Paint job was not “whitewashing” because Project Chimps used bright colors BLUE RIDGE, Georgia–– Humane Society of the U.S. representatives once upon a time derisively denounced as eyewash meant to impress human visitors, not the imprisoned animals, the common zoo practice of painting scenic backdrops on bare concrete walls. Staff and volunteers at the Project […]
Pit bull & animal neglect defense lawyer pleads in murder-for-hire plot
Seven felonies & four misdemeanors could bring life sentence EVERGREEN, Colorado––Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Reba Edwards Emmi, 43, previously best known for defending alleged dangerous dogs and accused animal hoarders, is due to be sentenced on August 16, 2021 after pleading guilty to seven felonies and four misdemeanors. Edwards on June 28, 2021 pleaded […]
Credibility, GAP? Global Animal Partnership 10 years later
Farm Forward, a former booster, finds GAP approach bassackward––& is scarcely alone AUSTIN, Texas––What a difference ten years of Global Animal Partnership have not made for factory-farmed animals! Indeed, the biggest visible change associated with Global Animal Partnership [GAP] may be that Farm Forward has split with it. A faith-linked farmed animal advocacy organization, Farm […]
Dying tule elk need water now diverted to cattle; can lawyers save them?
Cattle ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore was to end by 1987, but now 10 times more cattle crowd the habitat than before the land was “protected” POINT REYES, California––The remains of at least 18 endangered tule elk at drought-parched Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California, 38 miles north of San Francisco, attest […]
Rare busts hit cockfighting, dog torture, & other Appalachian pastimes
Convictions remain scarce as hen’s teeth LONDON, Kentucky––Ten people including a Laurel County bailiff were reportedly cited by Kentucky State Police for various alleged offenses on July 10, 2021 while attending a cockfight at Bald Rock, Kentucky, according to the Chicago-based animal advocacy organization Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK]. SHARK drones and hidden cameras […]
Tiger exhibitor Marcus Cook: ex-cop has dodged the law for 20 years
Carole & Howard Baskin aim to stop Cook by persuading feds to do their job KAUFMAN, Texas––Having already put tiger cub exhibitors “Joe Exotic” Schreibvogel Maldonado Passage, Tim Stark, and Jeff Lowe out of business, Carole and Howard Baskin of Big Cat Rescue are metaphorically gunning now for Marcus Cline Hines Cook, doing business as […]
Hunter gets 7 to 20 years for killing teen he mistook for a groundhog
Rare stiff sentence for “hunting accident” DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania––Kenneth Troy Heller, 52, of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, was on July 7, 2021 sentenced to serve from seven to 20 years in prison for a so-called “hunting accident” that on October 24, 2020 killed 18-year-old Jason Kutt at Nockamixon State Park, Bucks County. The unusually stiff sentence […]
Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s mother & a Dutch witness speak
Pit bull owner Christophe Ellul “has to recognize that it was his dog,” says Nathalie Pilarski. PARIS, France––The Amiens Court of Appeal is to rule on July 23, 2021 on a petition from attorney Alexandre Novion, representing pit bull owner Christophe Ellul, seeking to suppress DNA evidence that Ellul’s pit bull Curtis, and Curtis […]
Dog breed census 2021: Labs, hounds top list; pit bulls come in third
The real “face of America’s dog” is not much different from 1900-1950, even if pit bulls are more abundant If someone wrote the sort of demonstrable nonsense about the relative popularity of automobile makes that a fellow named Brett Bachman published on Salon.com on July 4, 2021 about dog demographics, that essay would likely never […]
Bush vet Eric Jayne, 61, who survived wilds of Alaska, killed by truck
Jayne spent career providing vet care to remote & indigenous communities GRAND FORKS, North Dakota–– “Eric Jayne, DVM, lost his life this morning in a multi-vehicle accident near Grand Forks, North Dakota,” Humane Society of the U.S. senior state director Lisa Kauffman informed friends and colleagues at mid-day on July 2, 2021. “The North […]
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