Europeans expect advances, Americans will have to defend gains, & Indian government dithers on WASHINGTON D.C.; LONDON; ROME; NEW DELHI––If political promises can be taken as New Year’s resolutions, 2026 might become an even better year for animals than was 2025. 2025 ended with a salute from Francisco Vásquez Neira, president of the international animal […]
Brigitte Bardot, 91, movie star for 20 years, animal advocate for 52 years
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 […]
Whale Sanctuary may finally get two whales; dolphin sanctuaries left waiting
Transfer of orcas from defunct French marine park approved by French government NICE, France––Two orca whales stranded at the former Marineland of Antibes marine mammal park on the French Riviera near Nice, France, are to be transferred to the Whale Sanctuary Project in development in Nova Scotia, Canada, French cabinet minister for ecological transition Mathieu […]
What it takes to rid fashion of animal fur––and leather & feathers
Three big fur fashion announcements build on one long-ago campaign discovery NEW YORK, N.Y.––“What would it take to rid fashion of animal fur?” mused longtime sustainable fashion consultant Lucianne Tonti for the fashion magazine Vogue on December 11, 2025. “In the space of a couple of weeks in early December 2025,” Tonti recounted, “animal rights […]
Dragnet for killer pits in Georgia; Oklahoma City pit bull owners face Murder 1
Pit bull attack fatalities in Greece & Australia follow similar patterns OGLETHORPE, Georgia––Four days after three pit bulls fatally injured Raphael Woolfork, 41, all three remained at large at last report, still unidentified despite security camera video clearly showing the pit bulls and the attack. Woolfork “was walking along Chatham Street in Oglethorpe,” the busiest […]
Live transport plot: “Crocodile Dundee” & “The Uruguayan Connection”
The characters & events depicted in this fictional film plot have been invented for your entertainment. Any resemblance to real life is strictly coincidental. PERTH, Australia––Imagine this as a movie plot: gangster cartels move massive amounts of cocaine from South America to the more affluent parts of the world by hiding it in barrels beneath […]
“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 […]
Two arrested after baby boy is third U.K. “XL Bully” pit bull death of 2025
Normal dogs hide from firecrackers. The XL Bully killed nine-monthold Jonte William Bluck. LONDON, United Kingdom––Nine-month-old baby boy Jonte William Bluck was fatally mauled on November 2, 2025 by an XL Bully pit bull variant in Crossway, Rogiet, Monmouthshire, South Wales. Baby boy Bluck became only the third human death due to dog attack in […]
Malaga, Spain bans horse-drawn carriages; NYC campaign mires
All New York City mayoral candidates say they favor a ban, meaning none are accountable to horse advocates NEW YORK CITY; MALAGA, Spain––The future of horse-drawn carriages in and around Central Park may not be the biggest issue on the minds of New York City voters in the November 4, 2025 mayoral election, a three-way […]
California starts open season on mute swans, who will be “sitting ducks”
Shooting mute swans may be a little harder than shooting fish in a barrel, but not much SACRAMENTO, California––Open season on mute swans begins in California for five years, at least, on January 1, 2026. A bill establishing the open season was introduced by California state assembly member Jeff Gonzalez, a Republican from Indio, a […]