Illusionist Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, created image of partner Horn as “positive reinforcement” trainer & conservationist Both were role models for “Joe Exotic” et al LAS VEGAS––Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, died of pancreatic cancer on January 14, 2021, at the Las Vegas home he had shared with Roy Horn, his partner in life […]
Ice age rock art find exposes nearly 200 years of horse manure
The discovery does not improve the case for horses having survived the Ice Ages in the Americas CHIRIBIQUETTE NATIONAL PARK, Colombia––Images of ice age horses, among thousands of other animals painted along an eight-mile mural of rock art recently found in southern Colombia, have revived hopes among wild horse advocates––and Mormon literalists––that horses somehow remained […]
Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House after Big Cat Rescue mauling
Accident to volunteer emphasized need for the bill TAMPA, Florida; WASHINGTON D.C.–– December 3, 2020 began as a very bad day for Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin. But it was an even worse day for five-year volunteer Candy Couser, 69, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, mauled by Kimba the tiger at the Big Cat […]
Philadelphia apologizes for killing African-American animal advocates
What if the MOVE cofounders had attended Cambridge, or the Best Friends Animal Society cofounders had come from inner Philadelphia? PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania; KANAB, Utah––The Philadelphia City Council on November 12, 2020 formally apologized for the May 13, 1985 bombing of a row house compound that killed 11 members of MOVE, an inner city cult whose […]
Mob destroys the Nigeria SPCA amid national crisis
Similar attack trashed & looted renowned drill conservation project LAGOS, Nigeria––Amid the chaos and violence engulfing Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria, the October 14, 2020 mob destruction of the Nigeria SPCA has so far not even won local media coverage. But the attack crippled the oldest institution in Nigeria that offers humane education and […]
Kevin “Doc” Antle’s secret life on the lam from Iowa
Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges? RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin “Doc” Antle, who styles himself “Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle,” appears to have spent most of his adult life trying to avoid being identified with his youth in Bettendorf, Iowa, never once mentioned in any of dozens of interviews with him collected by […]
HSUS-backed Project Chimps drops lawsuit vs. whistleblowers
Defamation case settled, defendants vow to press on for sanctuary improvements BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––In fewer than 20 terse words, the Project Chimps sanctuary defamation lawsuit against former chimpanzee caregivers and whistleblowers Crystal Alba and Lindsay Vanderhooght ended on August 14, 2020: “Plaintiff Project Chimps Inc.,” said the legal paperwork, filed in the U.S. District […]
Wildlife Waystation closure: where are the animals now?
32 chimps still need homes SYLMAR, California––32 chimpanzees are the last residents of the former Wildlife Waystation sanctuary in Little Tujunga Canyon, east of Glendale and Los Angeles. A year after Wildlife Waystation closed, on August 13, 2019, by order of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, finding the funds to rehome the […]
Anna Briggs lived for animal rights & no-kill before the movements existed
Quiet personality long set an example, yet did not emerge as a leader of causes Anna Catherine Briggs, 101, died on February 15, 2011 in Berryville, Virginia, 21 years after publishing her autobiography, For the Love of Animals. For the Love of Animals, a 122-page paperback, was written essentially as a fundraising device, distributed chiefly to […]
Ape learning experiments? When will humans ever learn?
Whether chimps can talk is much less perplexing than whether humans can care for them adequately after research use BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––Few people visit Blue Ridge, Georgia, population fewer than 1,500 humans, plus 78 chimpanzees retired from biomedical research use to the Project Chimps sanctuary. Quality of care issues have in 2020 emerged as a […]
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