Ostriches won reprieve from cull when Supreme Court of Canada took up the case OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada––A forthcoming Supreme Court of Canada verdict concerning the fate of nearly 400 ostriches may be the biggest decision of the court in an animal-related case in close to six years. The verdict will hinge upon whether the Supreme […]
Ingrid Newkirk to Tracy Reiman: Is PETA changing the guard, or just the titles?
Founder Newkirk becomes PETA “principal,” succeeded by 35-year staffer Reiman NORFOLK, Virginia––People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] founder Ingrid Newkirk, 76, on August 1, 2025 announced her retirement as president, after 45 years, naming as her successor longtime PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman, 57. Reiman, a PETA employee since 1991, will now […]
“RSPCA Assured” failures bring resignations of board president & VP
Humane Society of the U.S. meanwhile announces first major improvement in Global Animal Partnership standards for farmed animals since 2005 LONDON, U.K.; WASHINGTON D.C.––Royal SPCA of Great Britain board president Chris Packham and board vice president Caroline Lucas have resigned in frustration with failures of the “RSPCA Assured” certification scheme for animal products and […]
Trump cabinet nominees Doug Burgum & Kristi Noem records on animals
Burgum favors fossil fuels, factory farming, & wild horses; Noem shot her dog, a goat, & three horses, then bragged about it in a book WASHINGTON D.C.––Whatever people in North and South Dakota think about animals on public lands, and human use of public lands, is very likely to be public policy during the second […]
A goldfish “funeral for the ages.” The ASPCA & Fish Feel did not attend.
Where were animal advocates & fish advocates in particular during a four-month New York City “educable moment”? BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn, New York––“It was a goldfish funeral for the ages,” trumpeted the New York Daily News on October 26, 2024. “Creative Brooklynites who turned a broken piece of sidewalk surrounding a leaking fire hydrant into a tiny […]
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 […]
Washington state takes up arms against octopus farming
“Hurts our environment & causes suffering,” says lawmaker. OLYMPIA, Washington––“Octopuses in Washington to remain in their little hideaways beneath the waves, safe from farming,” bannered Washington state representative Strom Peterson in a March 13, 2024 media release, after Washington governor Jay Inslee inked Peterson’s House Bill 1153 into law, to take effect on June 13, […]
COP28 conference on global warming expected to tell world to eat less meat
Recommendation to eat less meat may be the most substantive outcome of a United Nations conference on global warming since the COP conference series began DUBAI, United Arab Emirates––A global assembly of COP-rolites including an unprecedentedly large delegation representing the meat and livestock industries are gathered in Dubai for COP28, the twenty-eighth annual Conference Of […]
Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79
Karen Davis was a frequent ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist & commentator MACHIPONGO, Virginia––United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis, or Karen Davis, PhD., as she always signed her writings, “passed away peacefully on the morning of November 4, 2023 at the United Poultry Concerns sanctuary, surrounded by her beloved birds,” the organization announced, pledging to “continue […]
Cell-cultured chicken wins USDA approval. Is it vegan? Does it matter?
Anticipated 2023 production might save 12,500 chicken lives––or more. It’s a start. SAN FRANCISCO, California––The U.S. Department of Agriculture on June 22, 2023 authorized Upside Foods of Alameda, California, and Good Meat Inc., of Berkeley, California, to start selling cell-cultured, lab-grown chicken meat produced without slaughtering animals to stores, restaurants, and the general public. […]