neuter/return feral cat control […]
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 […]
Bullets for bison in Grand Canyon National Park
Bison again under fire, 50 years after film “Bless the Beasts & the Children” exposed the massacre, shocking the world GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Arizona––The National Park Service accepted 45,000 applications from would-be volunteer bison shooters during a 48-hour window opening on May 3, 2021 at midnight. A dozen shooters will be selected by […]
Five animal advocates of British accent remembered in passing
Two zookeepers, two activists, & a publisher Sharon Matola, Jeremy Mallinson, Brian Gunn, Brian Gunn-King, and Jon Wynne-Tyson were respectively two zookeepers dedicated to the conservation of endangered species, an anti-vivisection activist, a vegetarian activist of similar name, and a book publisher, of many overlapping associations. Matola and Mallinson, for instance, were both friends of […]
In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86
Animal rights movement pioneer SAN RAFAEL, California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz, DVM, “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,” the organization announced via Facebook on April 9, 2021, after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]
Ed Duvin on Elliot Katz: “I had a unique relationship with Elliot.”
“Had a front-row seat for four decades with this larger-than-life man.” In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz passed away on March 24, 2021, at age 86, his former wife told me, survived by their two daughters, a grandchild, and his brother. I had a unique relationship with Elliot. It wasn’t merely that I was […]
Los Angeles Animal Services chief Brenda Barnette to retire in May 2021
Took L.A. to “no kill” at cost of soaring pit bull attacks LOS ANGELES, California––Brenda Barnette, the third-longest-serving general manager of Los Angeles Animal Services since World War II, has announced her retirement, effective in mid-May 2021. The City of Los Angeles has officially not yet begun what is expected to become a nationwide […]
Aloha Rodeo: animal advocates, Disney, & Cheyenne showdown
Will forthcoming film “glorify steer roping” & help to revive rodeo, or help to finish it? CHEYENNE, Wyoming––Walt Disney Inc., Cheyenne Frontier Days, and a coalition of animal advocacy groups headed by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] may be headed toward the highest-profile showdown at the 123-year-old Frontier Days rodeo since Hawaiian paniolos Eben […]
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