Walking horse defender BillyGoboy never slowed down in fight against the “Big Lickers” OXFORD, Mississippi––Citizens Committee Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay, 76, remembered by fellow campaigner Marty Irby as “quite a character and in my opinion the greatest anti-soring advocate of all time,” died on March 6, 2023 in Oxford, Mississippi. […]
Why no buzz about Charles Henry Turner, even in Black History Month?
Turner had no laboratory & no lab animals for most of his career, but proved Charles Darwin was right about animal sentience CINCINNATI, Ohio––Why is there still no buzz about pioneering animal intelligence researcher Charles Henry Turner’s discoveries, even in Black History Month? 100 years after Turner died, on Valentine’s Day 1923, at only 56 […]
Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, interpreted Judaism in animal rights context
Took up animal advocacy in mid-career as author & publisher Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, author, animal advocate, educator, historian, and publisher, died on April 5, 2022 in hospice care in Chelsea, Massachusetts, near her longtime home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. ANIMALS 24-7, unfortunately, only learned of her death on January 26, 2023, necessitating this late obituary. Valued […]
Nellie Saiom Shriver, 80, introduced Alex Hershaft to vegan activism
Eccentric midwife to the animal rights movement AKRON, Ohio––Nellie Saiom Shriver, among the most dynamic early orchestrators of the late 20th century animal rights movement, died on January 12, 2023 at the Copley Nursing Health Care Center in Copley, Ohio. “I don’t know how much time I have,” Nellie Shriver, Saiom to friends, emailed to […]
Pit bull owner charged with culpable homicide in South Africa
Rare criminal case filed after six fatal pit bull attacks in 45 days SENWABARWANA, South Africa––Walking to work at about 5:00 a.m., two days before Christmas, Melitta Sekole, 43, of Senwabarwana, Limpopo state, South Africa, was on a heavily traveled footpath through Ga-Makgato village, heading toward Vivo village, ten miles away, when two pit bulls […]
For auld lang syne: last ANIMALS 24-7 obituaries of 2022
John Neville Hare, Mark Stanley-Price, Faith Maloney, & Vivienne Westwood The camel man John Neville Hare, 88, died on January 28, 2022, but ANIMALS 24-7 did not learn of his death until almost a year later. Born in Bexhill, Kent, Hare became acquainted with working camels as a British army officer assigned to the Royal […]
International animal advocacy influencer Brian Davies dies at 87
Founded IFAW to fight the Atlantic Canada seal hunt CAPE COD, Massachusetts––Brian Davies, 87, founder of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Network for Animals, the Political Animal Lobby, and Animal Survival International, died after a prolonged illness on December 27, 2022. Born on February 4, 1935 in Tonyrefail, Wales, an impoverished mining village, […]
Sam Lipman, 32, & Ken Balcomb, 82, devoted their lives to whales
Balcomb spent more than 50 years in the cause, Lipman just 15, but both left a mark FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington; CRAWLEY, West Sussex, U.K.––Self-described “orcaholics” Samantha “Sam” Lipman, 32, and Ken Balcomb, 82, half a world and 50 years apart, died on November 29, 2022 and December 15, 2022, […]
Patty Bonney, 92, quietly did more for animals than most activists
Behind-the-scenes person for ANIMALS 24-7, & that was perhaps the least of all she did Patricia “Patty” Bonney, 92, suffered terminal heart failure on October 22, 2022 at the converted stable in Beaverton, Oregon, that was her home since 1960. Never known or self-described as an activist, Patty nonetheless contributed endless volunteer effort throughout her […]
Darlene Wohler Larson, 78, mentored generation of animal care workers
Best known for long tenures with the National Animal Control Association & ASPCA Darlene Wohler Larson, 78, died on October 17, 2022. “She had entered hospice after extended hospital care following surgery,” longtime friend Bob Marotto announced via Facebook. “Darlene was an extraordinary and beloved person of great professional accomplishment,” Marotto said, but “never forgot […]
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