Animal rescue activity is nearly completed in evacuated parts of Israel attacked by Hamas AL ZAHRA, Gaza; TEL AVIV, Israel––Amid the explosions and chaos of the Israeli Defense Force incursion to destroy Hamas tunnels, dogs run, cats hide, and the Gaza donkeys go on working. Indeed, the surviving Gaza donkeys are working perhaps harder than […]
Wild horses chased by choppers in U.S.; shot from choppers in Australia
Australia has no Wild & Free-Roaming Horses & Burros Act DAVIS, California; SYDNEY, Australia––“Now through February,” American Wild Horse Campaign currently warns via social media, “over 7,000 wild horses will be chased by helicopters, ripped from their families, injured, or in the worst case, killed. “The survivors will be funneled into overburdened holding facilities, sometimes […]
Charreada steer-tailing & horse-tripping defense flunks history, art, & logic
Purported “historical” defense of steer-tailing & horse-tripping misrepresents sources For about as long as it took Mexican American Classic Charrería Organization founder and president Edward F. Ramirez to send ANIMALS 24-7 an email back on October 3, 2023, Ramirez appeared to make common cause with Showing Animals Respect & Kindness in denouncing charreada animal abuse. […]
Charreada horse beater Christofer Dorado charged in Joliet, Illinois
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness video shows what Dorado did. Court to decide if beatings were crimes. JOLIET, Illinois––The People of the State of Illinois, represented by the 12th Judicial Circuit Court in Joliet, county seat for Will County, on October 3, 2023 brought two misdemeanor cruelty charges against horse-beater Christofer Dorado, of Batavia, Illinois. […]
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 […]
Charreada steer-tailing loses first court test in Will County, Illinois
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video persuades Illinois state’s attorneys & county court judge JOLIET, Illinois––A terse handwritten note from Will County, Illinois county court judge John Anderson on September 8, 2023 handed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness a first big win––at least on paper––in a year-long campaign against charreada cruelty in the […]
Animals & their humans flock back to Yellowknife after wildfire crisis
Northwest Territories capital & critters survive three-week evacuation YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Canada––Yellowknife residents and their animals are returning home so rapidly after a three-week evacuation due to wildfires that Ollie Williams, founder of Cabin Radio in Yellowknife, on September 8, 2023 reported an “Alarming uptick in speeding” on the highways leading north to the Northwest […]
Can new regs fix what’s wrong with walking horse shows & racing?
Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration was mighty quiet without Clant Seay SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee––The 85th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, held from August 23, 2023 through September 2, 2023, was mighty quiet without the protesting presence for the first time in a decade of Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay. Seay, […]
Should ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson go to heaven or hell?
“Heaven!” says Wayne Pacelle. “Hell!” says Steve Hindi. CHATHAM, Massachusetts––Bill Richardson, 75, New Mexico governor from 2003 to 2011, involved in politics and international diplomacy from his 1971 graduation from Tufts University until shortly before his death, died on September 1, 2023 at his summer home on Cape Cod. Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle […]
HFA & SHARK lawsuit hits Boone County, Illinois, for permitting steer-tailing
Case has potential to stop charreada throughout Illinois BELVIDERE, Illinois––Charreada promoters suddenly have something more to worry about during the second half of the Illinois charreada season than just Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drones monitoring steer-tailing, electroshocking, horse-flogging, and horse-tripping. An August 24, 2023 lawsuit brought against Boone County, Illinois, by the Humane […]