Showing Animals Respect & Kindness video shows what Dorado did. Court to decide if beatings were crimes. JOLIET, Illinois––The People of the State of Illinois, represented by the 12th Judicial Circuit Court in Joliet, county seat for Will County, on October 3, 2023 brought two misdemeanor cruelty charges against horse-beater Christofer Dorado, of Batavia, Illinois. […]
Charreada steer-tailing loses first court test in Will County, Illinois
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video persuades Illinois state’s attorneys & county court judge JOLIET, Illinois––A terse handwritten note from Will County, Illinois county court judge John Anderson on September 8, 2023 handed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness a first big win––at least on paper––in a year-long campaign against charreada cruelty in the […]
Animals & their humans flock back to Yellowknife after wildfire crisis
Northwest Territories capital & critters survive three-week evacuation YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Canada––Yellowknife residents and their animals are returning home so rapidly after a three-week evacuation due to wildfires that Ollie Williams, founder of Cabin Radio in Yellowknife, on September 8, 2023 reported an “Alarming uptick in speeding” on the highways leading north to the Northwest […]
Should ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson go to heaven or hell?
“Heaven!” says Wayne Pacelle. “Hell!” says Steve Hindi. CHATHAM, Massachusetts––Bill Richardson, 75, New Mexico governor from 2003 to 2011, involved in politics and international diplomacy from his 1971 graduation from Tufts University until shortly before his death, died on September 1, 2023 at his summer home on Cape Cod. Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle […]
HFA & SHARK lawsuit hits Boone County, Illinois, for permitting steer-tailing
Case has potential to stop charreada throughout Illinois BELVIDERE, Illinois––Charreada promoters suddenly have something more to worry about during the second half of the Illinois charreada season than just Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drones monitoring steer-tailing, electroshocking, horse-flogging, and horse-tripping. An August 24, 2023 lawsuit brought against Boone County, Illinois, by the Humane […]
All people & pets ordered out of Yellowknife & Hay River ahead of wildfires
Convoys through the smoke dodge bison, bears, elk, & moose YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Canada––Mindful of the August 10-11, 2023 near-annihilation of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii by wind-driven wildfire, the Northwest Territories and Canadian federal governments on the afternoon of August 17, 2023 expedited an evacuation order already in effect for all 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the […]
Two attacks in three weeks: are river otters really dangerous?
59 reported river otter attacks in 148 years suggests low risk––if people & dogs maintain a respectful distance ABSAROKEE, Montana; PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST, California––Two rare river otter attacks within a three weeks on women enjoying summer swims have attracted more media notice than the four most recent human fatalities inflicted by pit bulls. But then, […]
Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?
Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––The 89th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is to conclude on August 13, 2023, as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Checking to see how many horses died at Omak this […]
Beating a live horse: who calls rodeo performers to account for doing it?
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association fines team roping star Jade Corkill $2,000; no entity associated with charreada does anything at all JOLIET, Illinois––Every Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] video of charreada, or “Mexican-style” rodeo, shows intense abuse of steers and horses. Even by that miserable standard, the gratuitous violence demonstrated by one particular charro at […]
The real Barbie: inconsistent, but a leading animal advocate since 1959
Barbie’s many missteps, despite longtime pro-animal direction, mirror her society BARBIELAND––Amid the hoopla for the live action Barbie film released on July 21, 2023, Ontario film maker and animal rights strategist Stephen Best resolutely refrains from entering his local theater. “My personal choice,” Best posted to Facebook, “is that I will not pay Mattel or […]