Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz stopped livestock shipments to seven nations. Islamabad High Court rules that indiscriminately killing street dogs contradicts Islamic law. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan––The 2026 Haj season, meaning the pilgrimage-to-Mecca season observed by the Islamic faithful, ended on May 30-31 with both good and bad news for animals. The bad news, as ever, […]
Live sheep exports––2 years to go! with updates from the Middle East
Guest column by Katrina Love Katrina Love, of Franklin, Tasmania, Australia, describes herself as “an animal activist, politician, vegan advocate, pluviophile, photographer, writer, Earthling and animal,” and multi-time political candidate for the Animal Justice Party. Formerly campaign manager for Stop Live Exports, in Fremantle, Australia, Katrina Love continues to closely monitor live animal transports, not […]
Live transport plot: “Crocodile Dundee” & “The Uruguayan Connection”
The characters & events depicted in this fictional film plot have been invented for your entertainment. Any resemblance to real life is strictly coincidental. PERTH, Australia––Imagine this as a movie plot: gangster cartels move massive amounts of cocaine from South America to the more affluent parts of the world by hiding it in barrels beneath […]
South Africa livestock transport put back under NSPCA inspection authority
South African High Court rules against the live transport industry, in favor of the National Council of SPCAs MAKHANDA, South Africa––The South African National Council of SPCAs on November 18, 2025 rejoiced over a verdict from Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in Makhanda restoring the ability of the NSPCA to investigate cruelty to […]
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 […]
Postal error kills up to 15,000 newly hatched chicks, leaves SPCA with 2,000+
Delaware disaster draws attention yet again to inhumanity of mailing live birds CAMDEN, Delaware–“More than two thousand” chicks, survivors of as many as 17,000 abandoned for four days at a U.S. Postal Service distribution center circa April 29, 2025, remain at the First State Animal Center & SPCA, shelter director John Parana told media. More […]
EATS Act: beware of zombie stealth attack on U.S. farmed animals
Promising abolition of live exports, King Charles III of U.K. demonstrates why EATS would be the shits for poultry, pigs, & cattle LONDON, U.K.; WASHINGTON D.C.––Kings of England, Scotland, and Wales have not had a say in the passage of United States legislation since 1776, when the Thirteen Colonies and Vermont gave the British […]
Lumpy skin disease––what’s that?––hits cattle from Africa to Nepal
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 […]
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, […]
Giving you one more chance: USDA-APHIS says speak now or hold the pieces
Feds want your input on Animal Welfare Act enforcement & much, much more; comment period extended another 30 days WASHINGTON D.C.––”In response to requests, stakeholders will have an additional 30 days to share their thoughts on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) strategic plan to guide the […]