Exit of animal use critics from the Trump administration, opposition from major research funder, & Trump policy-driven surge in Chinese lab demand stimulate “monkey hoarding” HILLSBORO, Oregon––Hopes that the Oregon National Primate Research Center might become a sanctuary for the almost 5,000 resident monkeys and baboons appear to have been dashed by Oregon Health & […]
Miranda’s Rescue: groundbreaking to build case digs up the dirt
At least 731 dogs disappeared in a year’s time. How many over 31 years? FORTUNA, California––Groundbreaking began on June 23, 2026 to build a criminal case against Miranda’s Rescue founder Shannon Miranda, 55, under suspicion since May 1, 2026, of having accepted at least $510,000 in 2025 alone to rehome dogs, mostly pit bulls, most […]
Unmasking Miranda’s Rescue: what happened that we know about
Humboldt Spay/Neuter Clinic & Humboldt Critters Without Litters founder Jennifer Raymond dug up the evidence ANIMALS 24-7 on May 22, 2026 mentioned that, “The Humboldt Lost & Found Pets page on Facebook, serving Humboldt County,” in northern California, “has been flooded for days with desperate messages from individuals, rescues, and even established animal shelters, hoping […]
Amid five California sanctuary fiascos, Suwanna Ranch hosts survivors
DELTA Rescue, Rock N Paws, Duck Sanctuary, Miranda’s Rescue, & Villa Chardonnay/ Horses With Wings disasters come like toppling dominoes FORTUNA, JULIAN, & ELK CREEK, California––Amid the early 2026 meltdowns of five of the biggest and most publicized California animal sanctuaries, one of the oldest, biggest, least publicized and quietly stable California animal sanctuaries, the […]
How “tiger porn” & kitten handling Trump the Big Cat Public Safety Act
The Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary, Knoxville Zoo, and Sharkarosa Zoo defy the intent of the Big Cat Public Safety Act, if not the actual letter of it WEST BEND, Wisconsin; KNOXVILLE, Tennessee; PILOT POINT, Texas––One might call it “tiger porn.” Mingling fantasy with delusion, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and profitable showmanship, the grotesquely misnamed roadside zoo calling […]
Some Nordic people rally to save one whale; others rush to kill hundreds
Timmy the stranded but rescued humpback whale lived after release for about ten days BERLIN, Germany; WASHINGTON D.C.; OSLO, Norway; REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Contrasting and conflicting Nordic attitudes toward whales may never before have been more starkly evident than during the six-week drama preceding the May 2, 2026 return to the North Sea of Timmy the formerly […]
U.K. Bully XL ban slows Bully XL fatalities, but pit bull attack deaths go on
Two fatal pit bull variant attacks in two days underscore that pit bulls by any name are unsafe LONDON, United Kingdom––Bully XL fatalities have dropped from ten in 2024, when the breed was banned in the United Kingdom, to four in 2025, to none more than four months into 2026, but fatal attacks in the […]
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 […]
Six recent animal advocate deaths of note
New York City veterinarian Ashraf Hussein, Alabama humane officer Mary Stanley Mosely Mansour, California broadcaster Jerry Cesak, sanctuary founder JP Novic, and eagle advocate Sandy Steers, as well as Canadian bee expert Sheila Rafaela Colla Vet died on the job Ashraf Hussein, DVM, 56, died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside the Low Cost Vet Mobile […]
Leo Grillo, 43 years at DELTA Rescue, faces 20 years for alleged kidnap plot
Feds, mass media, & Grillo himself via blogger all have versions of how Southern California no-kill pioneer landed in hot water LOS ANGELES, California–– Leo Grillo, 77, founder of the DELTA Rescue no-kill shelter in Acton, California, “has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with the attempted kidnapping of a former employee […]