Even if the shooting ends by Ramadan, a ceasefire will not bring peace for animals RAFAH, Gaza; RAMAT GAN, Israel–– “Sergeant major Adi Eldor, 21, a combat soldier in Maglan commando, was killed last night by anti-tank missiles, alongside his teammate, sergeant major Alon Kleinman, also 21,” the Israeli animal charity Let The Animals Live […]
Floods: Yellowstone animals don’t need Noah, but animals might in Assam, India
High water raises hell in both the Rocky Mountains & below the Himalayas YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, U.S.A.; GUWAHATI, Assam, India––While unprecedentedly catastrophic flooding closed Yellowstone National Park for a week in mid-June 2022, also unprecedentedly severe monsoon flooding closed Manas National Park in Assam state, India, earlier and for longer. Both Yellowstone National Park, […]
Animal losses low after Hurricane Laura––but worst may be ahead
Little animal agriculture where storm made landfall CAMERON PARISH, Louisiana––From the animal safety perspective, Hurricane Laura could scarcely have hit in a less vulnerable location. Reportedly the most powerful hurricane to hit coastal Louisiana since the Last Island hurricane of 1856, Hurricane Laura whirled into the coastal bayous of sparsely populated Cameron Parish in […]
Feds kill 2,400 cormorants but claim why colony fled nests is a mystery
Sea lions are meanwhile killed upstream PORTLAND, Oregon––Hiring USDA Wildlife Services to kill double-crested cormorants near the mouth of the Columbia River, while other agencies killed sea lions beneath the Bonneville Dam, nominally to protect chinook salmon runs on behalf of sport fishers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on May 19, 2016 admitted […]
India drops animal welfare rep from lab oversight board
Animal Welfare Board of India chief ousted for opposing bullfighting CHENNAI, India––Crippling the ability of the Animal Welfare Board of India to monitor animal use in biomedical research and product safety testing, Indian minister of environment and forests Prakash Javadekar has removed AWBI chair R.M. Kharb from his position on the 13-member Committee for […]
NFL warns players–22 years after Humane Farming Association
Eating Mexican or Chinese meat said to bring risk of ingesting banned drug NEW YORK CITY––A National Football League warning to players against eating meat from Mexico and China that may contain the synthetic steroid clenbuterol in early May 2016 at last caught up to Humane Farming Association warnings to the American public––22 years […]
“Animal control: what’s it all about?” asked Mike Burgwin
Cofounded National Animal Control Association Mike Burgwin, 87, founding president of the National Animal Control Association, died on March 23, 2016 at his home in Hoodsport, Washington, “after complications from surgery several weeks earlier,” former NACA president Eric Blow told ANIMALS 24-7. Elaborated Burgwin’s granddaughters Kahlen and Chelsea on a GoFundMe memorial page, “On February […]
Can Tox21 robot take the gamble on animals out of toxicity testing?
Testing device uses cells instead of animals WASHINGTON D.C.––Can a robot detect substance toxicity toward humans faster and more accurately than a traditional test on rats, mice, fish, or other animals? The developers of the Tox21 robot, whose name is short for “Toxicology in the 21st Century,” are betting that the robot can outperform traditional […]
Barbecued tofu made easy
(But sheep can’t make it because they don’t have hands.) Not long ago, at a Vegans of Whidbey Island monthly potluck, I was asked once again for my recipe for barbecued tofu, & decided to post it, instead of just writing it down. Though possibly the easiest item one can make from tofu, this recipe has […]
WHO to recommend against global restrictions on ketamine
Regulators consider request from China (See also Loss of access to ketamine threatens progress in humane euthanasia, by Ruth Steinberger.) GENEVA, Switzerland––The World Health Organization Expert Committee on Drug Dependence is to recommend at the March 2016 meeting of the United Nations Single Commission on Narcotic Drugs that the drug ketamine not be internationally regulated. […]