Publicity added much spin & gloss to what was already a positive record CARMEL, California––Doris Day, 97, died from pneumonia on May 13, 2019. Day was remembered worldwide as a singer who recorded more than 650 songs between 1939 and 1967; an actress who starred in more than 40 films between 1947 and 1968, […]
“No-kill” debacle: will Pueblo bring “responsible sheltering” into vogue?
90% “live release” mandate failed catastrophically in less than 90 days PUEBLO, Colorado––“You can’t manage an animal shelter to a number,” Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region president Jan McHugh-Smith told Pueblo Chieftan reporter Anthony A. Mestas, hours after her organization returned to running the Pueblo Animal Services shelter on April 9, 2019, […]
Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, brought “humane spring” to Egypt
Headed three leading organizations CAIRO, Egypt––Ahmed el Sherbiny, 66, who with his British-born wife Jackie led the Egyptian Society of Animal Friends, the Egyptian Federation for Animal Welfare, and the Middle East Network for Animal Welfare, on March 7, 2019 died at home in Shabramont, Giza, a Cairo suburb, after several years of fighting multiple […]
How to count feral cats & street dogs in the 21st century
Spay/neuter success makes old projection methods obsolete––& makes doing new surveys essential Counting feral cats and street dogs in the early 21st century is not what it was in your grandparents’ time, or your own time any more, either, if you have lived much longer than the oldest cat or dog of your acquaintance. For […]
Russia bans “dogs of dangerous breeds” under new humane law
Vladimir Putin signs “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” into effect MOSCOW, Russia––Possession and handling of pit bulls and other dogs of dangerous breeds is to be strictly regulated throughout Russia, under a new national “Law on Responsible Treatment of Animals” signed into effect by Russian president Vladimir Putin on December 26, 2018. The new “Law […]
Pseudo-science & the Alex Pacheco “Spay & Neuter” Cookie
No product, no scientists, nothing else that makes sense POMPANO BEACH, Florida––The pseudo-science in a “Spay and Neuter Cookie Science Update and Overview” fundraising appeal emailed by “600 Million Stray Dogs Need You” founder Alex Pacheco to potential donors on December 19, 2018 began in the first sentence beneath the headline. Pacheco has […]
Car raffle helps animals? We won’t bet on it!
“National Humane Society” behind the raffle uses the original name of the Humane Society of the U.S. BOCA RATON, Florida––The web site for a shadowy entity incorporated in Delaware as the National Humane Society advertised for months that on December 14, 2018 the organization would raffle off a Porsche, a Corvette, a classic 1965 […]
Time for a national conversation about pit bulls
by guest columnist Ed Boks Is it time for national animal welfare organizations to rethink their positions on pit bulls? This is the recommendation of ANIMALS 24-7, voiced several times in so many words by social media editor and photographer Beth Clifton, who is a former Miami Beach police officer, animal control officer, elementary school teacher, veterinary […]
The view from Phuket, Thailand: Jeff Young, DVM is right!
by John Dalley, co-founder, The Soi Dog Foundation Unfortunately, owing to health issues, I was unable to attend the International Companion Animal Welfare conference last year to hear Jeff Young, DVM speak, so have never met him. But Young’s ANIMALS 24-7 guest column We cannot adopt, warehouse or rescue our way out of dog & […]
Safety agencies failed woman, infant killed by pit bull mixes
Why were the victims & the killer dogs in the same homes? LAS VEGAS, Nevada; CLEARWATER, Florida––Pit bull mixes were on October 5, 2018 disclosed to have killed 58-year-old Susan Sweeney of Las Vegas four days earlier, and seven-month-old foster child Khloe Williams that afternoon in Clearwater, Florida, under circumstances in each case suggesting significant […]
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