A baby, a five-year-old, and three senior citizens among recent victims TAR HEEL, North Carolina; OPELOUSAS, Louisiana; CLEARLAKE OAKS, California; GRAHAM, Washington; DIGHTON, Massachusetts––Loose ends confound reportage of five fatal alleged dog attacks occurring in the U.S. during the first 15 days of August 2026, and at least one more of several occurring abroad. […]
Hare coursers’ threats beat ban in Ireland; terrorize rural England
“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 […]
Alan Cooper & John Pippin, M.D., represented the range of animal advocacy
Both Alan Cooper & John Pippin, M.D. were felled by long struggles with debilitating illness It would be difficult to imagine two animal advocates with less in common than Alan Cooper and John Pippin, M.D., except that both were veterans of more than 20 years in animal advocacy on a variety of fronts, and died […]
Naked Ape author Desmond Morris, 98, helped to shape AR movement
Desmond Morris’ ideas helped to form “animal rights” arguments, but Morris stood apart from the cause LONDON, U.K.––Naked Ape author Desmond Morris, 98, an influence upon and fellow traveler with the animal rights movement for much of his life, but at odds with vegans and vegetarians, died on April 19, 2026, in Naas, County Kildare, […]
U.K. Bully XL ban slows Bully XL fatalities, but pit bull attack deaths go on
Two fatal pit bull variant attacks in two days underscore that pit bulls by any name are unsafe LONDON, United Kingdom––Bully XL fatalities have dropped from ten in 2024, when the breed was banned in the United Kingdom, to four in 2025, to none more than four months into 2026, but fatal attacks in the […]
Animals look to be the big losers in British deal with European Union
Labour government looks to sacrifice fur-bearers & ducks and geese raised for foie gras to regain favored access to European Union markets LONDON, U.K.; NEW YORK, N.Y.––Ten years after Brexit, the 2016 exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, at least some of the worst predicted for animal welfare seems to be happening. […]
Ridglan Farms raid on March 15, 2026: were any beagles rescued?
Outcome of the “open rescue” of Ridglan beagles remains clear as the icy mud underfoot BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin––Breaking into the Ridglan Farms beagle breeding compound on the morning of March 15, 2026, in freezing light rain a day ahead of the schedule that Direct Action Everywhere founder and Simple Heart blogger Wayne Hsiung had publicized […]
Dogs Trust, after initially insuring XL Bullies, breaks trust with insurees
There is a reason why Lloyds of London insurers want 18 times more to cover a Staffordshire pit bull & 36 times more to cover an XL Bully LONDON, U.K.–– Dogs Trust, with the Royal SPCA one of the most aggressively pit bull-pushing British charities, appears to have learned the hard way why insurance brokers […]
Make cruelty unprofitable again, by Lewis Bollard
How to crack the cruelty collective action problem Lewis Bollard heads the Farm Animal Welfare Program at Open Philanthropy. Lewis Bollard’s ANIMALS 24-7 guest column, below, originally posted to Bollard’s own Substack blog, spotlights a situation in the United Kingdom paralleling what would happen in the United States if U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee […]
Five little noted but accomplished animal advocates who died in 2025
Marshall R. Thompson, Jamie Massey, Sarah Fisher, Neil C. Wolff, DVM, and Vincent van der Merwe Among the many accomplished animal advocates whose passage in the last months of 2025 mostly escaped notice from all but family and friends were Marshall R. Thompson, Jamie Massey, Sarah Fisher, Neil C. Wolff, DVM, and Vincent van der […]