New York City veterinarian Ashraf Hussein, Alabama humane officer Mary Stanley Mosely Mansour, California broadcaster Jerry Cesak, sanctuary founder JP Novic, and eagle advocate Sandy Steers, as well as Canadian bee expert Sheila Rafaela Colla Vet died on the job Ashraf Hussein, DVM, 56, died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside the Low Cost Vet Mobile […]
“Murder hornets” murder two Americans, five years after panic, in Laos
Ordinary bees, wasps, & hornets meanwhile kill 72 Americans per year on average LUANG PRABANG, Laos––Flagged as a deadly invasive threat to Americans and especially American honey bees by the first Donald Trump administration in May 2020, so-called “murder hornets” have finally murdered two Americans. But in Laos, not the United States. And not in […]
Long Island wildlife rehabber posted years of warnings before her crash
Samantha Boyd & Neal Wechsler: headed for catastrophe at least since 2021 NORTHPORT, New York––Charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, Safe Haven Wildlife Rehab Facility operator Samantha Boyd, 57, and her partner Neal Wechsler, 61, in early October 2025 made the top of news broadcasts and screaming […]
Remove bees, wasps, or hornets without getting stung
First, don’t go bugs by Merritt Clifton For years I was the fellow whom people would call for help when they had problems with bees and closely related species. I never had much trouble handling bees, wasps, or hornets, but even though handling them may not be hard, there is not any one simple answer […]
What’s wrong with this picture? What does the RSPCA do for logo animals?
“Some animals are more equal than others.” LONDON, U.K.––What is wrong with this picture, or rather the series of 19 pictures of animals who in various arrangements form the new logo of the Royal SPCA of Great Britain? ANIMALS 24-7 will weigh that question several paragraphs later. Spoiler: what is wrong has nothing to […]
Why we don’t suggest eating bugs instead of beef, pork, chicken, & fish
Insects may be sentient, but sentience is not the most realistic reason to not eat them LAUSANNE, Switzerland––Probably most of us in the English-speaking world, when very small and still unduly trusting, heard someone say “Open your mouth and shut your eyes, and I’ll give you something to make you wise,” did so, and had […]
Birds, bees, broiling heat, & adding insect parts to food on purpose
The bees-at-the-airport disaster story went global––but mass media missed the biggest issues KENAI, Alaska––More than 300 Alaskan beekeepers, most of them fruit and vegetable farmers, without native honey bees to pollinate introduced food crops, on April 23, 2022 expected to receive two million bees from Sacramento to help start their short growing season. Soldotna […]
Israeli vegan honey could leave Russia & Ukraine holding the honey bucket
Lab-produced honey goes into industrial-scale production just as global supply from bees is disrupted by Putin’s War JERUSALEM, Israel––Regardless of whether Ukraine staves off the Russian invasion or suffers the genocide threatened by Russian use of heavy weapons against civilian targets, the biggest and perhaps only winner of what is now known worldwide as […]
“Asian murder hornet”: surrogate for COVID-19 terror
Or, how two “great sparrow bees” incited a national hunt for alleged Chinese alien invaders BLAINE, Washington––How did the Asian giant hornet, known for centuries in Japan as the “great sparrow bee,” generally regarded as beneficial to farmers for killing insect pests, suddenly become feared in the U.S. as the so-called “murder hornet”? After […]
Obits: defenders of cats, dogs, wild horses, bees, crabs, & elephants
Elaine Adair, Dayton Hyde, Susan Rudnicki, Alana Cutland, & Matthew Talbot had in common service to animals Elaine Adair Elaine Adair, cofounder of the Mississippi Spay & Neuter Alliance (MS-SPAN), born Elaine Girton on October 15, 1950 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, died after a long struggle against cancer on October 14, 2019, one day before what would […]