Allegation that cats are an existential threat to bugs is multi-magnitudes even more exaggerated than allegations of cats’ threat to birds SÅO PAULO, Brazil––Somehow a Brazilian undergraduate paper purportedly portraying domestic cats as an existential threat to insect life managed to buzz around the world and the web for six months before coming to […]
“Damn the whales! Full speed ahead!” Trump “God Squad” tells BP
Endangered Species Act override proceeds as expected WASHINGTON D.C.––The Donald Trump administration “God Squad” Endangered Species Act review panel on March 31, 2026 unanimously voted to “issue an exemption from the requirements of the ESA for all oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities associated with the outer continental shelf oil and gas program,” […]
Orangutan rescuer Biruté Galdikas, last of “Leakey’s Angels,” dies at 79
Born a “displaced person,” Biruté Galdikas spent her life aiding & advocating for displaced orangutans LOS ANGELES––Orangutan researcher, rescuer, and conservationist Biruté Galdikas, 79, died on March 24, 2026 in Los Angeles, after a prolonged illness. “Born in Germany, on May 10, 1946, while her parents were en route from Lithuania to Canada,” as displaced […]
“Enough horse poop,” St. Augustine tells carriage trade, while NYC dithers
Another New York City runaway carriage horse produces sound & fury, but no political action ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida––New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani appears to be still juggling conflicting fall 2025 election promises made to both horse-drawn carriage industry opponents and Transportation Workers Union president John Samuelsen, a leading defender of the carriage trade, but […]
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, […]
B.C. wildlife policy aligns more closely with pervs than with public opinion
Tumbler Ridge school massacre & deeds leading to Winnipeg “crush video” convictions bear uncomfortable resemblance to British Columbia wolf & fur-bearer wildlife management VANCOUVER, British Columbia; WINNIPEG, Manitoba––Three individuals who might most politely be described as sexual deviants known for preying upon animals on February 11, 2026 upstaged opinion polls from Research Co., the pre-eminent […]
Whale Sanctuary Project may not finally get some whales after all
30 belugas, four dolphins, & two orcas may be evicted from Marineland of Canada & Marineland Antibes before Whale Sanctuary Project has any holding facilities NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Canada; ANTIBES, France––Marineland of Canada, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, founded in 1961, and Marineland Antibes, on the French Riviera, founded in 1970, never shared ownership, but […]
Dingo vs. dog: Piper James death reignites Australian animal control debate
Victim Piper James apparently drowned under dingo attack. Six dingoes culled, more likely to follow K’GARI (Fraser Island), Queensland, Australia–––Debate raging across Australia since the January 19, 2026 drowning of Canadian visitor Piper James while under dingo attack may never produce agreement about what should be––and should have been––the appropriate official response. The debate centers […]
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 […]
Madness in Chicago after rehoming of rabid Georgia “rescue” puppy
Mistakes are pardonable. Concealing information & distributing questionable advice are another matter CHICAGO, Illinois––Why has PAWS Chicago not identified who sent a rabid puppy north for adoption, more than three weeks after the case made headlines? Distinguishing canine rabies from bat rabies, raccoon rabies, fox rabies, and skunk rabies, all of which are transmissible to […]