50-year effort by Scottish seal defenders––but Humane Society of the U.S. blasts out media releases claiming credit DUMBARTON, Scotland––Culminating a half century of effort by the Save Our Seals Fund, and Animal Concern Scotland, led for decades by John Robins of both organizations, the Scottish Parliament on June 17, 2020 ratified a new Animals & Wildlife […]
Do fish feel pain? Victoria Braithwaite proved it to science
Led recognition of “metric tons” of fish as millions of sentient lives UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania––The biggest news in the watery world of fisheries in early October 2019 was the appearance of the 447-foot Margiris, reputedly the world’s second-largest trawler, through the mists of the English Channel just 14 miles off Brighton, East Sussex. “For […]
Three veg fun foods that terrify the animal-based food industry
Impossible Burgers, cell-cultured ice cream, & goldfish crackers––& goldfish crackers may scare the animal-based food industry most of all EMERYVILLE, California––Now you can order vegan Impossible Burgers to be delivered for a midnight meal, as thousands of people have already done. As of July 11, 2019, you could have real vegan ice cream for […]
What “sportsmen” say about stomping fish dumped out of a barrel
Fishers fight over sadistic display KALISPELL, Montana––Shooting fish in a barrel, long a metaphor for the most unsporting forms of hunting, has a correlative at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s, a Bass subsidiary since 2017. To hook children on recreational killing, Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s stores from time to time offer free access […]
Trial of David Wills on child sex abuse charges again delayed
Case may hang on pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas––The multi-time postponed trial of former humane society executive David Keith Wills on a federal charge of allegedly trafficking a minor for sexual purposes has yet again been rescheduled. Wills is now set for trial in September 2019, ANIMALS 24-7 has been informed. […]
Frustrated fishers push to kill West Coast sea lions & seals
Newly formed Pacific Balance Pinnipeds Society gives voice to anger VANCOUVER, B.C.; PORTLAND, Oregon––Removing a longtime irritant to the British Columbia wild salmon fishing industry––and a major economic competitor––the British Columbia government and First Nations have agreed to phase out 17 commercial salmon farms operated since 1987 by a company called Marine Harvest off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. The […]
Aussie prof’s video challenges “invasion biologists” on their own turf
Feminist Ferals by Arian D. Wallach Produced by Tommy Lin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpx-ZHHWN5s&t=2s This video explores how conservation remains tethered to chauvinistic ideologies. It explores how archaic beliefs about animals, wildlife, and nature, has erased one of the Earth’s most significant rewilding events in recent history. Feminism would radically reshape conservation and our view of nature. It […]
“Best science” won’t protect “clean meat” from foes, warns vet of biotech wars
Fear of science & change will be weapons for animal industries trying to save their rump roasts CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts––“Do not assume that doing the best science possible will insulate you from criticism,” AquaBounty Technologies chief executive Ronald L. Stotish warned the New Harvest 2018 conference on “cellular agriculture,” toward the end of two days […]
Washington bans Atlantic salmon sea pens––what’s in it for the fish?
Five-year phase-out of Atlantic salmon farming mandated by law OLYMPIA, Washington––What is in it for the fish? That is a question hardly anyone is asking, or is likely to ask, as Washington state embarks upon a legislatively mandated five-year phase-out of the sea pen-raised Atlantic salmon industry in Puget Sound. The phase-out bill was introduced […]
Shellfishing & oil minions blame sea otters for effects of global warming
Still endangered after century of recovery, sea otters become scapegoats ANCHORAGE, Alaska––Sea otters are now taking the rap from frustrated Alaskan shellfishers for one of the best-documented and longest foreseen effects of global warming: oceanic acidification, inhibiting the ability of species such as abalone, urchins, clams, crabs and sea cucumbers to build and maintain shells. […]