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 […]
Kent Robertson, 73, led animal agencies in Dallas, Houston, St. Louis
Also noted for work on behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kent Morris Robertson, 73, for 38 years a leader in animal care and control work, died in Denison, Texas, on December 31, 2023, after a long battle with multiple debilitating health conditions, including cancer. “Growing up in Sacramento, California, his family […]
Kaavan flies to sanctuary with “elephant singers” Cher and Amir Khalil
World of friends help “world’s loneliest elephant” ISLAMABAD, Pakistan; PHNOM PENH, Cambodia––Kaavan, long billed “the world’s loneliest elephant,” was a flying elephant this morning, November 30, 2020, en route from the defunct Marghuzar Zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan, to share a 25,000-acre habitat with three female Asian elephants inside the the one-million acre Kulen-Promtep Wildlife […]
Heart failure fells Vier Pfoten (Four Paws) founder Helmut Dungler, 56
Dungler died at the Lionsrock sanctuary he founded BETHLEHEM, South Africa––Helmut Dungler, 56, founder of the international animal charity Vier Pfoten (Four Paws), died on January 5, 2020 from a sudden massive heart attack suffered on one of his frequent visits to the Lionsrock sanctuary, among the biggest and most ambitious of the many […]