Fixing 66 cats in 2008 could have fixed the problem. Feeding stations put three times that many at risk. WASHINGTON D.C.––Pending possible further appeals, U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss on May 20, 2026 appears to have ended the Battle of the Cats at the historic El Morro castle in San Juan, Puerto Rico, […]
For horse racing & Major League Baseball, gamefowl come home to roost
Just when the Kentucky Derby appeared to have escaped stepping in poop––and can the Dodgers dodge pitcher’s promotion of cockfighting? SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico; NEW YORK, N.Y.––The horse racing industry breathed a premature sigh of collective relief when the May 2, 2026 Kentucky Derby concluded without another of the public relations disasters that for more […]
Eduardo Albor jailed, but that will not help the Dolphin Company dolphins
Longtime Dolphin Company chief has had no jurisdiction over Dolphin Company animal inventory since March 2025 CANCUN, Mexico––Excitement rippled through the marine mammal advocacy world on Friday, February 13, 2026 after a variety of Mexican media and the Dolphin Project posted to social media several cell phone video clips of the arrest of Eduardo Albor, […]
Baseball ignores cockfighting link to players allegedly betting on games
Players gambling on any sporting event violates major league rule in effect since 1876 NEW YORK, N.Y.––If Major League Baseball did not already know it has a gambling problem, associated with open tolerance of players’ involvement in cockfighting, the indictment testimony of an informant identified only as Bettor-1 introduced in Brooklyn, New York federal […]
“Don’t worry; be happy!” Animal aid in Jamaica post-Hurricane Melissa
Amid wreckage from Hurricane Melissa, rescuers find comfort in survival of creatures great & small KINGSTON, Jamaica––Self-introduces Damion Laren Whyte, “I am a naturalist from the Island of Jamaica.” A lecturer for the Department of Life Sciences at the University of the West Indies, located in Mona, Jamaica, five miles from Kingston at the east […]
First reports about how animal rescues weathered Hurricane Melissa
Communications down practically everywhere in Jamaica KINGSTON, Jamaica––Hurricane Melissa, now heading toward Santiago de Cuba or possibly Guantanamo, and then to the Bahamas, appears to have now crossed Jamaica into open water, with winds slowing from up to 190 miles per hour to “only” 145 miles per hour, diminishing the Category 5 hurricane––temporarily, anyhow––to Category […]
Hurricane Melissa clobbers already battered Jamaica humane societies
Several of the biggest Jamaican animal shelters & rescues were already in dire straights before the biggest storm since 1851 struck the island KINGSTON, Jamaica––If Hurricane Melissa had a surname known among Jamaican animals and animal advocates, it might be Murphy, because if anything can go wrong, it is, at the worst possible moment. “The […]
The Dolphin Company, owners of 30-31 dolphinariums, goes bust
Bankruptcy leaves dolphins’ fate up in the air CANCUN, Mexico––Great excitement among dolphin freedom advocates over the reportedly declared bankruptcy of The Dolphin Company, owners of 30 or 31 dolphinariums in eight nations, depending on which company statement one accepts as current, is tempered by the reality that depending on the terms of the bankruptcy, […]
In the home of the dread Fila Brasileiro: pit bulls kill 35 times more people
Four-year-old boy is most recent victim TOUROS, Brazil––Even in Brazil, homeland of the much feared Fila Brasileiro, pit bulls kill at least 35 times more humans. That point was brought home––again––by the January 15, 2025 death of four-year-old Ravi Lucas Nascimento de Melo in Touros, the “corner of Brazil,” where the seacoast is closest to […]
Did Trump & Vance mean pit bulls are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio?
Some evidence might support that claim, but even the “Cuban bloodhound” pit bull variant did not immigrate from Haiti SPRINGFIELD, Ohio––Two points of fact are clear, four days after former U.S. president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on September 10, 2024 alleged in debate against vice president Kamala Harris that “In Springfield, Ohio, […]