Mother shot by hunter under depredation permit in an already harvested cornfield ELLENDALE, Delaware; DENVER, Colorado––The September 19, 2026 shooting death of Santos Maria Chilel Soto, 39, a Georgetown, Delaware mother of five, Amendment 83 on the 2026 Colorado state ballot, and right-to-hunt constitutional amendments adopted in 23 other states since 1996 have in common […]
Pit Bull Awareness Month 2026 continues with Pittie Project PNW bust
Also: Pit bull rescue scammer Steffen Baldwin loses appeal. Plus Miranda’s Rescue conditional use permit is again revoked. FERNDALE, Washington; LIMA, Ohio; FORTUNA, California––The first week of Pit Bull Awareness Month 2026, opening with the mauling death of three-year-old Waylon O’Mary Coronna, of Sulligent, Alabama, concluded with a coast-to-coast furor erupting after the Whatcom County […]
Low-cost vet care provider/funder offers another view of Rich Avanzino
by Bob Christiansen, co-founder, The Boca Fund (See also How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession and Is the Veterinary Profession Serving All Companion Animal Medical Needs in America Today?, subtitled “A Case for Full-Service, Low-Cost, Non-Profit Community Veterinary Care Centers,” by Bob Christiansen.) For anyone involved in animal […]
First “Pit Bull Awareness Month” 2026 fatality is Alabama three-year-old
Multiple family members of the victim kept pit bulls SULLIGENT, Alabama––Three-year-old Waylon O’Mary Coronna, of Sulligent, Alabama, identified by the Otis Funeral Home as the son of Destiny Hollis and Justin O’Mary, on October 2, 2026 became the first known human fatality of “Pit Bull Awareness Month.” Waylon O’Mary Coronna, according to unconfirmed Facebook postings, […]
Wood & wine bucks allegedly bring barred owl & mule deer massacres
Claim that killing barred owls & Catalina mule deer is to protect endangered species is at best questionable SALEM, Oregon; LOS ANGELES, California––Blazing gunfire directed at barred owls in the Coast Range of Oregon and at mule deer on Catalina Island, 26 miles west of Los Angeles, again demonstrates how successfully adaptive species can become […]
Rich Avanzino, 84, one of the suspected “fathers” of bastardized no-kill
Avanzino in 23 years at the San Francisco SPCA helped to create the “no kill movement,” but in 17 years as founding president of Maddie’s Fund tended to discredit the concept PLEASANTON, California––Maddie’s Fund on September 29, 2026––nine days after Richard Avanzino’s actual death, announced that “Rich Avanzino, affectionately and widely known as the father […]
Will flagrant probation violations send SHARK assailant back to prison?
Dope, guns, evidence of cockfighting; why isn’t James Newcomb back behind bars now? IRONTON, Ohio––Why is alleged cockfighter James “Bubba” Newcomb, of Waterloo, Ohio, not back in the Ohio state penitentiary, after Lawrence County probation officers and sheriff’s deputies caught him on August 27, 2026 in flagrant violation of his terms of early release? Newcomb, […]
What do “rescued” beluga deaths signify for marine mammal captivity?
Sanctuary proponents square off against captivity defenders, as both sides invoke the name & teachings of Ric O’Barry CHICAGO, Illinois––Four of the 30 belugas evacuated from the defunct Marineland of Niagara in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, during July and August 2026 have died at their new homes, along with a fifth beluga who was […]
Pit bulls, the humane movement, & the elephant in the room, by Ed Duvin
“A compassionate movement can’t exist in a state of intellectual & moral bankruptcy & maintain its credibility.” Editor’s note: ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist Ed Duvin began his long career in social justice movements in civil rights and anti-poverty work during the Lyndon Johnson presidential administration. He later advised animal advocacy organizations including the Humane Society […]
“March to End Animal Testing” reaches Marshall BioResources
Bill to ban federally funded biomedical research on dogs & cats introduced in D.C. NORTH ROSE, New York––The human population of North Rose, New York, officially listed as 571, is expected to double and perhaps triple or more on September 26, 2026, as the 207-mile “March to End Animal Testing” concludes with a three-mile hike […]