Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz stopped livestock shipments to seven nations. Islamabad High Court rules that indiscriminately killing street dogs contradicts Islamic law. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan––The 2026 Haj season, meaning the pilgrimage-to-Mecca season observed by the Islamic faithful, ended on May 30-31 with both good and bad news for animals. The bad news, as ever, […]
Ridglan Farms beagle purchase: smokescreen for Farm Bill disaster
1,500 beagles win; 76 million pigs lose. WASHINGTON D.C.; MIDDLETON, Wisconsin––Even as the U.S. House of Representatives on the morning of April 30, 2026 passed the 2026 Farm Bill, by a vote of 224-200, which if also passed by the U.S. Senate would erase Wayne Pacelle’s signature political achievements on behalf of 76 million farmed […]
How landlords & animal control made horrific hoarding cases worse
Hoarding situations are bad enough even when the people with jurisdiction respond AUSTIN, Texas; CASWELL, Alaska; RIVERSIDE, California––Among the first 49 animal hoarding cases coming to the notice of ANIMALS 24-7 during the first four months of 2026, three in particular stand out, not because they were among the biggest, though one was, but because […]
Greyhound & horse racing: bad bets to last much longer
Only massive subsidies keep any form of animal racing lucrative CAERPHILLY, Wales; LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas; PLEASANTON, California; SARATOGA, New York––Greyhound racing is to end in Wales perhaps as soon as May 2026, and is now banned in Arkansas, where the last remaining track, in West Memphis, closed in 2022. Horse racing ended in northern […]
Winning one for the horses––and perhaps a big win for greyhounds too
Biggest show in U.K. agrees that a tail is an essential part of a horse GLASGOW, Scotland––“Some great news for a change!” emailed Animal Concern Scotland campaigns officer Elena Edwards on March 3, 2025, but Edwards bannered the intention of the Welsh government to close the last greyhound track in Wales above her own unique […]
Greyhound racing sprints to the finish in New Zealand, edging U.S. by a nose
Seven tracks in New Zealand to close while two in West Virginia run on WELLINGTON, New Zealand––Among the last great races in greyhound history appears to be which of the last nations involved will be out of the business first: Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom. The New Zealand greyhound racing industry just […]
Police killing 20,000 Inuit sled dogs, 1950-1963, costs Canada $45 million
Canadian government sends official born in Sri Lanka long after the killing ended to deliver an apology KANGIQSUJUAQ, Quebec––Canadian crown indigenous relations minister Gary Anandasangaree, 51, on November 23, 2024 apologized in Kangiqsujuaq, far northern Quebec, to the Inuit people for sled dog massacres conducted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police [RCMP] and the Sûrété du […]
Horse racing in Michigan ended by Brownfield Redevelopment
Golden Gate Fields to close May 9; dog racing banned in Connecticut & New Hampshire NORTHVILLE, Michigan––The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy on May 14, 2024 finished off horse racing in Michigan by awarding a $1 million Brownfield Redevelopment Grant to “the contaminated site of a former harness-racing track,” Northville Downs, “into […]
Alabama wolf hybrid baby killing: Jack London knew “bastard wolves”
Alabama wolf hybrid baby killing: Jack London knew “bastard wolves” CHELSEA, Alabama––Amid stonewalling by the Shelby County Coroner, Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, and family of the victim, strong circumstantial evidence including matching photographs and property descriptions suggests the three-month-old boy killed by a wolf hybrid on November 30, 2023 in Chelsea, Alabama was Leo Caddel, […]
How global campaign against greyhound racing got to the home stretch
Brooklyn Goes Home: The Rise and Fall of American Greyhound Racing and the Dog that Inspired a Movement by Christine A. Dorchak & Carey Theil 224 pages. $8.99 Kindle; $17.96 paperback. Lantern Publishing & Media, P.O. Box 1350, Woodstock, NY 12498 www.lanternpm.org Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Don’t judge this book by the cover. The pastel […]