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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Bush vet Eric Jayne, 61, who survived wilds of Alaska, killed by truck
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 […]
Breakthrough may scratch horses from the Iditarod legend
Yes, horses! ANCHORAGE, Alaska; Braunschweig, Germany–– A German immunologist, funded by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has reportedly made a scientific discovery that may scratch horses from the substance of the Iditarod serum run legend. Horses in the Iditarod Trail Race, the 938-mile world’s most famous and most controversial dog sled race? Yes, […]
2018 dog breed survey: at least 41% of U.S. pit bull population are seeking homes
21% of U.S. pit bulls currently available are in first year of life; 19% have lost at least one home Nearly 15% of the dogs available to the U.S. public for sale or adoption as of mid-June 2018 were pit bulls, but that scarcely made pit bulls the most popular breed. Rather, the numbers indicate […]
The Wolf in Dog’s Clothing
by Margaret A. Cleek, Ph.D In the early 1990s the Alaskan Malamute Club of America was petrified that Malamutes would be included in bans of the then very popular wolf hybrid. To protect our breed, I developed an educational brochure for the Alaskan Malamute Club of America, which with only minor updates seems applicable as an addendum and commentary […]
Pit bull proliferation hits “Indian country”: fatal dog attacks triple
Reservation attacks outside the Far North were formerly almost unheard of Part II of a three-part series. See also 12-pit bull attack on toddler spotlights soaring risk on reservations and Pit bulls now in the “rez dog” gene pool. From the first documentation of reservation dog attacks until 2006 most “Indian country” dog attack fatalities and disfigurements involved sled […]