Kent Luk Ka-chit has tried to help, but licensing dogs for others has landed him in deep do-do HONG KONG––A second dog attack fatality within three weeks, after none in ten years, has Hong Kong asking whether the dog rescue efforts of Kent Luk Ka-chit and Paws Guardian Rescue are the cause of “dog menace,” […]
Dogs in the road & pit bulls kill people in Bangkok, but not rabid street dogs
Spay/neuter & vaccination success reduce rabies to the vanishing point just a year after emergency quarantine BANGKOK, Thailand––Good news for both dogs and humans in Thailand, and for visitors to Thailand, came between the lines of bad news from the Bangkok-based “sustainability hub” Khaosod English on September 12, 2026. The bad news was that a […]
Reports from Iran: perhaps world’s most officially animal-unfriendly nation
The Iranian people have never been hostile toward animals, but the Islamist government & the Revolutionary Guard are another matter TEHRAN, Iran; JERUSALEM, Israel––Animal advocates and rescuers on opposite sides of shooting between Iran and Israel report similar responses among the dogs and cats in their care since U.S. and Israeli forces jointly bombed targets […]
Brigitte Bardot, 91, movie star for 20 years, animal advocate for 52 years
Brigitte Bardot: provocative on film, but even more provocative for animals, for more than twice as long PARIS, France––Brigitte Bardot, 91, a fashion model for four years, a film actress for 20 years, and a full-time animal advocate for the last 52 years of her life, died on December 28, 2025 of undisclosed causes at […]
India top court: “No dogs in schools, hospitals, stadiums, & bus/train stations”
India Supreme Court ruling updates & extends ruling against dog-feeding in high-traffic public places NEW DELHI, India––A three-judge panel of the Supreme Court of India on November 7, 2025 ordered that stray dogs be removed and excluded from educational institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, bus stands and depots, railway stations, and other government buildings. The Supreme […]
Marvin Mackie, 88, all but invented early-age & high-volume, low-cost s/n
Marvin Mackie, DVM, fixed more than 250,000 dogs & cats in 54-year veterinary career SAN PEDRO, California––W. Marvin Mackie, DVM, 88, remembered by United Spay Alliance cofounder Esther Mechler and much of the rest of the humane community as “a pioneer in the affordable spay/neuter movement, died on September 23, 2025. “He brought so much […]
Free-roaming packs of up to 40 pit bulls terrorize Johnson County, Texas
Law enforcement sexual harassment scandal makes local headlines, but pit bull packs go national CLEBURNE, Texas––Embattled Johnson County, Texas sheriff Adam Riley King, 57, has so far had only one dog attack fatality during his eight years in office. Residents of Johnson County, however, a southern suburb of Fort Worth long notorious among horse rescuers […]
Street dogs win, reckless feeders lose, in Supreme Court of India reversal
Three-judge panel overturns August 11, 2025 ruling by two-judge panel that all dogs were to be impounded NEW DELHI, India––A three-judge panel from the 32-member Supreme Court of India on August 22, 2025 largely reversed an August 11, 2025 ruling by a two-judge panel that all dogs were to be removed from the streets within […]
Christine Townend, 81, founded the animal rights movement in Australia
Animal Liberation was only the second explicitly “animal rights” organization in the world Christine Townend, 81, remembered by Animal Justice Party member of the New South Wales legislative council Emma Hurst, 44, as “essentially the founder of the entire animal rights movement in Australia,” died from Parkinson’s disease in Leura, New South Wales, on August […]
Fatal dog attack in Florida is not a felony, but in India brings national uproar
Florida officials say they can do little about dog attack death of a child; Supreme Court of India & regional courts say authorities must do the impossible DELHI, India; DELAND, Florida––Six-year-old Chavi Sharma of the Pooth Kalan neighborhood in Delhi, India, and eight-year-old Michael Millett of Deland, Florida, had […]