Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––The 87th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is to be held nightly, August 12-15, 2021, after a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements. Bizarre as the race itself is, even more bizarre––and […]
Barn fires begin to be noticed by animal advocates but not yet agribiz
Animal Welfare Institute & Humane Society International make recommendations WASEKA, Minnesota––Twelve thousand pigs, including 9,000 piglets and 3,000 sows, died in a May 16, 2021 fire that razed two barns at the Woodville Pork Farm in Waseca, Minnesota. Nine different rural fire departments sent water tankers, but as the first barn was already fully […]
Montreal SPCA sues SPCA International to try to get back web name
“Having difficulty finding valid legal addresses,” says plaintiff’s attorney MONTREAL––Proceedings in a lawsuit filed by the Montreal SPCA to try to recover the use of the domain name <spca.com> from SPCA International have been delayed because the plaintiffs are having difficulty finding valid legal addresses at which to serve notice on some of the defendants, […]
Parents try to raise children safely; pit bulls et al have other ideas
Mourning on Valentine’s Day Having taken to heart the pit bull advocacy claim that “It’s all in how you raise them,” young people in at least eight communities scattered among Argentina, Britain, and the U.S. spent Valentine’s Day 2021 in shock and mourning after eight pit bulls, a Dogo Argentino mix, and a Rottweiler unexpectedly […]
World Federation for Animals seeks “One ring to bind them all”
But progress for animals is not achieved with “rings of power” BOSTON, Massachusetts––Any resemblance between mild-mannered World Federation for Animals founder Wim DeKok, a longtime exemplar of peaceful cooperation, and Sauron, the vengeful Satanic wizard of the Lord of the Rings trilogy authored by J.R.R. Tolkien, would be difficult to discover. Yet there is […]
Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads
U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act brought law to save seals in Scottish waters EDINBURGH, Scotland––Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads, posted by Animal Concern Scotland on February 1, 2021. The reward is specifically for information leading to the first successful prosecution under a new Scottish seal protection law, adopted on […]
Murder along the equator: seven die defending parrots & gorillas
Colombian and Congolese wildlife guardians were ambushed RONCESVALLES, Colombia; VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo––Simultaneous sad reminders of the human cost of wildlife conservation came on January 10, 2021 from the Reserva Loros Andinos in southwestern Colombia and Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Reserva Loros Andinos and Virunga […]
Barry Lopez, 75, “literary naturalist,” inspired animal advocates
Death came four months after Lopez lost home of 50 years to wildfire Barry Lopez, 75, died on Christmas Day 2020 in Eugene, Oregon, after a years-long battle with prostate cancer. Sometimes described as a “literary naturalist,” Lopez wrote often about animals, but hardly exclusively, and as often about the animals of Native American myth and […]
Dead fisher played “chicken” with Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat
Would have passed safely if he had not cut to the right SAN FELIPE, Baja California, Mexico––What fisher Mario García Toledo, 56, had in mind when he swerved his small but speedy panga across the bow of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Farley Mowat on the morning of December 31, 2020 in the northern […]
Strychnine for Christmas: Alberta gift to wolves, caribou & other wildlife
Big Bad Wolf blamed for habitat loss due to global warming EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada––Again this Christmas season, Alberta Environment & Parks will welcome Santa’s reindeer by setting out strychnine. The strychnine will be not for Santa, nor for the reindeer, the North American variety of whom are called caribou, but rather for the Big […]
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