Father of Lions: Saving Starving Animals at the Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan 383 pages, 2020. Forge Book, c/o Tom Doherty Associates; available in multiple print & electronic formats c/o Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, and Kindle at prices from $12.99 up. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “Good afternoon. I am writing because I want to […]
Pit bull kills trainer as U.K. groups seek repeal of Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
Second of three fatal or disfiguring U.K. dog attacks in a week FAREHAM, Hampshire, U.K.––Dog walker and trainer Ian “Wiggy” Symes, 34, by both family and police accounts a canine handling expert, was on the morning of August 10, 2022 killed in a facial attack by an out-of-control “American Bully XL” pit bull belonging to […]
Victims escaped dangerous nations but could not escape deadly dogs
Marina Gabunia Verriest & Omar Ghawtah had little in common but shared their fate ALBERTSON, New York; HOUSTON, Texas––Marina Gabunia and Omar Ghawtah fled to the U.S. to escape threats of violence and persecution in their nations of birth, but in July 2022 both became victims of canine violence, eight days and 1,700 miles apart. […]
Beagle breeder Envigo shortchanged shareholders too, lawsuit alleges
Wolf of law firm files class action against alleged “pump-&-dump” scheme CUMBERLAND, Virginia––Even as animal advocates celebrate the ongoing rescue of beagles from the soon-to-be-closed Envigo breeding kennels in Cumberland, Virginia, and the decision of Air France to get out of the monkey transport business, the most influential blow to animal use in biomedical research […]
Pit bull fatality streak reaches seven in eight days
Includes new U.K. record for dog attack deaths in a year NOELVILLE, Ontario; WEST MELTON, South Yorkshire––Chuck Evans, 83, and Joanne Robinson, 43, on July 14 and July 15, 2022 respectively became the sixth and seventh known pit bull attack fatalities in eight days, worldwide. (See Five pit bull attack deaths in five days: […]
Sentencing for “Carefully” pit bull attack death marks start of U.K. dog law debate
“American XL Bully” injured three people in three days, then killed 10-year-old neighbor LONDON, United Kingdom––On Monday, June 6, 2022, the British Parliament heard from pit bull advocates in the House of Commons a litany of familiar arguments against the breed-specific aspects of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. On Friday, June 10, 2022, Brandon Hayden, […]
Erika Brunson, 86, animal advocate, actress, interior decorator, & furniture maker
Rose from rough start in life to philanthropic success Animal advocacy and spay/neuter philanthropist Erika Devore Brunson, 86, died in Los Angeles, California on May 17, 2022. Maria Erika Knab, her original given name, was born on September 4, 1935, “in the small fishing town of Konigsberg in East Prussia,” according to an October 16, 2013 […]
Tony Fitzjohn, renowned for wildlife conservation work in Kenya & Tanzania, dies at 76
Began as a Boy Scout, became a hippie, hitchhiked to Africa, & made himself useful Tony Fitzjohn, 76, died on May 23, 2022, “following a prolonged fight against a malignant cancer,” the Tony Fitzjohn-WildlifeNow George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust announced. Fitzjohn recounted most of his long career working on behalf of African wildlife in his […]
4th Cane Corso attack at U.K. farm kills child; cops probe own weak past response
Survivors warned that next incident could be fatal MANCHESTER, United Kingdom––Greater Manchester police are reportedly investigating themselves after alleged weak response to three previous dog attacks on passers-by led up to the May 15, 2022 fatal mauling of three-year-old Daniel John Twigg. Daniel John Twigg loved dogs and liked to play with them, according to […]
Bird flu means “cage free” & “free range” hens can run around indoors in the dark
“Cage free” & “free range” producers protect their “girls” by keeping them in jail Think that “cage-free” or “free-range” label on a box of eggs or meat package amounts to more than bull-feathers? Even if it is certified by any of the major farmed product certification organizations? Amid the current global H5N1 high pathogenic avian […]
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