Roasting pigs alive & smothering the state in pig manure is fine for corporate farmers, says Iowa law, but errant individuals will be prosecuted. One was just convicted & sentenced. DES MOINES, Iowa––Whatever happened to Jefferson Davis “J.D.” Hogg, better known as Boss Hogg, the insatiably greedy and unscrupulous villain of the 1979-1985 television […]
Why Paddy the horse probably wishes he didn’t go to work today
Timing is everything, especially in New York City traffic NEW YORK, N.Y.––The timing of an as yet un-apprehended and unidentified driver of an allegedly speeding SUV was clearly off at almost 10 a.m. on the morning of November 18, 2022 when he tried to pass a horse-drawn carriage at 58th Street near 9th Avenue. The […]
“Cultural” defenses for charreada & cockfighting crumble
Two charreada promoters busted in Boone County, Illinois; Burmese cockfighting ring busted in Wells County, Indiana; Los Angeles close to banning bucking straps & prods GENEVA, Illinois––Suspecting persons involved in an October 23, 2022 charreada rodeo had been charged with cruelty, but previously unable to obtain the details, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on November […]
Anti-“Big Lick” soring PAST Act passes U.S. House; goes to Senate
And California voters dump horse racing bail-out measure WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. House of Representatives on November 14, 2022 for the second time passed the PAST Act, short for Prevent All Soring Tactics, and sent it to the U.S. Senate, where for the second time it is likely to pull up lame. But maybe not. Before […]
The “Big Lick,” Tunica, & the smell of horse manure in the morning
“Big Lick” industry hopes to raise a defense fund at show finale brunches in center ring TUNICA, Mississippi––Tennessee walking horse “Big Lick” fanciers either love the smell of horse manure in the morning, or, when converging for shows at the Paul Battle Arena, miss the odor of Sugar Ditch Alley, the open sewer for which […]
Excelsior Hog Farm protest leaders Soranno & Schafer get 30 days each
Activist couple also get year on probation. Factory farmers get apoplexy. ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia, Canada––Convicted by jury on July 12, 2022 on charges of breaking and entering and mischief for their part in exposing alleged animal abuse at the Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia in April 2019, husband-and-wife vegan activists Nick Schafer and […]
Acquittal of “open rescue” activists rattles factory farms from Utah to China
Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung & co-defendant Paul Picklesimer were prosecuted for “stealing” two piglets left to die ST. GEORGE, Utah––Direct Action Everywhere founder Wayne Hsiung, defending himself, and co-defendant Paul Darwin Picklesimer, represented by veteran Salt Lake City lawyer Mary Corporon, were on October 8, 2022 acquitted by jury on all charges pertaining […]
Fourth attempted Iowa “ag gag” law fails on first glance by a judge
“Ag gag” falls on summary judgement DES MOINES, Iowa––U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose on September 26, 2022 struck down the latest of four attempts by the Iowa legislature to pass an “ag gag” law prohibiting activists and journalists from producing undercover video of activities inside factory farms, feedlots, and slaughterhouses. Three of the four […]
Exposed in California & Illinois: the most perverse events in rodeo
“Wild cow milking” goes down for the count in one of last major venues, but fight to ban steer-tailing has barely begun OAKLAND, California––A proposed ban on wild cow milking, the only rodeo event known to have been invented by an alleged philandering pederast, is only a second reading from final approval by the Alameda […]
Why was a sick horse, too old to work, pulling a New York City carriage?
Opossum piss may have made the horse sick, but why didn’t the 35-year driver see it? NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.–– The New York City Transport Workers Union might be said to have invoked the “Ernie Paragallo defense” on behalf of carriage horse owner/driver Ian McKeever, 54, who during the evening rush hour on August […]
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