Jayne spent career providing vet care to remote & indigenous communities GRAND FORKS, North Dakota–– “Eric Jayne, DVM, lost his life this morning in a multi-vehicle accident near Grand Forks, North Dakota,” Humane Society of the U.S. senior state director Lisa Kauffman informed friends and colleagues at mid-day on July 2, 2021. “The North […]
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 […]
New approach to cat/dog contraception explained in simple terms
Gene transfer may confer lifelong sterility in one shot (but it can’t be done with a cookie) PORTLAND, Oregon––Could mice produce a miracle drug capable of preventing cat reproduction? If mice could do it unassisted, through normal evolution, you can bet your catnip they would have, long since. But mice assisted by a battalion of […]
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 […]
Shooting war: cats win, feeders lose in East Bay Regional Park District
East Bay Regional Park District agrees to ceasefire if cat rescuers remove cats from sensitive wildlife areas OAKLAND, California––Histrionic headlines and activist alerts aside, what the East Bay Regional Park District board of directors really did at a heated June 15, 2021 meeting over cat policy was to: Permanently reassign staff biologist David “Doctor […]
San Diego showdown: trap-neuter-return advocates sue vs. return-to-field
Court case hinges on the difference between a truly feral cat and a tame, friendly cat found at large SAN DIEGO, California—A lawsuit brought against the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA by the Southern California animal rescue charities Pet Assistance Foundation and Paw Protectors seeks to establish, for the first time, a clear legal […]
TNR boomed before COVID-19 hit, Alley Cat Rescue survey shows
Feral cat sterilizations were up 23% in seven years; what is happening now? MOUNT RANIER, Maryland––Feral cat control by trap-neuter-return [TNR] was accomplishing more than ever before through 2019, including a 23% increase in the numbers of cats sterilized over the annual average in 2012, suggests newly released data from the Alley Cat Rescue […]
Cat killer “Doctor Quack” paid well by East Bay Regional Park District
Shotgun-wielding biologist took home $182,951, left dead cats in dumpsters OAKLAND, California––East Bay Regional Park District biologist David “Doctor Quack” Riensche may have been paid more per feral cat he allegedly killed than the $3,000 that “Joe Exotic” paid to Frank Allen Glover in his foiled plot to murder Big Cat Rescue founder Carole […]
Will Australia learn that “When the cat is away, the mice will play?”
“Be careful what you wish for” also pertains to mouse plague, floods, & infestations of snakes & spiders MELBOURNE, SYDNEY––What stops a mouse plague? Driving 40,000 Australians from their homes in Victoria and New South Wales states, while filling many of those homes with spiders and snakes seeking high ground, the worst flooding in decades […]
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 […]
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