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 […]