by John F. Robins, Animal Concern Scotland About thirty years ago an Animal Concern Director and I attended one of the first annual conferences of the Scottish fish farming industry. It was held in a wee hall in Oban and there were perhaps a hundred people attending. A student from University of Stirling gave a […]
Flipper is NOT Rambo! Never was!
by Rick Trout The Campaign to end the obsolete Navy Marine Mammal Program kicks off on October 22, 2016 with a rally at the Harbor Drive Bridge in San Diego, overlooking the “Gitmo-like Dolphin Boxes of Boredom,” where dolphins are kept and trained for U.S. Navy use. This bizarre waste of $30+ million hard-earned tax […]
“ANIMALS 24-7 is right” on pit bulls, says Animal Aid India
An open letter from Animal Aid Unlimited co-founder Erika Abrams Dear ANIMALS 24-7: I want to applaud your perseverance in bringing light to the numerous sorrowful fatal consequences of pit bull/mix attacks. I am aware that you have adversaries who claim among other things that your statistics are questionable; that breed “profiling” is similar to racial […]
2015 dog bite-related stats in info-graphic
by Mike Shannon The below info-graphic (thanks to Ultimate Home Life) summarizes 2015’s dog bite-related statistics in numbers, aiming to raise awareness about how big of a problem this has become and motivate people to stand up and take responsibility to curb it before it goes out of hand. Please donate to support our work: […]
About Tilikum: an open letter to Sea World
by Russ Rector To: SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment (9205 Southpark Center Loop #400, Orlando, FL 32819) Necropsy of wild animals is essential in conservation. Sea mammals of key interest include the orca or ‘killer whale’. Tilikum, a famous captive orca presented to the public as education for over 31 years, is regularly described as an […]
Ringling may be illegally sending elephant blood to researchers, charges SAEN
Michael Budkie writes: Re Ringling to move all elephants from the circus ring into cancer research by May 2016, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus may be violating federal law by providing research material to the University of Utah from its soon-to-be retired elephants. Public records disclose that Feld Entertainment, the owner of the […]
No-Kill: the “Mission Accomplished” movement?
by Esther Mechler The so-called “NoKill” movement needs to be renamed the “Mission Accomplished” movement in honor of the “Mission Accomplished” speech delivered by U.S. President George W. Bush on May 1, 2003 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Bush stated in the speech that the war in Iraq was finished. That was over […]
Blue Cross of India jumps in to save animals from 99-year record flood
Report from Chinny Krishna: After a few hours of actual sunshine today, we had extremely heavy showers this evening. Bangalore had the highest rain in a day for 99 years. Chennai (Madras) has received three months rainfall in just 22 days. ––S. Chinny Krishna, Secretary (retired) Blue Cross of India 1-A Eldams Rd., Chennai, Tamil […]
“The most egregious event in all of rodeo”
by Eric Mills, founder, Action for Animals Surely “single steer roping” (aka “steer tripping” and, more aptly, “steer busting”) is the most egregious event in all of rodeo, worse even than calf roping (babies!) or the Mexican charreada’s “horse tripping” and “steer tailing” events. Anyone in doubt need only view the many YouTube videos. Contusions, […]
Cormorant massacre underway
by Bob Sallinger, Audubon Society of Portland Further to my ANIMALS 24-7 posting of September 14, 2015, Feds resume killing cormorants despite admitting “nesting population targets were met, for the past two weeks, federal government employees from the Wildlife Services office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been shooting double-crested cormorants from a boat […]
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