Lumpy skin disease––yes, it’s ugly––also set Australia & Indonesia at odds for months. KATHMANDU, Nepal––Best known as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, circa 564 B.C., and as the land of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal during the summer of 2023 gained a more sinister distinction as ground zero for arguably the […]
Bob Barker, the voice of spay/neuter, began as voice of Rin Tin Tin
Animal advocacy philanthropist died at 99 HOLLYWOOD HILLS, California––Animal advocacy philanthropist and retired radio and television game show host Bob Barker might be said to have begun his rise to stardom, and his work on behalf of animals, as the barking voice of canine hero Rin Tin Tin, 1950-1955, during the last five of […]
Animal agribusiness on defense worldwide as U.S. Farm Bill battle looms
Agribusiness stakes hopes on getting EATS Act into the Farm Bill WASHINGTON D.C.––From Capitol Hill corridors in Washington D.C. to the East London docks in South Africa and the fur farms of Finland, animal agribusiness is on the defensive lately as never before, and not just because the National Geographic web site on August 7, […]
Are animal advocates “weak & lazy,” or just at different stages of the cause?
“Weak & lazy,” by Steve Hindi; “At different stages” by ANIMALS 24-7 Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness: The rodeo issue, either Mexican or American style, again brought to public notice by ANIMALS 24-7 in Beating a live horse: who calls rodeo performers to account for doing it?, is just one issue demonstrating […]
Birds killing cats? Avian flu hits cats in Poland, FIP hits cats in Cyprus
FIP rages. Avian flu outbreaks among cats are few, but hint at increasing vulnerability of mammals to bird diseases NICOSIA, Cyprus; WARSAW, Poland; HELSINKI Finland––Potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks hitting cats in Cyprus and Poland, and farmed foxes in Finland, have epidemiologists worried about emerging mutant strains of feline infectious peritonitis, a coronavirus best known as […]
Who to blame for animal diseases killing humans? Report says it’s U.S.
Harvard Law School and NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection deliver a shocker for most Americans (but not for you!) “For many Americans, concepts such as ‘bushmeat’ or ‘wildlife farming’ seem foreign,” opens Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States, “but they refer to practices that are common within the United States […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
How meat & dairy “won the fall,” but Tofurky kicked ass in courtroom judo
Tofurky shareholders won “upward of $50 million” too HOOD RIVER, Oregon––Vegan judokas may particularly appreciate a recent combination of swift moves by the Toyko-based dairy company Morinaga Milk Group, now owner of The Tofurky Company. On April 12, 2023, Morinaga won the key points in a landmark federal case over vegan and vegetarian product labeling […]