A quarter of a century later, recollections remain vivid & the aftershocks rumble on September 11, 2001, though it reshaped our world, is now as remote as Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941, was to Americans born in 1966, who have now reached or will soon be reaching 60 years of age. Yet the current […]
Wendell Berry, Gloria Steinem, & animal rights: idols meet (meat) reality
Berry raised animals for slaughter. Steinem believed “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.” Neither Wendell Berry and Gloria Steinem, each deceased at 92, on August 31, 2026 and September 2, 2026, respectively, were known primarily––or perhaps even at all––for their considerable influence on the late 20th century rise […]
“Thou Shalt Not Kill Animals” initiative petition drive fails in Oregon
Was “Thou Shalt Not Kill Animals” initiative petition effort worth $300,000? Did it help at all? SALEM, Oregon––The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office on July 24, 2026 announced that Initiative Petition 28, described by Oregon Capital Chronicle editor Julia Shumway as “an effort led by Portland-based vegan advocates to dramatically expand the state’s animal cruelty […]
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 […]
Brigitte Bardot, 91, movie star for 20 years, animal advocate for 52 years
Brigitte Bardot: provocative on film, but even more provocative for animals, for more than twice as long PARIS, France––Brigitte Bardot, 91, a fashion model for four years, a film actress for 20 years, and a full-time animal advocate for the last 52 years of her life, died on December 28, 2025 of undisclosed causes at […]
Investigator Gail Eisnitz details her fight for farmed animals & to stay alive
Out of Sight: An Undercover Investigator’s Fight for Animal Rights & Her Own Survival by Gail Eisnitz Skyhorse Publishing 307 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018 www.skyhorsepublishing.com 250 pages, hardback, 2025. $32.99. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton These days Beth and I hear from Gail Eisnitz mostly as cc. on emails pertaining to investigations of […]
“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 […]
Factory farming, lamb slaughter, fur sales, & pit bulls on 2024 ballots
Animal issues are more in focus down-ballot in California & Colorado than in the U.S. national election, despite the anti-animal history of the previous Trump administration and the longtime pro-animal history of Kamala Harris SONOMA COUNTY, California; DENVER & AURORA, Colorado––Down-ballot measures coming before local voters in California and Colorado on November 5, 2024 […]
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 […]
Dianne Feinstein, 90, represented animals in the U.S. Senate for 30 years
Feinstein discovered animal issues after move from San Francisco politics to Washington D.C. WASHINGTON D.C., SAN FRANCISCO, California––U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, who died on September 29, 2023 in Washington D.C., might have been more involved with animal issues than any other member of Congress, from her election to the Senate in 1992 until her […]