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 […]
Some Nordic people rally to save one whale; others rush to kill hundreds
Timmy the stranded but rescued humpback whale lived after release for about ten days BERLIN, Germany; WASHINGTON D.C.; OSLO, Norway; REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Contrasting and conflicting Nordic attitudes toward whales may never before have been more starkly evident than during the six-week drama preceding the May 2, 2026 return to the North Sea of Timmy the formerly […]
“Hurry up & wait,” courts tell Paul Watson & San Diego cat advocates
Watson to remain in Greenland jail until September 5; cat trial on hold even longer NUUK, Greenland; SAN DIEGO, California––British prime minister William Gladstone in 1868 declared that, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” Be that as it may, both of the courtroom dramas gripping animal advocacy attention in mid-August 2024 have been postponed until September. […]
Paul Watson arrested in Greenland; may be extradited to Japan
Denmark acts on Japanese warrant originally issued in 2010 NUUK, Greenland––Canadian/American conservationist Paul Watson, now a legal resident of France, was arrested by Danish police on July 21, 2024 on a 15-year-old Japanese warrant moments after his vessel, the John Paul DeJoria, landed at Nuuk, Greenland to refuel. Watson was led away in handcuffs. No […]
The best news of 2021 for North Atlantic seals, whales, & dolphins
Young Newfoundlanders rescue seven stranded pilot whales near scene of “A Whale For The Killing” EMBREE, Newfoundland––The best news in 2021 both for harp seals and gray seals in Atlantic Canada and for pilot whales and Atlantic white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands, 2,000 miles east across the North Atlantic, might in the long run […]
Marine mammal activist Ben White, 53, dies of abdominal cancer
Long problematic career Ben White, 53, died on July 30, 2005, in Friday Harbor, Washington, after a six-month struggle against abdominal cancer. White “cut open dolphin-holding nets in Japan, scaled buildings to hang anti-fur banners, jumped in front of naval ships in Hawaii to stop sonar tests, and slept atop old-growth trees to protest logging,” […]
Denmark bans slaughter without pre-stunning
“Animal rights come before religion” COPENHAGEN––Telling the Danish TV2 network audience that “Animal rights come before religion,” Denmark minister for agriculture and food Dan Jorgensen banned livestock slaughter without pre-stunning, effective on February 17, 2014. Coinciding with outrage over the killing of a “genetically redundant” young giraffe at the Copenhagen […]