Screwworm quarantines threaten adoption transport approach to achieving Best Friends’ “90% live release rate” threshold for “no kill” status AUSTIN, Texas––From agribusiness pundits to zoonotic disease researchers, online commentators were mystified on June 18, 2026 to see Best Friends Animal Society senior director of national programs Brent Toellner lined up to testify to the Texas […]
The Lone Star tick-transmitted meat allergy kills first known human victim
Anyone east of the Mississippi who has been bitten by a Lone Star tick & eats red meat is potentially vulnerable––and the tick could spread west CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia––Texas ranchers, with a cattle inventory exceeding 12 million, leading the U.S. in beef production, would no doubt prefer that the phrase “Lone Star” be associated with the […]
Are 2,853 heifers stranded at sea off Turkey victims of the Gaza/Israel war?
Or are the heifers just more casualties of business as usual in the livestock shipping racket? UPDATE: According to VesselFinder.com, the Spiridon II left port at Bandırma soon after the international news network SkyNews aired a report about it, approximately 16 hours after the following ANIMALS 24-7 coverage was posted. Reports VesselFinder.com, Spiridon II “is […]
What ostrich-killing Canadian authorities have in common with the Janjaweed
There are also differences between massacring healthy Canadian ostriches and massacring the starving residents of a besieged African city. But the comparison bears a look. EDGEWOOD, British Columbia–– The massacre of about 330 ostriches on the night of November 6-7, 2025 by Canadian Food Inspection Agency sharpshooters at Universal Ostrich Farms of British Columbia may […]
Supreme Court of Canada to decide fate of 400 B.C. ostriches
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 […]
FBI: Friend of Biohazard Investigators or of Farm Business Investment?
Wayne Pacelle sees sunny days ahead for the historically stormy relationship between animal advocacy & the FBI WASHINGTON D.C.––Night-and-day different visions of the FBI relationships with factory farming and animal advocacy emerged just a click apart on June 3, 2025 from Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle and Wired investigative journalist Del Cameron. Pacelle envisioned […]
Texas House approves shooting feral aoudad sheep from helicopters
Texan cultural insecurity strikes again AUSTIN, Texas––The Texas House of Representatives on May 7, 2025 overwhelmingly approved a bill to allow hunters to shoot feral aoudad sheep from helicopters. “If the bill becomes law,” explained Austin American Statesman chief political reporter John C. Moritz, “aoudad sheep would join feral hogs among game animals who can […]
Trump administration plan to fight H5N1 ignores cockfighting
Ag secretary Brooke Rollins continues to stall vaccination, & hopes to undo state-level cage-free laws, which have little or nothing to do with the price of eggs WASHINGTON D.C.––Donald Trump administration agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins on February 26, 2025 told media that she has directed the USDA to spend $1 billion more to try to […]
Live markets torture animals & perhaps poison people in your city too
by Eric Mills, coordinator, Action for Animals, Oakland, California. The San Francisco Commission of Animal Care & Control met on February 13, 2025. On the agenda: animal cruelty in the city’s many live markets, presented by the Washington, D.C.-based organization, Animal Outlook, replete with videos of the abuses and violations. The involvement of Animal Outlook, […]
Trump & RFK Jr. play “chicken” with H5N1; fire 1,260 “disease detectives”
68 sick farmers, including one who died, may be the “sentinel chickens” for the next pandemic, but Trump administration says, “What, me worry?” WASHINGTON D.C.––Playing “chicken” with the rising risk of an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic spreading beyond six dozen farm workers to the general public, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., hours after confirmation as the […]