“John Robins has not been following medical advice & taking things easy” Editors’ note: John Frederick Robins, 64, probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history, despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,” did not shuffle off after all, despite the September 25, 2021 ANIMALS 24-7 headline “Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after […]
And right on cue, here come the parasites, by Steve Hindi
“Parasites will be parasites.” Everyone at Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] and the Humane Farming Association knew it would happen, because parasites will be parasites. It wasn’t a matter of “if,” it was just a matter of “when,” and “when” did not take long. But even though it was anticipated, when it happened it […]
(How) does salmonella grow on trees? Answer: it doesn’t, by Karen Davis, Ph.D.
But new findings confirm that COVID-19 and salmonella outbreaks––and most other zoonotic diseases––share a common source Editors’ note: On January 31, 2020, two years plus a month ago, United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis contributed the first ANIMALS 24-7 coverage of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Wet markets or Walmart? Animal consumption & the coronavirus. […]
How to take down rodeo like a bull flipping a cowboy in 8 seconds or less
The rodeo fall could be short, with a hard landing in mud & manure by Steve Hindi Rodeos are held across North America, but have such a narrow fan base that the concerts accompanying the major U.S. rodeos routinely outdraw the actual rodeo events, often by a factor of ten-to-one or more. World Wrestling Federation […]
Ex-POW speaks out for Help Asheville Bears campaign vs. Amazon trap sales
by Jody, Alex, & Heather Christina Williams, founders, Help Asheville Bears Colonel Hershel Scott Morgan (Ret.), our stepfather, was the fourth longest held Air Force prisoner of war in American history. He was imprisoned in North Vietnam for seven years and ten months––more than two years longer than John McCain, the late U.S. Senator and […]
Why was there “a long lull in KY law enforcement against cockfighting?”
by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness “Another long lull in Kentucky law enforcement against cockfighting followed, until the SHARK campaign debuted in 2020,” ended the January 26, 2022 ANIMALS 24-7 article entitled Two cockfights stopped; Steve Hindi credits local opposition. That sentence referenced the scarcity of cockfighting busts in Kentucky between a […]
Blurring the boundary between humans and other animals
by Karen Davis, Ph.D. Founder & president, United Poultry Concerns Heinrich Himmler, who founded the quasi-military police unit known as the SS [Schutzstaffel]and administered the Nazi death camps, was initially a chicken farmer. According to Charles Patterson in his book Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust, Himmler’s “agricultural studies and experience breeding […]
Busting cockfights by people of color but ignoring the good old boys
Why do cockfighters in majority white conservative states get a free pass from big animal advocacy groups & law enforcement? by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Recently I have read a number of posts from animal organizations applauding the failure of cockfighters’ efforts in the courts to continue cockfighting in the U.S. […]
Rodeo: busting up the animals in Nativity scenes in the name of Jesus Christ
by Eric Mills, coordinator, Action for Animals, Oakland, California “Cowboys, sensing—like gorillas—that their time has passed, cling ever more desperately to anachronistic styles, not willing to admit that the myth has degenerated, the traditions eroded to a point where attempting to sustain them falls somewhere between silliness and the outright ridiculous.” ––Larry McMurtry in the […]
The Five Piggies of the Apocalypse, by John Robins
Will pig-to-human transplants cause farmers to grow hearts? [John Robins is director of Ethical Promotions Ltd and Campaigns Consultant to Animal Concern, incorporating the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society, founded in 1876.] How much is a pig worth? A farmer in Fife producing free-range organically grown animals for the top end of the meat market might expect […]