Lou Terrell, 75, was killed by an Amtrak train in Del Mar, California, on January 3, 2014 while trying to chase his dog off the tracks. Terrell was formerly mayor of Del Mar, chair of the San Diego State University political science department, founder of the Del Mar Foundation, and president of Planned Parenthood of […]
Yavapai Humane Society founder Lou Silverstein, 87
Lou Silverstein, 87, died on January 18, 2014 in Prescott, Arizona. A longtime radio broadcaster and advertising salesperson in Tucson and Phoenix, Silverstein bought the KYCA news and talk radio station in Prescott in 1970, and founded the Prescott music station KAHM in 1981. A year after taking over KYCA, Silverstein founded the Yavapai Humane […]
Shirley Temple Black, 85, chaired 1936 “Be Kind To Animals Week”
Shirley Temple Black, 85, a film star from 1933 to 1950 and U.S. politician and diplomat from 1967 to 1992, died on February 11, 2014. As an adult she had no known connection with humane work, but at the height of her popularity, in June 1935 and January 1936, she was cover girl for The […]
FAACE cofounder & president Tony Moore, 79
Tony Moore, 79, cofounder and president of Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe, died of lung cancer in Southport, U.K., on December 27, 2013. Then a 39-year-old theatrical performer, Moore married his wife, actress Vicki Moore in 1973, when she was 17, and formed a touring cabaret act with her. […]
Horse slaughter & raw milk advocate Sue Wallis, 56
Sue Wallis, 56, was found dead early on January 28, 2014 in her room at the Tower West Lodge in Gillette, Wyoming, where she was to attend a legislators’ breakfast in the morning. Elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in November 2006, Wallis as a member of the libertarian wing of the Republican Party […]
Shirley Koshi, DVM, 55
Suicide by drug overdose Shirley Koshi, DVM, 55, owner of the Gentle Hands veterinary clinic in Riverdale, New York, was found dead on February 16, 2014 of an apparent suicide by drug overdose, Barry Paddock and John Marzulli of the New York Daily News reported. “Koshi’s death, which is still under investigation by the NYPD […]
Vegan author & historian Rynn Berry, 68
Suffered cardiac arrest while jogging Rynn Berry, 68, died on January 9, 2014 at New York Methodist Hospital in New York City. An accomplished runner who completed the 1979 New York City Marathon and had competed in shorter events as far away as Brazil, Berry had suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed […]
Wildlife veterinarian Mel Richardson, 63
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 […]