Charged with manslaughter in the 2019 case, fiancé Christophe Ellul is expected to receive light sentence SOISSONS, France––The legal outcome of the most publicized pit bull attack ever, the November 16, 2019 dismemberment death of 29-year-old Elisa Pilarski, six months pregnant at the time, will for her fiancé and manslaughter defendant Christophe Ellul, 51, remain […]
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!” orders CDC deputy chief of staff
End to CDC non-human primate research expected by the end of 2025 ATLANTA, Georgia––About 200 fewer macaques will be used in 2026 in U.S. federal laboratories after the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) quits keeping non-human primates toward the end of 2025. That will leave about 7,000 more non-human primates, mostly rhesus and […]
European Union president pushes culling wolves after losing her pony
Wolf comeback from extirpation revives fear of the Big Bad Wolf BRUSSELS––September 25, 2024 dawned as a bad day for wolves in Europe even before the European Union provisionally authorized downlisting wolves from “strictly protected” to just “protected” status under the Council of Europe Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife & Natural Habitats, also […]
Case against fiancé for Elisa Pilarski death by pit bull may go to trial
Prosecutor refers case to court, four and a half years after Pilarski and unborn child were killed PARIS, France––The Soissons public prosecutor’s office on May 24, 2024 referred a long-pending manslaughter-by-pit-bull case against Christophe Ellul, 50, for the November 16, 2019 death of his fiancé Elisa Pilarski to the Soissons criminal court for prosecution, reported […]
Frans de Waal, 75, refuted “man the hunter” & “killer ape” theories
Primatologist & ethologist emphasized roles of empathy, sympathy, reconciliation, and ability to follow social rules in evolution of civilization Frans de Waal, 75, arguably the most influential primatologist of his time or any time, died on March 14, 2024 from stomach cancer. De Waal and his wife of more than 40 years, Catherine Marin, lived […]
Is wind power blowing away whales along the Atlantic coast?
Hot air from renewable energy foes is not supported by science POINT PLEASANT, New Jersey––There were no offshore wind turbines operating off the Atlantic coast of the United States in 2016, just a lot of routine commercial shipping, fishing, and recreational boating. Hardly anyone seemed to care when the National Oceanic Administration [NOAA] Office […]
Smelling rats after alleged major mink release in Van Wert, Ohio
The numbers & time frame don’t add up, & neither does the money VAN WERT, Ohio––Something happened at a mink farm here. What it is ain’t exactly clear, despite saturation coverage by both local and national media. Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach announced on November 15, 2022 that his office “is investigating a […]
European zoos consider killing “surplus” gorillas
The algebra of zoo management is Harambe times X-number equals what amount of public outrage cutting into profits? AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands––Is the European Association of Zoos & Aquaria heading full speed toward the 2016 Harambe debacle at the Cincinnati Zoo times a dozen? Or a hundred? Or any number in between? Did someone among the 340 […]
Hotter climate makes “no-see-ums” a global threat to horned, hoofed animals
Bighorn sheep, deer, goats & cattle are among vulnerable species OKANAGAN, B.C.; BISMARCK, N.D.; ALBANY, N.Y.; MADRID, Spain; LISBON, Portugal––Hardly anyone saw “no-see-ums” coming as one of the most ubiquitous and insidious effects on animals due to global warming. Indeed, hardly anyone saw “no-see-ums” coming even before global warming began visibly disrupting climate and […]
Is mink farming “too dirty to die”? Or is pending bill the coup-de-grace?
Some in the U.S. mink industry see COVID-19 as a growth opportunity WASHINGTON D.C.––Will the COVID-19 delta variant finally kill mink farming in the U.S., after COVID-19 in all forms has killed more than 633,000 Americans? Or will HR 4310, dubbed the MINKS Act as acronym for “Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces Are Superspreaders Act,” […]