Devastation along one of the world’s longest yet most remote rivers GUWAHATI, ASSAM, INDIA––Exceptionally heavy monsoon rains pelting the southeast side of the Himalayas, believed to be symptomatic of global warming, have for the fifth year in a row triggered deadly landslides and caused the Brahmaputra river and tributaries to overflow their banks. More than […]
“Buffalo Bill” Dyer, 83, led animal rescues from Santa Catalina Island
Career in show biz led to more than 35 years in animal advocacy Bill Dyer, 83, who sought stardom in show business, but made his most enduring mark in animal advocacy, died on July 11, 2017 in Venice, California, his home for most of his life. Born to immigrant parents in San Diego, a short […]
Payments for predation losses spark alleged attempts to get away with murder
Schemes meant to save lives may be “gamed” for profit PILIBHIT, India; MADISON, Wisconsin; KALAMAZOO, Michigan––As many as seven alleged murders in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve of northern India, near the border of Nepal, may help to spotlight a fatal flaw in schemes to pay compensation for wildlife depredation, already evident in the U.S. […]
Hunting, controlled burns & brain rot
Prescribed cure may accelerate the spread of a deadly disease If a contagious and deadly brain rot spread by deer and elk threatens people who eat venison, can controlled burns that boost deer, elk and moose populations slow the spread of the illness? The controlled burn prescription, advanced by Colorado State University immunologist Mark […]
The untold story of the conflict in Laikipia, Kenya
by Sebastian Mwanza (Sebastian Mwanza is media representative for the Africa Network for Animal Welfare) Heavily armed pastoralist groups numbering about 10,000 from the Samburu, Baringo, Pokot and Isiolo districts of central Kenya, bringing more than 135,000 cattle with them, have over the past four months forcefully moved into ranches and conservancies in Laikipia county, […]
The animal issue that made Donald Trump a presidential candidate
Or, what is bio-xenophobia? (Part I of a four-part series. See also How an ant doctor came to be driving public policy; How the Twin Towers fell on animals too; and Questioning the claims of “crisis.”) With just six weeks left of the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign season, xenophobia, the fear of foreigners, has thus far […]
“Can’t fix wild horses? Kill ’em,” say BLM advisors
Recommendation to kill horses came after advocates blocked multiple fertility control proposals Part II of a two-part series. See also: Is BLM advisory board threat to kill 45,000 mustangs a wild bet? The BLM National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board frustratedly recommended that the 45,000 horses in holding facilities be killed only hours after […]
Is BLM advisory board threat to kill 45,000 mustangs a wild bet?
Who holds the chips after showdown at the Stockmen’s Hotel & Casino? Part I of a two-part series. See also: “Can’t fix wild horses? Kill ’em,” say BLM advisors ELKO, Nevada––Will the Bureau of Land Management really kill all 45,000 wild horses now in off-range holding facilities, as recommended on September 9, 2016 by […]
Wolf pack massacre: Profanity Peaks
Rancher put cattle on National Forest land already occupied by wolf pack SPOKANE, Washington––Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife agents may at this writing have already killed the last of the five adult gray wolves and six pups who in early August 2016 formed the Profanity Peak pack, in the Colville National Forest near […]
First conviction of animal sacrifice practitioner in 11 years
But light sentence for perp LEESBURG, Virginia––Loudoun County, Virginia general district Judge Deborah C. Welsh on August 3, 2016 convicted Santeria priestess Mercy Carrion, 43, on three counts of cruelty to animals, but suspended her sentence on condition that she take a course in how to properly sacrifice animals from Gro Mambo Danthoula Novanyon […]