Bob Weedon hopes Florida House bill HB 719 might help POLK CITY, Florida––Just a little over three years ago, as COVID-19 hit the U.S., killing 1.1 million Americans to date and initially all but shutting the country down, feline spay/neuter specialist G.R. “Bob” Weedon of Polk City, Florida was among the few veterinarians who continued […]
Street dog howled warning before quake killed thousands in Turkey & Syria
At least 65 search-and-rescue dogs are now on site GAZANTIEP, Turkey––A lone street dog, perhaps a Kangal mix, howling in an intersection like an air raid siren shortly after four o’clock in the morning on February 6, 2023, appears to be already the most enduring image from an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude on the Richter […]
Shooting cats to save lizards, or to please billionaire birders?
The Cayman Islands may have more billionaires’ mansions than rock iguanas, but cats are not to blame GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands––If free-roaming cats were really a significant threat to iguanas––of any subspecies––one might expect most of Florida to be devoid of iguanas. Florida, after all, has reputedly the most optimal habitat for feral cats […]
Alisa Marie Mullins: longtime behind-the-scenes voice of PETA
PETA obituary understated Mullins’ role as author, ghostwriter, & spokesperson Alisa Marie Mullins, 59, a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals researcher and writer for 30 years, died on March 22, 2022 “after a 2-year battle with brain cancer,” PETA announced. The PETA obituary announcement understated Mullins’ longtime role as author and/or ghost writer […]
What Wildlife Services did not say about the newly released 2021 body count
Only 4% of the toll of 1.76 million animals were “livestock predators,” but 44% were “invasive” starlings RIVERDALE, Maryland––Released on March 22, 2022, the USDA Wildlife Services program activity report for 2021 tells a different story from the sunny spin put on it by the accompanying media release from USDA Animal & Plant Health […]
Public shelters: refuge for animals or not?
by Wendolyn Aragon, president, Pet Assistance Foundation Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. nearly two years ago, in 2020, most U.S. animal shelters adopted some variation of managed admissions, an approach long promoted by the “no kill” movement, only admitting animals in need of emergency care. This was concerning, since it was breeding […]
“Spay-It-Forward” says Dr. Jeff, Rocky Mountain Vet
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 […]
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 […]
Audubon writer allegedly recommended poisoning cats
Editor-at-large Ted Williams suspended, then reinstated WASHINGTON D.C.––National Audubon Society president David Yarnold on March 26, 2013 announced that Audubon magazine editor-at-large Ted Williams had been reinstated after a 10-day suspension for allegedly urging the use of the over-the-counter pain reliever acetaminophen to poison feral cats. Though the alleged recommendation was later withdrawn, it received […]
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