How much real progress toward eradicating cat & dog overpopulation has been lost through a focus on the wrong bottom line? (Gerry Childs, now retired from a long career in sales in many different parts of the U.S., recently celebrated 50 years of volunteering at every stop for animal shelters, spay/neuter projects, and feral cat […]
Soi Dog celebrates a million animals fixed in 18 years; lesson for U.S.
U.S. shelter killing is up, despite & actually because of emphasis on “no kill” instead of s/n. PHUKET, Thailand; ATLANTA, Georgia––“Today, I am overjoyed to share the news that the millionth stray animal has passed through Soi Dog Foundation’s spay/neuter program,” Soi Dog Foundation cofounder John Dalley exulted on September 8, 2023. “This is the first time […]
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi calls out Alex Pacheco & “600 Million”
“600 Million” tried to tell the cofounder of the Indian national Animal Birth Control program that there are street dogs in India NEW DELHI, India; POMPANO BEACH, Florida––A brighter and less brazen huckster than Alex Pacheco, 65, founder in 1998 of 600 Million Stray Dogs Need You, might have thought twice about putting the hustle […]
Bob Barker, the voice of spay/neuter, began as voice of Rin Tin Tin
Animal advocacy philanthropist died at 99 HOLLYWOOD HILLS, California––Animal advocacy philanthropist and retired radio and television game show host Bob Barker might be said to have begun his rise to stardom, and his work on behalf of animals, as the barking voice of canine hero Rin Tin Tin, 1950-1955, during the last five of […]
Cat advocate Joan Miller, 88, linked breed fanciers & humane world
Architect turned lobbyist won 1990 law requiring California shelters to do spay/neuter before adoption Joan Miller, 88, who for more than 30 years bridged the divide between cat fancy breeders and the humane community by directing funds into spay/neuter work and effort into collaborative projects, died from complications of pneumonia on May 16, 2023 in […]
Aussies try to put aboriginal happy face on failed cat-killing schemes
Not many aboriginal hunters seem interested ALICE SPRINGS, Australia––The Northern Territory government, Victoria Ellis of ABC Rural breathlessly revealed on June 9, 2023, hopes to expedite ridding the 60,344-square-mile Gibson Desert of feral cats by giving an all-female aboriginal ranger team called the Tjuwanpa Women Rangers target practice with firearms. Of course the feral cats […]
No, the wait for a single-shot chemosterilant for cats has not ended
Neither has the wait for Godot CINCINNATI, Ohio––Cat rescuers and cat haters alike are jumping up and down excited over reports amplified by The Atlantic, Science, The New York Times, CNN, SciTechDaily, Science News and the Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs that a single-injection chemosterilant for female cats may be at hand. As usual, […]
Waiting for Godot & a good, cheap non-surgical alternative to s/n surgery
Joyce Briggs of ACC&D to leave the cast of “Waiting for Godot” after 18 years PORTLAND, Oregon––Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs president Joyce Briggs might be accused of burying the lead in the May 2, 2023 edition of the ACC&D electronic newsletter. “First, we want to let you know that our 2021-22 Biennial […]
New Zealand exempts cats from killing contest, finds cure for FIP
But all other land predators & even non-native waterfowl remain in the crosshairs CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand––Nationally hellbent on destroying any semblance of a natural, normal predator/prey ecology since the introduction of the Predator Free 2050 program in 2012, New Zealand might be the last place the rest of the world might expect to produce a […]
“Spay/neuter deficit” of 8 million run up in COVID crisis: is there a fix?
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 […]