Longhopes Donkey Shelter founder Kathy Dean raises questions that many refuse to face BENNETT, Colorado––From her Longhopes Donkey Shelter, located in the foothills just east of Aurora and Denver, Kathy Dean has seen fellow sanctuarians come and go for long enough to be looking ahead, something most never seem to do. An ANIMALS 24-7 reader […]
Cockatoo Rescue collapse makes case for Animal Welfare Act inspection
Excessive secrecy hinted at deteriorating conditions for years STANWOOD, Washington––Lori Keene Rutledge, 66, for thirty years often among the go-to people in parrot rescue, was on March 14, 2022 removed from her Cockatoo Rescue & Sanctuary in a rural area southeast of Stanwood, Washington by emergency medical services. Animal control personnel who obtained a search-and-seizure […]
Russians kill Ukrainian animal rescue volunteers, bomb & starve shelters
Anastasiia Yalanskaya & two others shot after delivering food to dog shelter near battle front KYIV, Ukraine––Anastasiia Yalanskaya, 26, on March 4, 2022 became the second animal advocate known to have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yalanskaya, 26, “was delivering food to a dog shelter in Bucha,” 18 miles northwest of Kyiv, […]
See the video exposé that sent Jack Hanna into demented retirement––free!
The Conservation Game Directed by Michael Webber, featuring Tim Harrison, founder, Outreach for Animals If you have not yet seen The Conservation Game, the acclaimed exposé of exotic cat exhibition and trafficking that sent longtime animal exhibitor Jack Hanna into retirement due to alleged dementia, there will never be a better time to watch it––free––than […]
The dilemma of backyard chicken-keeping
by Karen Davis, Ph.D., president, United Poultry Concerns “Would you be pleased if chickens came to be viewed more and more as animals to be kept as pets? Is the routine objection of neighbors to roosters insuperable?” This inquiry was prompted by a January 28, 2022 Boston Globe article about a family’s lawsuit to keep […]
“Wolf dog is doing well” at large, but “For how long?” community wonders
Little Red Riding Hood has not been seen lately OAK HARBOR, Washington––“Wolf dog is doing well,” a would-be rescuer just posted the Whidbey Island Community page on Facebook. The would-be rescuer had snapped a cell phone photo of an immense female probable wolf hybrid who has been running at large for a couple of […]
Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette, 79, goes to “walk with tigers”
Rescued, sheltered, & rehabilitated wildlife for 43 years LAKE HAVASU, Arizona––Wildlife Waystation founder Martine Colette, 79, died on January 23, 2022. Reported CBS-Los Angeles, “Colette, who had been suffering from lung cancer, died at her Lake Havasu home, according to her publicist.” Wrote Mike Barnes for Hollywood Reporter, “She died surrounded by friends, and one […]
HSUS to spend up to $20 million on Project Chimps & then kick it loose
Seeks “peace with honor” & withdrawal after whistleblower campaign BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––The Humane Society of the United States on January 10, 2022 committed $20 million––at least in a media release––to making material improvements at the HSUS-funded Project Chimps sanctuary in Blue Ridge, Georgia. The HSUS pledge, observed Their Turn founder Donny Moss of New York […]
Vernon Weir: “This man loved his family and animals with all of his heart!”
Quiet right-hand man for 40-plus years to legends Belton Mouras, Gretchen Wyler, & Tippi Hedren Vernon Weir, 74, died from a stroke on December 6, 2021. Born on March 8, 1947, Weir attended Normandy Senior High School in St. Louis, Missouri, then earned a B.A. in political science and government from the University of Missouri […]
International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal, 87
Animal advocate, teacher, conservationist, investigative journalist, and beloved friend to primates, both human and nonhuman SUMMERVILLE, South Carolina––“With heavy hearts, we are informing Shirley’s many friends that she died Saturday morning,” the International Primate Protection League posted to founder Shirley McGreal’s Facebook page on November 21, 2021. McGreal, 87, “had been in declining health […]
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