Mel Richardson, DVM, 63, died on January 2, 2014, “just a few weeks before his 64th birthday,” wrote Animal Defenders International president Jan Creamer. “He had been suffering from poor health and heart problems for the past year and was forced to drop out of the Lion Ark U.S. premiere […]
New Brunswick bird advocate Mary Majka, 90
Mary Majka, 90, died on February 12, 2014. Her death was announced by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Born in Poland, Majka survived World War II in a forced labor camp. Postwar, Majka earned a medical degree at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, then emigrated to Canada in 1951 as […]
Primatologist Geza Teleki, 77
Member of IPPL advisory board since 1978 Geza P. Teleki, 77, died on January 6, 2014 at his home in Budapest, Hungary, “with his beloved wife Heather McGiffin and son Aidan with him,” International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal e-mailed to ANIMALS 24-7. “Geza was a member of the […]
Primatarium & IPPL/U.K. founder Cyril Rosen, 86
Cyril Rosen, 86, died on December 21, 2013 at his home in Castletown on the Isle of Mann. Born in London, a son of the founder of the Nesor dental supply company, Rosen grew up with “a large collection of pets, including dogs, cats, ducks, geese and chickens,” recalled the Daily […]
Forest watcher B. Suresh, 26, was among tiger victims
B. Suresh, 26, a forest watcher at the Balle-Moorkal camp west of Nagarahole National Park, India, was on the morning of November 30, 2013 the third of five people killed by tigers in or near the intersection of Nagarahole and the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Suresh was killed […]
Anti-sacrifice & cockfighting activist Sumitra Behera, 42
Sumitra Behera, 42, of Sarsara Balanga village in Sundargarh district, Odisha, India, was found dead with her skull crushed on January 3, 2014, about 200 meters from her home. “My wife was an active campaigner against animal sacrifice and had always opposed cockfights. She had earlier received threats from several people. I suspect they might […]
Sanctuary founder Alexandra Bastedo, 67
Alexandra Bastedo, 67, died on January 12, 2014. A screen actress in both British and Spanish productions from 1963 to 2005, Bastedo circa 1983 founded the Alexandra Bastedo Champions Animal Sanctuary near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. She relocated the sanctuary to more spacious premises at West Chiltington […]
Pat Derby founded the Performing Animal Welfare Society & ARK 2000 sanctuary
Performer turned sanctuarian Pat Derby, 69, founder of the Performing Animal Welfare Society, died from throat cancer on February 15, 2013 at her home on the ARK 2000 sanctuary she built near San Andreas, California. “Ed Stewart, her partner of 37 years, was by her side,” said the PAWS death announcement. Best seller Derby’s 1976 […]
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