“Only ewes can prevent forest fires.” Goat ewes, that is. And bucks help too. SACRAMENTO, California––Should goat herders whose goats nibble brush to prevent forest fires be paid like farmworkers, sheep herders, or firefighters? What’s in it for the goats? Communities, private landowners, and government agencies throughout California are preoccupied, as the summer 2023 fire […]
Media plot to conceal cow fart contribution to global warming?
Did you know about it? If so, how? Did cow farts affect what you had for dinner? SEATTLE, Washington––Is there a media conspiracy to suppress awareness of the contribution of animal agriculture to global warming? Considering that there are more than 3,000 newsrooms in the U.S. alone, with nearly 100 of those newsrooms reaching a […]
Rodeo rider Fallon “Kelly” Blackwood escapes hanging for horse theft
Who’s worse than a killer-buyer? How about a killer-stealer? ONEONTA, Alabama––If horse thieves were still hanged, Fallon Danielle “Kelly” Blackwood on May 23, 2023 might have been condemned to hang as many as 63 times for allegedly stealing at least 63 horses by fraud, even though one hanging would have done the job. Instead, Blackwood––one […]
The baffling case of horse trainer Bob Baffert
Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block slammed & damned Baffert in 2018 for allegedly drugging Triple Crown winner Justify, praised him in 2020 for support of the Horseracing Integrity Act, & has slammed & damned him again since then. BALTIMORE, Maryland––Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s horse National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes […]
Animal fighters go down in Mississippi, South Carolina, Florida, & Ohio
Alleged cockfighters, dogfighters, & bedsheet boys exposed TUPELO, Mississippi––Attentive viewers of a May 19, 2023 joint Zoom media conference presented by Animal Wellness Action and Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] might have noted the absence of SHARK founder Steve Hindi from the speaker lineup. Hindi, who checked in with ANIMALS 24-7 soon afterward, […]
Cheese & crackers: Miyoko Schinner & Miyoko’s Creamery settle lawsuits
Schinner likely to focus on The Vegan Good Life with Miyoko SONOMA, California––Eleven months after the venture capitalists controlling the Miyoko’s Creamery board of directors in June 2022 greased the skids for founder Miyoko Schinner, three months after the board on February 16, 2023 publicly sacked and sued her, prompting her March 16, 2023 countersuit, […]
Will Delaware bust cockpit exposed at SHARK/AWA media conference?
Action in the land of the Fighting Blue Hens’ Chickens FELTON, Delaware––Is a major cockfighting bust imminent in Delaware, a state which has apparently not had a cockfighting raid since January 25, 2006? ANIMALS 24-7 understands the Delaware State Police on May 16, 2023 executed at least one search warrant at a site discovered and […]
Worst horse movie ever made? Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
It ain’t a horse opera because the fat lady doesn’t sing Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West Directed by Ashley Avis. Premiered on May 12, 2023. 101 minutes https://wildbeautyfoundation.org/films/wild-beauty-documentary/ Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Never before, in almost a century of combined experience with equines and in environmental journalism, have the ANIMALS 24-7 […]
Supreme Court split verdict on California pig law sets up another round
California “wins” right to enforce ban on sale of pork from pigs kept in gestation stalls, but Justice Kavanaugh tells agribusiness how they might reverse the decision WASHINGTON D.C.––Rendering a decision split more ways than a pork belly by a supermarket butcher, with little consideration of pig suffering but a great deal of attention to […]
Necropsies dominate the 2023 Kentucky Derby post-mortems
15-to-1 longshot winner Mage is barely noticed amid seven horse deaths LOUISVILLE, Kentucky––Kentucky Derby post-mortems began in 2023 ten days before the 20-horse field walked to the starting gate, but they were called “necropsies.” The more familiar term “autopsy” is used only when the deceased is human. The upset victory by Mage, a horse with […]