by Beth Clifton Updating Legendary Whidbey Island lone elk Bruiser found dead at age 18, I wish to share some further reflections about Bruiser, the solitary elk of Whidbey Island, who was found deceased on October 6, 2026, beneath a cliff in the heavily wooded Strawberry Point area, where he spent most of his adult […]
Showdown at the NYC carriage horse corral coming on October 22
Draft carriage horse ban to go before the full New York City council NEW YORK CITY––Horse-drawn carriages have never before appeared closer to being banned from New York City. New York city council speaker Julie Menin on October 13, 2026 announced that she and Mayor Zohran Mamdani had reached agreement on draft legislation to end […]
Cockfighting, Cubanos, Castro, & why no Commie connection
Cockfighting is tolerated in Cuba, barely, but in most of the Communist world is a symbol of the decadent west MIAMI, Florida; HAVANA, Cuba; MOSCOW, Russia––The 3,110 gamefowl impounded and euthanized from a ten-acre suspected cockfighting site in Miami-Dade County, Florida on October 3, 2026, near Little Havana, may be more than the sum total […]
Showdown day at the Not Okay Corral comes to Congress
The “Save Our Bacon Act” a.k.a. the “SOB Act,” and the FIGHT Act head a long list of Farm Bill 2026 showdown items WASHINGTON D.C.––Thursday, August 6, 2026 is mark-up and amendment day, for reconciliation of the Senate and House of Representatives versions 2026 Farm Bill. That makes August 6, 2026 the showdown day at […]
The guru Dr. Jeff, sacred cows, the laws of God & the laws of humans
Four books for summer reading with summer half over Reviewed by Merritt Clifton ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Beyond The Boundaries: The Life & Times of Dr. Jeff The Rocky Mountain Vet by Melinda Grohol 186 pages, paperback. 2026. https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Boundaries-Times-Rocky-Mountain/dp/B0FHN8T5BG “My name is Jeff Young,” opened Jeffrey Young, DVM, on July 24, 2017, in what became the most popular […]
Cockfighter-turned-cop-killer informed on himself––on TikTok!
Busted as Edgar Lara, cockfighter & murder suspect is known on TikTok as Edgar Arellano Holguin––& that isn’t all! CAMERON, Oklahoma––What better cover for a cockfighter-turned-cop-killer claiming association with a major Mexican drug-dealing cartel than a dual identity? What better cover for a cockfighting derby than to call it a fundraiser for a murdered cop’s […]
Ex-West Coast Game Park Safari operator Brian Tenney cops a plea
Sloths meet the seven deadly sins of roadside zoo proprietors BANDON, Oregon; ORLANDO, Florida––The now defunct West Coast Game Park Safari operated for 56 years just outside Bandon, Oregon. Sloth World, on International Drive in Orlando, between University Studios and SeaWorld Orlando, has yet to open. Both, though, exemplify why privately owned and operated […]
Louisiana SPCA does what an SPCA should never do: ignores cruelty
The definition of “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals” has not changed in more than 200 years NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana–– The term “SPCA,” since the 1824 formation of the London SPCA, renamed the Royal SPCA in 1840, has meant “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.” But perhaps changing times have changed […]
Salina, Kansas rejects pit bull ban repeal; pit bull breeder killed in Georgia
56.4% of Salina voters said “We don’t want pit bull mayhem” SALINA, Kansas; SNELLVILLE, Georgia––Voters in Salina, Kansas on February 24, 2026 in a special mail-in election rejected an attempted repeal of a pit bull ban. A thousand miles southeast, an apparent fatal attack on a pit bull breeder that morning underscored the reasons […]
20% of fatal pit bull attacks in 2025 resulted from a victim trying to save a pet
Sometimes the pet was another pit bull. Usually not. Either way, getting between the pit bull & the victim was a fatal mistake. Fifteen of the record 84 fatal dog attacks on humans in the U.S. and Canada in 2025, including 13 of the 64 fatal pit bull attacks on humans (20%, or one in […]