Three nurses in the victim’s family (See also Rottweiler killing of seven-year-old brings murder charges in Virginia.) WAYNESBORO, Virginia––Seven-year-old Olivia Grace Floyd’s mother, Alicia Floyd, 37, has for almost 17 years been a registered nurse at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisburg, Virginia. Olivia Grace Floyd’s father, Brooks Floyd, 39, is a nurse practitioner in […]
Pit bull data
Dangerous dog data library by topic • Pit bull body count (& other breeds too) • Pit bull statistics • Pit bulls & public safety • Pit bulls & the humane community • Voices of pit bull experience • Pit bull liability • Pit bull legislation • Pit bulls, history, & sociology • Pit bull […]
Humans evolved as a hunted species, discovered Robert Sussman, 74
Rejected belief that humans are violent by nature (See also Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators, & Human Evolution.) Evolutionary anthropologist and primatologist Robert Sussman, 74, whose research helped to overturn the long commonly held belief that humans are violent and aggressive by nature, died on June 8, 2016 at his home in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He […]
SAEN got their goats: Santa Cruz Biotech put out of animal lab work
USDA-APHIS case settlement comes after Santa Cruz Biotech was caught allegedly hiding goats from inspection SANTA CRUZ, California––Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc., a major producer of antibodies, was on May 19, 2016 fined $3.5 million and appears to have agreed to abandon working with live animals. Santa Cruz Biotech was in 2012 notoriously caught allegedly trying […]
Hot dogs, kids, & summer: a deadly triad
Alleged hot car case perp, facing charges, could be said to have gotten away with it because neither child nor dogs died CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee––Chattanooga State Community College student Shea Amber Anderson, 24, on April 29, 2016 got away with three of the most egregious alleged crimes of neglect that a parent and petkeeper can […]
More to the heads of sperm whales than Moby Dick & spermaceti
Brains & culture The heads of sperm whales returned to the news on April 7, 2016, long after they were last hunted for spermaceti, the oily substance that was once burned as the leading source of artificial light. “It took Herman Melville 135 chapters to get to the part in his 1851 classic Moby Dick,” wrote […]
Dog attack deaths bring sentences ranging from 0 to life
Less time in cases with non-white victims Human death resulting from dog caretaker negligence in the first third of 2016 brought or affirmed sentences of four convicted dog owners ranging from no time served to a potential life sentence. The four cases were similar, each involving dangerous dogs either running at large or left unattended […]
Four poachers get life for killing Costa Rican sea turtle defender
Convictions for the killing of Jairo Mora Sandoval reverse 2015 acquittal LIMÓN, Costa Rica––Four poachers have received prison sentences ranging from 74 to 90 years for the May 30, 2013 murder of Costa Rican sea turtle defender Jairo Mora Sandoval, 26, and the kidnapping and robbery of four volunteers who were helping Mora to […]
Kenyans rise in protest over lions shot & speared
Incidents recall the Cecil case in Zimbabwe NAIROBI, Kenya; JOS, Nigeria––More than 2,000 Kenyans had signed petitions protesting the violent deaths of two lions on the outskirts of Nairobi, the national capital, within 48 hours of the shooting of the first lion, Mohawk, and 24 hours of the discovery of the remains of the […]
Civet coffee: cruelty in a cup
Not just a distilled load of crap DENPASAR, HANOI––A vogue for pricy civet coffee has brought the civet farming industry back perhaps bigger than ever––and certainly in many more places, more than a decade after China tried to bring civet farming to an end. “Liquid speed kills” China banned civet farming in 2004 because of the association […]
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