Not a fraction enough s/n done to be no-kill, deadly dogs running amok, & humane society near broke NEWPORT, Tennessee––Locally recognized as deficient for more than 50 years, animal control services in Cocke County, Tennessee are within a week of vanishing entirely. Effective on August 1, 2022, the nonprofit organization founded in 1993 as Friends […]
The Envigo beagle case: loose ends & lessons for animal advocates
Bad as the Envigo kennels are, many animal shelter facilities are no better CUMBERLAND, Virginia––Much of the attention of the animal advocacy world, as this is written, is focused on the impending evacuation of 4,000-odd beagles from the Envigo kennels, formerly the LabCorp kennels, formerly the Covance Kennels. (See 4,500+ beagles freed from laboratory use […]
Has the Humane Society of Utah ever heard of adoption screening?
Repeated rehomings to cruelty suspect Kaiden Orie Graham squanders longtime Humane Society of Utah reputation for cruelty investigation MURRAY, Utah––For the second time in 30 days a regionally significant humane society has some explaining to do about a serious cruelty case coming to light shortly after an executive director departed for apparently greener pastures. Former […]
How humility can help animal advocates to change the world, by Ed Duvin
Perspective of an old warrior Spending over a half-century in social justice movements, much of it consulting, I have formed some conclusions that did not come down from the mountaintop, but merely represent the perspective of an old warrior. Were I to identify the most pernicious characteristics I have encountered among justice-seeking activists, regardless of […]
Why would a smart dog on the loose say, “Don’t rescue me!”? by Beth Clifton
Fallen “rescue angels” & online enablers erode the whole concept of “rescue” There are no heroes or heroines in animal rescue. The success stories tend to be people who manage to foster, rehabilitate to whatever extent is necessary, and responsibly rehome one or two dogs or cats at a time, over and over through many […]
Fallen “rescue angels”: Dawn Pennington, Tiffany Woodington, Corinne DiLorenzo
Dawn Pennington just charged, Tiffany Woodington beat the rap but husband faces trial, Corinne DiLorenzo due for trial next COLUMBIA, South Carolina; BENTON COUNTY, Missouri; THAWVILLE, Illinois––Charged with mass animal neglect after 28 dogs and two cats were found dead in their cages at her home on May 22, 2022, fallen “rescue angel” Caroline Dawn […]
Accused of starving caged dogs & cats to death, Caroline Dawn Pennington had priors
Like Heidi Lueders, but six times worse COLUMBIA, South Carolina––Caroline Dawn Pennington, 47, charged with mass animal neglect after 28 dogs and two cats were found dead in their cages at her home on May 22, 2022, held on bond of $75,000, is not just a rescuer gone very bad. Pennington, as well as heading […]
Erika Brunson, 86, animal advocate, actress, interior decorator, & furniture maker
Rose from rough start in life to philanthropic success Animal advocacy and spay/neuter philanthropist Erika Devore Brunson, 86, died in Los Angeles, California on May 17, 2022. Maria Erika Knab, her original given name, was born on September 4, 1935, “in the small fishing town of Konigsberg in East Prussia,” according to an October 16, 2013 […]
Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth
Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming, chemical pollution, and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]
“Rescue” hoarding: the “Nutmeg State” becomes the “Nut Case” state
“CT Pregnant Dog & Cat Rescue” bust is latest of a 20-year series HEBRON, Connecticut––The arrest of CT Pregnant Dog & Cat Rescue founder Joann M. Connelly, 59, announced by the Connecticut State Police on March 26, 2022, has disquieting echoes of previous alleged “rescue” hoarding cases that legislation passed almost a decade earlier […]
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