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Tony Fitzjohn, renowned for wildlife conservation work in Kenya & Tanzania, dies at 76

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Began as a Boy Scout,  became a hippie,  hitchhiked to Africa,  & made himself useful Tony Fitzjohn,  76,  died on May 23,  2022,  “following a prolonged fight against a malignant cancer,”  the Tony Fitzjohn-WildlifeNow George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust announced. Fitzjohn recounted most of his long career working on behalf of African wildlife in his […]

Malcolm X on pit bulls, other dangerous dogs, & betrayal

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Malcolm X said little about dogs,  yet his whole message was directly relevant             NEW YORK,  N.Y.–– February 21,  2022 will mark the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Afro-American leader Malcolm X at the former Audubon Ballroom in New York City,  now preserved as the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center. […]

Alisa Marie Mullins: longtime behind-the-scenes voice of PETA

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PETA obituary understated Mullins’ role as author,  ghostwriter,  & spokesperson Alisa Marie Mullins,  59,  a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals researcher and writer for 30 years,  died on March 22, 2022 “after a 2-year battle with brain cancer,”  PETA announced. The PETA obituary announcement understated Mullins’ longtime role as author and/or ghost writer […]

Charles Henry Turner proved Darwin was right about animal sentience

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Turner had no laboratory & no lab animals for most of his career,  but keenly watched bugs CINCINNATI,  Ohio––Science,  law,  and animal advocacy have at last begun paying serious attention to what Charles Henry Turner discovered and wrote about animal intelligence and sentience. In the United Kingdom,  for instance,  a pending amendment to the Animal […]

Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette, 79, goes to “walk with tigers”

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Rescued,  sheltered,  & rehabilitated wildlife for 43 years LAKE HAVASU,  Arizona––Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette,  79,  died on January 23,  2022. Reported CBS-Los Angeles,  “Colette, who had been suffering from lung cancer,  died at her Lake Havasu home, according to her publicist.” Wrote Mike Barnes for Hollywood Reporter,  “She died surrounded by friends,  and one […]

Cats, mice, & even octopi sacrificed to false gods of conservation

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E.O. Wilson sidekick Thomas Lovejoy contributed to rationales for massacring some animals to save others              Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III,  80,  on December 25, 2021 quietly died from pancreatic cancer in McLean,  Virginia,  just 24 hours before the death of E.O. Wilson,  92,  in Burlington,  Massachusetts. (See E.O. Wilson, counter-evolutionary “evolutionary biologist,” dies at 92.) […]

Richard Leakey, 77, saved elephants & found missing links to veg past

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Richard Leakey both extended human history backward & helped Kenyan wildlife survive into the future NAIROBI, Kenya––Richard Erskine Frere Leakey,  77,  known to the world as simply Richard Leakey,  died on January 2,  2022,  in Nairobi,  the Kenyan capital city and his home for most of his life. Born in Nairobi on December 19,  1944,  […]

Betty White, 99, “white-washed” animal use industries for 50 years

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The Betty White reputation for animal advocacy rewrites history             LOS ANGELES––Betty White,  99,  a radio and television actress,  producer,  talk show and game show personality whose broadcast career began at eight years old in 1930,  died on December 31,  2021,  just 18 days before what would have been her 100th birthday. Most of the […]

E.O. Wilson, counter-evolutionary “evolutionary biologist,” dies at 92

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E.O. Wilson considered himself the Charles Darwin of our time,  but contradicted many basic Darwinian precepts Edward Osborne Wilson,  92,  better known as E.O. Wilson,  died on December 26,  2021 in Burlington, Massachusetts,  16 miles north of Cambridge,  where he was for 46 years a star member of the Harvard University biology faculty. Wilson was perhaps […]

Save Animals Initiative cofounder Anil Malhotra, 80

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Anil & Pamela Gale Malhotra created reputedly the largest non-governmentally managed wildlife sanctuary in India Anil Malhotra,  80,  died on November 22,  2021 at the SAI (Save Animals Initiative) Sanctuary he and his wife Pamela Gale Malhotra cofounded in 1991 at Theralu Village & Post,  South Kodagu,  Karnataka state,  India. Posted Pamela Gale Malhotra to […]