Four other counties “have taken significant steps” to reduce steer-tailing cruelty, says Steve Hindi ROCHELLE, Illinois––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] on May 18, 2026 heralded the arrival of rodeo season with a rare announcement of good news on the steer-tailing front. “As we enter our fifth year of exposing the illegal animal abuse at […]
Amid five California sanctuary fiascos, Suwanna Ranch hosts survivors
DELTA Rescue, Rock N Paws, Duck Sanctuary, Miranda’s Rescue, & Villa Chardonnay/ Horses With Wings disasters come like toppling dominoes FORTUNA, JULIAN, & ELK CREEK, California––Amid the early 2026 meltdowns of five of the biggest and most publicized California animal sanctuaries, one of the oldest, biggest, least publicized and quietly stable California animal sanctuaries, the […]
Year of the Fire Horse arrives early, hits “Big Lickers” in North Carolina
36 walking horses killed, with seven survivors, in barn fire at former “Big Lick” world champion Callicutt Stables SEAGROVE, North Carolina––The Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese astrological calendar cycle formally begins on February 17, 2026, but arrived two days early in Seagrove, North Carolina, where a fire breaking out around 12:45 p.m. […]
San Diego Rodeo witnesses “not credible,” finds judge, but rules for the rodeo
Plaintiffs see “victory” in judicial criticisms of responses to deaths of horses Waco Kid and Pearl Necklace SAN DIEGO, California; PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania; WASHINGTON D.C.––San Diego County Superior Court judge Joel R. Wohlfeil apparently will not be issuing an injunction to stop future editions of the San Diego Padres Rodeo at PetCo Park, according to his […]
Lawsuit hopes to jerk down the San Diego Padres Rodeo at PetCo Park
Cruelty to animals, case contends, is an “unfair business practice.” SAN DIEGO, California––The third annual San Diego Padres Rodeo at PetCo Park, slated to run from Friday, January 16, 2026 to Sunday, January 18, 2026, will first have to clear a potential legal barrier finally due for trial on Monday, January 12, 2026. At issue […]
Lame ducks, dragons, & the fight over future of NYC horse-drawn carriages
New York City council health committee vote kills “Ryder’s Law,” but not the issue NEW YORK, N.Y.––If Chinese dictator Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was correct in his admonition that “Dragons and dying empires lash hardest in their death throes,” either the New York City horse-drawn carriage industry or activism against it may be just about done […]
Spurring cops to bust cockfighters, SHARK aims for steer-tailers to be next
“Heritage” defense fails to persuade in California & Texas, but not yet in Illinois ROCHELLE, Illinois––Spurred to action by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK], law enforcement from Texas to California to Michigan has cracked down on cockfighting lately, at times even giving SHARK credit for undercover and drone videos providing the evidence leading to […]
Facing trial soon: Dean Brock Solomon, Dianne Bedford, & Diane Indelicato
Observers wonder why law enforcement took so long to bring charges against notorious “rescue angels” EPHRATA, Washington; VICTORVILLE, California; WEST ISLIP, New York––Dean Marie Solomon Brock, 65, was on August 25, 2025 ordered by the Grant County, Washington district court to have no animals in her care as a condition of her release from […]
National Celebration of “Big Lick” mostly celebrates getting away with it
The annual event appears to be more about defiance than about the horses SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee––Empty seats to the left of them, empty seats to the right of them, horse manure piling up behind them, into the 87th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration rode 1,300 contestants in the world’s most notorious exhibition of what the […]
Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?
Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––The 91st edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is to conclude on August 10, 2025, as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Checking to see how many horses died at Omak this […]