“When hare coursing is outlawed, only outlaws will course hares.” As they do. DUBLIN, Ireland; LONDON, U.K.––Warned Niall Collins, agriculture minister for the Republic of Ireland, ahead of a July 8, 2026 vote on a motion to ban hare coursing, “If we over-regulate or ban it, this can lead to worse practices as well. That […]
Aussies fined for pig/dog videos; Wyoming wolf killer Cody Roberts indicted
Hunting is legal. Cruelty is not––not in Wyoming, grand jury says, & not Down Under either, magistrate rules BUNBURY, West Australia––Riley Thomas Lang, 25, and Marie Ann Parker, 23, were on August 19, 2025 respectively fined the equivalent of $21,231 and $12,224 in U.S. dollars in Bunbury Magistrate’s Court for cruelty to pigs and dogs […]
Trump cabinet nominees Doug Burgum & Kristi Noem records on animals
Burgum favors fossil fuels, factory farming, & wild horses; Noem shot her dog, a goat, & three horses, then bragged about it in a book WASHINGTON D.C.––Whatever people in North and South Dakota think about animals on public lands, and human use of public lands, is very likely to be public policy during the second […]
Seeking U.S. hunters, Ontario allows new coyote, fox, & rabbit chase pens
Chase pens are banned in all other parts of Canada & 41 U.S. states TORONTO, Ontario––With wildlife advocates’ attention focused throughout the 2024 U.S. national election campaign on the failed initiative campaign to protect Colorado pumas and bobcats from hunting with hounds, a similar political battle has raged in Ontario province, Canada. “I cannot get […]
Puma hunting & pit bull fighting: cats & dogs on the Colorado ballot
Pumas & pit bulls have similar records of mayhem in Colorado, but the pit bull record is mostly much more recent AURORA, Colorado––Whatever else happens during the November 5, 2024 national election, the fight in Colorado will be dogs-and-cats. Voters statewide will be asked to approve the Cats Aren’t Trophies ballot initiative to ban hunting […]
Convicted U.K. dogfighter “Dr. Death” earlier did time for attempted murder
Three dogfighters get prison, along with perps who set dogs on wildlife CHELMSFORD, Essex, U.K.––The first high-profile pit bull fighting case to be prosecuted in the United Kingdom in more than 35 years ended on June 3, 2024 with four perpetrators convicted after a jury trial, three convicted perpetrators sent to prison, and the violent […]
Beagler fined $10,000––for wildlife trafficking, not for torturing hares
Allegedly hired Maine trappers to supply Massachusetts field trials PORTLAND, Maine––Jon Thomas Rioux, 36, a landscaper in Attleboro, Massachusetts, entertained himself and friends for years by setting beagles on snowshoe hares, until, apparently running out of rabbits locally, he ventured more than 150 miles north into Maine to find more. Jon Thomas Rioux might […]
Can hounding help Wyoming pumas evade human hunters & wolves?
If pumas learn from the canine chase, pursuit without being killed might make them more elusive prey CHEYENNE, Wyoming––A new Wyoming state law meant to placate frustrated puma hunters who hunt with dogs might actually benefit pumas more. If, that is, the hunters and their dog packs obey the law. Wyoming governor Mark Gordon on […]
Dogo Argentinos running at large kill 80-year-old woman out for a walk
Supersized pit bull variant bred to kill BALDY MESA, California––Soon Han, 80, picked wind-swept and barren Baldy Mesa as her hill to live on. Having lived through World War II and the Korean War, Soon Han was out for her morning walk at about 11:00 a.m. on October 7, 2022 when two Dogo Argentinos running […]
Donald Trump Jr., client of alleged bear poacher, is no Teddy Roosevelt
But Trump Jr., though not charged with poaching, may be an idol of other bear poachers “No one in this world, so far as I know,” observed journalist H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), “has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.” For that reason, it is not assured […]