“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 […]
NYC horse-drawn carriage war began with Dublin Carriages Act of 1853
Horse-drawn carriage fight now before the New York City Council also rages in Dublin, Ireland DUBLIN, Ireland; NEW YORK CITY––Horse-drawn carriages as New York City knows them arrived in the immediate wake of the passage of the Dublin Carriages Act of 1853. That, 173 years later, has much to do with political battles now underway […]
Ireland bans XL Bully pit bulls; already restricted pits by 3 other names
XL Bully owners have until February 1, 2025 to get Certificates of Exemption DUBLIN, Ireland––Ireland will follow the United Kingdom in banning XL Bully pit bulls, Irish minister for social protection Heather Humphreys announced on July 12, 2024. Humphreys declared that it will be “Illegal to import, breed, or re-sell XL Bullies” after October 1, […]
XL Bully & Staffordshire kill Irishwoman on her 23rd birthday, raising hue & cry for ban
XL Bully bans enacted in U.K. & Scotland are suspected of triggering influx of “rescue” XL Bullies into Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland BALLYNEETY, County Limerick, Ireland––Nicole O’Donnell Morey, 23, celebrating her birthday on June 4, 2024, was fatally mauled just before midnight by her own XL Bully pit bull variant, assisted––according to […]
Can the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act save horse racing from itself?
Marty Irby leaves Animal Wellness Action on a high note, but horses are not drugged just to get them high WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Animal Wellness Action executive director Marty Irby on March 23, 2023 spoke in Oxford, Mississippi at the “Celebration of Life” for his friend and ally Clant Seay, founder of the Citizens Committee Against […]
More dog attack deaths fuel alarm in South Africa, Australia, Ireland
Why is death-by-dog accepted as punishment for even innocent & accidental trespass? MOGWASE, South Africa; GREENBANK, Australia; DUBLIN, Ireland––Two December 3, 2022 dog attack fatalities resulting from use of high-risk dogs as alleged crime deterrents, and a new investigative report about pit bull breeding in Ireland, have further fueled rising demands for stricter dog laws […]
Disfiguring pit bull attack on child spurs calls for stronger Irish dog law
Pit bull owner allegedly threatened to kill attack witnesses DUBLIN, Ireland––The total population of the Republic of Ireland, a little more than five million people, is fewer than that of the tenth largest U.S. metropolitan area, distributed across an area roughly equal to that of the state of Indiana. That tends to make whatever happens […]
Bill Jordan, 97, wildlife vet, author, & founder of animal aid charities
Jordan had a key role in forming at least nine organizations in 48 years, most of which still exist William Johnston Jordan, 97, known to the world as Bill Jordan, wildlife veterinarian, author, and founder or cofounder of a constellation of wildlife care projects spanning the globe, died on July 5, 2022, at the SSM Health/St. […]
Irish farmers have a beef––and that’s our problem, too
Pastoral nations object to cattle cutbacks recommended for greenhouse gas emissions based on factory farm data GLASGOW, Scotland––“Cutting methane,” specifically methane emitted by cattle, “is the biggest opportunity to slow [global] warming between now and 2040,” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead reviewer Durwood Zaelke suggested in August 2021, during the run-up to the 2021 […]
COVID-19 skins fur trade: Ireland bans fur farming; Finland vaccinates mink
Ireland becomes 15th European Union nation to ban or phase out the mink industry DUBLIN, HELSINKI––Responding to continuing discoveries of the COVID-19 coronavirus in factory-farmed mink, the government of the Republic of Ireland has elected to ban fur faming. The Finnish Food Authority, by contrast, is experimentally vaccinating farmed mink in hopes fur demand […]