Veterinarian Jeff Young updates an idea from Menander, Ben Franklin, & Ralph Waldo Emerson DENVER, Colorado––Jeff Young, DVM, star of the reality TV show Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet, reaching more than a million viewers per episode since 2015, wants to sell the veterinary and humane communities on the concept he calls Spay-It-Forward. Young, an animal control officer […]
New Aussie cat-killing method may hint retreat from trying to kill all ferals
Scheme targets only specific cats who eat endangered marsupials ADELAIDE, Australia––Australian cat-haters rejoiced and cat advocates threw up their hands in horror after Adelaide Advertiser reporter Michelle Etheridge on November 30, 2021 revealed the latest of generations of government schemes to poison feral cats and foxes who allegedly prey upon endangered small marsupials. Overlooked […]
Can Las Vegas really get to no-kill animal control? Don’t bet on it.
Reality in Las Vegas is a lack of realism about the realities of the job LAS VEGAS, Nevada––Each spin of the roulette wheel, each toss of the dice, each turn of the cards, each yank of the lever on the one-armed bandit slot machines, builds breathless anticipation, but ends with exactly the same result, […]
Bernard Rollin, 78, addressed the big issues but often fumbled the facts
Author of Animal Rights & Human Morality and The Unheeded Cry FORT COLLINS, Colorado––Bernard Elliot Rollin, Ph.D., 78, better known as just Bernie Rollin, died on November 19, 2021. Remembered and appreciated as an entertaining, provocative, and often persuasive bridge among the animal rights, animal welfare, academic, veterinary, and legal communities during his 51 years […]
Colorado warns public: New Hope Rescue may have spread distemper
New Hope Rescue director & vet face cruelty charges; shelter loses operating permit COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado––New Hope Rescue Inc. is in big-time trouble again. This time the Colorado Department of Agriculture has reportedly revoked the New Hope Rescue operating permit. Colorado Department of Agriculture Pet Animal Care & Facilities Act enforcement bureau chief Nick Fisher […]
How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession
Diagnosis by Dr. Jeff Young, Rocky Mountain Vet, & prescription by Bob Christiansen could provide a cure-all Drawing from a million to 1.7 million viewers per episode of his reality TV show Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet, Jeff Young might be considered the most influential veterinarian in the world. Certainly Young must be the most […]
Is the Veterinary Profession Serving All Companion Animal Medical Needs in America Today?
A Case for Full-Service, Low-Cost, Non-Profit Community Veterinary Care Centers by Bob Christiansen Free download from www.bocafund.com. (See also How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession.) “Financial forces and technological innovation are separating pet owners and veterinary practices into have and have-nots,” Bob Christiansen begins in Is the Veterinary […]
D.C. Cat Count confirms low feral cat population, lots of free-roaming pets
Birder claims about feral cats hugely exaggerated WASHINGTON D.C.––Three years & expenditure of $1.5 million after it started, the D.C. Cat Count results are in, if not yet formally published in scientific media. The D.C. Cat Count findings demonstrate chiefly what ANIMALS 24-7 has argued for decades: both birder and cat advocacy organization claims […]
The Supremacist Syndrome, by Peter Marsh
How Domination Underpins Slavery, Genocide, the Exploitation of Women, & the Maltreatment of Animals Lantern Publishing & Media, 128 Second Place, Brooklyn, NY 11231; www.lanternpm.org. Available in both Kindle and paperback editions. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Many ANIMALS 24-7 readers will remember Supremacist Syndrome author and New Hampshire attorney Peter Marsh as an occasional presenter […]
Fire, crime, shelter management & the wisdom of Warren Cox
“Fire is always a threat” ORLANDO, Florida; FRISCO, Texas––“We were able to save 45 cats and 26 dogs,” the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando posted to Facebook after a late night fire on September 15, 2021. “We are heartbroken to report that we lost 13 cats and there are four still missing,” the posting […]
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