ANIMALS 24-7 readers raise two critical questions: 1) How will this impact stray populations months down the road? Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, all the shelters in Houston have either shut down or have very limited intake. As you know, Houston has tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of stray dogs and cats […]
COVID-19: animal shelter “experts” circle back toward pet overpopulation
by Ruth Steinberger Founder, Spay FIRST A dear friend once shared the adage, attributed to Herman Wouk, “When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.” Never has a better example of this adage been seen than in the current movement by so-called shelter management experts to support a return to intact […]
Why did the ASPCA pres get $852,231, while we got $9.70 an hour?
An $8.00-a-month donor prompted us to ask the question This is an exposé (and appeal) that Beth & I really did not want to have to write, but one of our faithful & reliable donors of $8.00 per month persuaded us that we had to –– because donors like her, for the most part, are […]
COVID-19: India feeds stray dogs; ASPCA says “don’t fix them”
ASPCA advice to shelters could increase puppy & kitten litters by about half a million in spring/summer 2020 While pet keepers in the developed world fret about the apparently infinitesimally small risk of pets and humans infecting and reinfecting each other, following the discovery of COVID-19 infecting one cat in Liege, Belgium, and two dogs […]
Three Dog Night: homeless pet owners suffer silently
by Jon Geller, DVM National Director & founder, The Street Dog Coalition As panic and anxiety bubble over for many of us dealing with both the medical and non-health-related hardships resulting from the global COVID-19 pandemic, those pet owners living on the streets find a hard life made harder. Many community meal services have been […]
Montgomery County to pay $3.5 million to survivors of Klonda Richey
Settlement includes no skin off former animal control chief Mark Kumpf’s ass DAYTON, Ohio––The Montgomery County, Ohio board of commissioners are on March 31, 2020 expected to approve a $3.5 million settlement with survivors of Klonda Richey. Richey, 57, was on February 7, 2014 fatally mauled by her next door neighbors’ two dogs, variously […]
From gorillas to shelter dogs: animals caught in the COVID-19 crunch
No animals other than bats & humans are known to get COVID-19, but millions are affected by the human response WASHINGTON D.C.––Animals and animal-related projects from Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo to National Institutes of Health-funded laboratories are feeling the impact of the international COVID-19 scare underway throughout early 2020, […]
Ancestors of the Tiger King: Peter Batten & Living Trophies
Living Trophies: A Shocking Look at the Conditions in America’s Zoos by Peter Batten Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1976. 246 pages, hardcover. Available from major online booksellers at prices ranging from $7.50 to $25.00. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton First aired on March 20, 2020, the six-part Netflix documentary series Tiger King, produced by Eric […]
Noted in passing: “Turtle God” & rhino, elephant, & lion advocates
Victims of cancer, assassins, & two killed by the species they loved “Turtle God” Peter Pritchard, 76, died in hospice care on February 26, 2020. Known as “the Turtle God,” recalled longtime Tampa Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman, Pritchard at his home in Oviedo, Florida kept what Pittman believed to be “the largest private collection […]
With all eyes on COVID-19, Missouri moves to undo pit bull bans
Pit bull fatalities, meanwhile, proceed at record pace JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri; PORTSMOUTH, Virginia; HOUSTON, Texas––With all eyes on COVID-19, pit bull advocates on March 11, 2020 pushed a bill through the Missouri state House of Representatives to prohibit and repeal breed-specific legislation. The bill, similar to bills that have failed annually in the Missouri […]
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