by Eric Mills, coordinator, Action for Animals, Oakland, California “Cowboys, sensing—like gorillas—that their time has passed, cling ever more desperately to anachronistic styles, not willing to admit that the myth has degenerated, the traditions eroded to a point where attempting to sustain them falls somewhere between silliness and the outright ridiculous.” ––Larry McMurtry in the […]
Black humane history found in great-grandpa’s attic near a town called Ark
Letters and a map document humane & racial justice movements that pointed the way for Martin Luther King Jr. ARK, Virginia––Bus driver Alan Lemon, 59, hoped to find antiques that might be sold online in 2018 when he and a friend decided to explore the attic of his great grandfather John W. Lemon’s long abandoned […]
Four black leaders who built the humane movement––long before MLK!
Long before Martin Luther King Jr. had his enduring influence, more people recognized William Key, John W. Lemon, Richard Carroll, & F. Rivers Barnwell in their own time than would have recognized ASPCA founder Henry Bergh INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana––“I am the only colored speaker on the program, and in fact I have not seen a […]
The Five Piggies of the Apocalypse, by John Robins
Will pig-to-human transplants cause farmers to grow hearts? [John Robins is director of Ethical Promotions Ltd and Campaigns Consultant to Animal Concern, incorporating the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society, founded in 1876.] How much is a pig worth? A farmer in Fife producing free-range organically grown animals for the top end of the meat market might expect […]
Cats, mice, & even octopi sacrificed to false gods of conservation
E.O. Wilson sidekick Thomas Lovejoy contributed to rationales for massacring some animals to save others Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III, 80, on December 25, 2021 quietly died from pancreatic cancer in McLean, Virginia, just 24 hours before the death of E.O. Wilson, 92, in Burlington, Massachusetts. (See E.O. Wilson, counter-evolutionary “evolutionary biologist,” dies at 92.) […]
Are pigs among our closest kin? Heart transplant revives debate
Ethics, genetics, & relationship of pigs to humans BALTIMORE, Maryland––The world’s first pig-to-human heart transplant, performed on January 7, 2022 at the University of Maryland Medical Center, may or may not extend the life of transplant recipient David Bennett, 57. Certainly it shortened the life of the pig, trucked five hours from a company […]
How many other animals did dogs––& pit bulls––kill in 2021?
Social distancing again suppressed the totals, but pit bulls still accounted for 84% of all animals killed by dogs Again in 2021, as in 2020, social distancing practiced due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic kept people and dogs home much more often than in previous years. This trend held reported dog attacks on other animals […]
Will there be a Tomb of the Unknown Pit Bull Victim? Body count 2021
Dog attack death toll fell just short of a new record CHICAGO, Illinois––Ten days after the December 28, 2021 death of the apparent last fatal dog attack victim of the year, ANIMALS 24-7 still has not found the identity of the 34-year-old male victim, despite many hours of searching death records, social media postings, […]
Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2021 log
(Click the link below to see the complete data log, 1982-2021.) 2021 final dog attack stats with breed. Please be aware that the data lines for years previous to 2021 may have changed as result of making updates based on new information. For example, we occasionally learn of dog attacks not reported in the years […]
Greyhound racing drug dealer goes down with the industry
Kennel Supply owner Jon Stidham to forfeit more in profits than the Iowa greyhound racing industry has seen in years CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa––Former Iowa Greyhound Association president Jon Stidham, 57, who most recently served the association as vice president and treasurer, on January 5, 2022 pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally dealing drugs, […]
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