Pre-election ploy: U.S. animal advocacy groups don’t say a peep about it WASHINGTON D.C.––The Department of the Interior on August 13, 2026 announced “the largest expansion of hunting and sport fishing opportunities in the history of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. “With this action,” the Department of the Interior crowed in a media release, […]
California state senators grovel before cockfighters’ “cultural” defense”
California Association for the Preservation of Gamefowl argues that 90% of game fowl breeders are Latino. So are 89% of 90 recent cockfighting-related murder victims. SACRAMENTO, California––California state assembly member Chris Rogers, a Democrat from Ukiah, might have imagined his anti-cockfighting bill, AB 928, would easily clear the state senate appropriations committee on August 3, […]
Killer Cane Corso owner convicted, but pit bulls & Cane Corsos kill 3 more
Only one owner charged to date in three U.S. fatalities––and that only with misdemeanors EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada; COCOA, Florida; APEX, North Carolina; TOPEKA, Kansas––A “guilty” verdict against former Cane Corso owner Crystal MacDonald, 46, on May 22, 2026 capped a week including three dog attack fatalities in the U.S. and another in India, the latter […]
Board vote: Oregon Natl. Primate Research Center may become sanctuary
Board resolution opens negotiations with National Institutes of Health: will the money be there, & for what? HILLSBORO, Oregon–– The Oregon Health & Science University board of directors on February 9, 2026 unanimously passed a resolution to open negotiations with the National Institutes of Health [NIH] toward transitioning the largest of the seven remaining federally […]
Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada September 1982 to December 31, 2025
Dog attack stats with breed % 2025 final
Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to December 31, 2025
Dog attack stats with breed % 2025 final
NY governor Hochul upholds higher renters insurance premiums for pit bulls
Hochul earlier blocked higher homeowners insurance premiums for pit bulls ALBANY, New York––New York state governor Kathy Hochul, on December 12, 2025 bucked precedent, including her own, by vetoing a bill to prohibit renters’ insurance policies “from discriminating against insureds or potential insureds based upon the harboring or owning of specific dog breeds,” mostly pit […]
What Diane Keaton had in common with Wendy Spencer of Wolf Haven
Both testified in favor of legislation against private ownership of wildlife, for starters TENINO, Washington; SANTA MONICA, California––Wolf Haven director of animal care Wendy Spencer-Armestar, 60, who died of cancer on September 30, 2025, and actress Diane Keaton, 79, who died of bacterial pneumonia on October 11, 2025, pursued starkly life trajectories, yet––while they may […]
Is bird shooter Troy Link the jerkiest of Donald Trump’s megabucks donors?
Captive pigeon shooter Troy Link hired lobbyists to criminalize drone exposés & to sell processed dried meat to schools against “Make America Healthy Again” recommendation OKEECHOBEE, Florida––“A Republican megadonor got caught hosting a pigeon shoot. Then he got Florida politicians to change the law,” headlined independent journalist Jason Garcia above the August 22, 2025 edition […]
Bald eagles get national honors & more lead shot in their guts for Christmas
Officially named the U.S. national bird after 242 years, bald eagles can’t get a break from the gun lobby WASHINGTON D.C.––Two hundred forty-two years after first appearing on the U.S. national seal, the bald eagle is now officially the U.S. national bird––but that designation as yet does nothing whatever to protect eagles from ingesting […]