Israel discourages Kaporos. U.S. authorities ignore it. Many U.S. Jews protest against it. TEL AVIV, Israel; New York City, N.Y.––Compared to the slaughter of 25 million factory-farmed chickens per day for human consumption, the annual sacrificial killing of 50,000 to 100,000 by the estimated 130,000 Hassidic Jewish households worldwide in the practice of Kaporos scarcely […]
Lahaina rescuers win access but find few animals; pigs not to blame for fire
Threat of lawsuit appears to concern officials more than the plight of animals marooned by the firestorm, hundreds already rescued LAHAINA, Maui, Hawaii––Eighteen days of animal rescuers battling bureaucracy to retrieve surviving animals from inside the Lahaina burn zone, leveled by wildfire on August 8, 2023, ended abruptly when Maui County announced that, “As […]
Cockfighting cases break three times in seven days
Intensive SHARK, Humane Farming Association, & Animal Wellness Action pressure on law enforcement to crack down on cockfighting brings results FELTON, Delaware; JEFFERSON, Louisiana; ELYRIA, Ohio––Cockfighting cases breaking in three states within a week’s time demonstrate the influence of pressure brought to bear on law enforcement in recent months by the combined efforts of […]
Animal updates from the Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii fire disaster
Many animals lost, few found as yet, but rescue teams are searching WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii––The first flames reached Lahaina at around 6:30 a.m. on August 7, 2023. Hit by the worst of wildfires driven by winds from Hurricane Dora, the small city was obliterated two days later, just hours after the Lahaina fire was reported […]
Horses, pit bulls, & roosters always lose in games of chance (Campo)
Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission district leader Chance Campo charged with felony SANTA ROSA, California; DAYTONA BEACH, Florida; OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––The August 3, 2023 death of the filly Danehill Song on the first day of racing at the Sonoma County Fair in California, the death of at least one pit bull at an alleged dogfighting pit in […]
Animal agribusiness on defense worldwide as U.S. Farm Bill battle looms
Agribusiness stakes hopes on getting EATS Act into the Farm Bill WASHINGTON D.C.––From Capitol Hill corridors in Washington D.C. to the East London docks in South Africa and the fur farms of Finland, animal agribusiness is on the defensive lately as never before, and not just because the National Geographic web site on August 7, […]
Corinne DiLorenzo, worst convicted U.S. hoarder, violates plea bargain
But six months after notification, Will County, Illinois has yet to impound pigs––if still alive––and chickens DiLorenzo is not permitted to keep CRETE, Illinois––“Corinne DiLorenzo is still in possession of animals,” reader Brian Duda emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 on the morning of August 7, 2023. Duda referenced the convicted perpetrator of the animal hoarding case […]
KY federal grand jury indicts six more cockfighters; is Mississippi next?
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness tells Mississippi cockfighters & sheriffs “Cock-a-doodle-do!” LEXINGTON, Kentucky––A federal grand jury on July 20, 2023 indicted six alleged cockfighters, cockpit owner/operators, and recent targets of Showing Animals Respect & Kindness investigations for illegal cockfighting and gambling activities at Isom, Letcher County, Kentucky. Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve […]
Cockfighters convicted, but no payout for non-property damages
Lawsuit was last pending case resulting from January 2021 assaults on Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone team IRONTON, Ohio––An eight-member civil jury in Lawrence County, Ohio on July 18, 2023 found alleged cockfighters James V. “Bub” Newcomb II and Shannon Clark guilty of assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Showing […]
Birds killing cats? Avian flu hits cats in Poland, FIP hits cats in Cyprus
FIP rages. Avian flu outbreaks among cats are few, but hint at increasing vulnerability of mammals to bird diseases NICOSIA, Cyprus; WARSAW, Poland; HELSINKI Finland––Potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks hitting cats in Cyprus and Poland, and farmed foxes in Finland, have epidemiologists worried about emerging mutant strains of feline infectious peritonitis, a coronavirus best known as […]