Suspect Nathan Mann held on 3,248 counts of sexual abuse of an animal BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana––Nathan T. Mann, 35, of Bossier, Louisiana, was on March 23, 2023 charged with 106 counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles and 3,248 counts of sexual abuse of an animal, the Bossier County Sheriff’s Office announced. Mann was […]
Direct action heroes for animals: Popeye, Olive Oyl, Betty Boop & Grampy
Rescuers, yes, but exemplars of animal rights? Not exactly. Eighty-eight years ago, forty years before the dawn of the animal rights movement, a muscular quasi-vegan sailor and his lanky girlfriend rescued animals on the silver screen, soon joined by a sexy “flapper” who sang jazz and her aged but ever inventive grandfather. Popeye, Olive Oyl, […]
Pit bull kills rescuer trying to stop a fight; third fatal dog attack in six days
What you don’t know about a pit bull will kill you––and so will what you think you do know TULSA, Oklahoma; VISALIA, California; CENTRE TOWNSHIP; Pennsylvania––“Try to find out some background, try to find out some other things before you actually take this dog into your home,” advised Sergeant Brian Collum of the Tulsa Police […]
Soi Dog Foundation shuts down a Vietnamese cat slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouse operated in open defiance of 1998 cat meat ban HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––“In a ground-breaking victory against the dog and cat meat trade in Vietnam, a cat slaughterhouse has been forced to cease operations,” announced Soi Dog Foundation director of international advocacy Rahul Sehgal in a March 23, 2022 appeal to potential donors. […]
Why didn’t Jasper County, Texas sheriff bust a big alleged cockfight?
Alleged host of cockfight previously characterized by law enforcement as a “career criminal” BUNA, Texas––“On March 12, 2023,” disclosed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness in a video posted to Facebook ten days later, “a SHARK drone located an active cockfight in Buna, Texas, in Jasper County. “The cockfight pit,” Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder […]
U.K. House of Commons votes to ban imports of hunting trophies
Ban still must clear the House of Lords and gain Royal Assent, but these formalities are more likely to delay than prevent enforcement LONDON, U.K.––The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill cleared the House of Commons on March 17, 2023 by unanimous voice vote. The silence of pro-trophy hunting opponents, however, scarcely means that the bill […]
Miyoko’s Creamery had no “true trade secrets,” testifies Miyoko
“Denies that the company had proprietary recipes” in response to lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO, California––Vegan cheesemaker Miyoko Schinner, in her newly filed response to the Miyoko’s Creamery lawsuit against her for allegedly stealing trade secrets, “denies that the Company has any true ‘trade secrets,” and “denies that the company had ‘proprietary recipes.’” Fired in June 2022 […]
Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?
1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]
One African-American journalist’s view of John James Audubon
by Roger Witherspoon (Roger Witherspoon, a member of the ANIMALS 24-7 board of directors, has reported about environmental issues for more than 50 years; developed the global Save The Tiger program for the Exxon Corporation; and cofounded the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, the first chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.) John James […]
Audubon: brand recognition trumps what J.J. Audubon actually did
National Audubon Society squirms against truth that J.J. Audubon bought & sold slaves, robbed graves, shot birds with no thought of conservation, & was a scientific fraud NEW YORK CITY––The National Audubon Society board of directors on March 15, 2023 voted to retain the Audubon name, but the vote scarcely ends nearly two years of […]
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