Features animal-handling sessions CHARLESTOWN, Indiana––Wildlife In Need (WIN) roadside zoo operator Tim Stark on February 7, 2020 told WDRB reporter Chad Mills that he intends to appeal the February 3, 2020 permanent revocation of his USDA license to exhibit animals by chief administrative law judge Channing D. Strother and remain in business. The Wildlife […]
“Joe Exotic” tried to kill me: Carole Baskin tells her own story
by Carole Baskin, founder, Big Cat Rescue In “Joe Exotic” gets 22 years in a cage for murder plot, reporting how Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic and formerly known as Joseph Schreibvogel, age 57, came to be serving a possible life sentence in federal prison for plotting to kill me, ANIMALS 24-7 […]
“Joe Exotic” gets 22 years in a cage for murder plot
Sentenced on 17 counts, including soliciting murder of Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––U.S. District Court Judge Scott Palk on January 23, 2020 sentenced self-styled entertainer “Joe Exotic” Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, 57, formerly known as Joe Schreibvogel, to serve 22 years in prison for having solicited the murder of Big Cat […]
Dog attack deaths & maimings, U.S. & Canada, 1982-2019 log
Krefeld Zoo fire killed 30+ animals due to poor design & preparation
Candle-powered flying paper lanterns allegedly caused the fire. But inadequate attention to fire safety caused the deaths. KREFIELD, Germany––A fire that killed more than 30 apes, monkeys, bats and birds at the Krefeld Zoo in the first minutes of 2020 apparently began when one or more flying cylindrical paper lanterns propelled by small votive candles […]
Race track deaths upstage notice of horses “retired” due to injury
45 horses dead on three Southern California tracks during 2019 seasons––and 39 at Belmont alone LOS ALAMITOS, California––Two horse deaths in the first race of the next-to-last-day of the Los Alamitos Race Course on December 14, 2019 renewed attention to high injury toll in horse racing, but upstaged the disintegration of the California Equine Retirement […]
California Equine Retirement Foundation runs into deep muck
Current leadership allegedly squandered assets & 27-year positive track record under ousted founder SAN JACINTO, California––Among the 80-odd animal shelters, sanctuaries, and nonprofit rescue organizations foundering in 2019, the California Equine Retirement Foundation (CERF) has probably run through the most money over the past five years. Along the way, CERF blew the the best reputation […]
Brother Wolf: “Warehousing is not working,” says director of no-kill experiment
“Keeping aggressive animals isn’t the solution for lifesaving” ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––“We are warehousing aggressive animals at Brother Wolf when we know this isn’t the solution for lifesaving,” executive director Leah Craig Fieser acknowledged in “Warehousing is not working,” a December 5, 2019 social media statement inspiring heated debate nationwide. “We inherited this way of operating,” Fieser said, […]
The Third Dog: a mystery featuring 2 deaths, 2 Great Danes, 2 pit bulls, and ???
Female victims died alone, found by husbands minutes apart WAYNESVILLE, Ohio; BAY CITY, Michigan––Police in Waynesville, Ohio and Bay City, Michigan are still trying to unravel the many mysteries surrounding the alleged unwitnessed dog attack deaths of Mary Malissa Matthews, formerly Mary Begovich Evans, 49, and Brandy Joy Boschen O’Dell, 41, more than ten […]
Lost in translation: “personhood” verdict reportedly won for elephant
Transfer-of-goods tax ruling followed precedent for nonprofit transactions CHAPADA DOS GUIMARÅES, Mato Grosso, Brazil––The retired Asian elephant Ramba, 52, arrived late on October 18, 2019 at the Santuário de Elefantes do Brasil, or Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, after a 73-hour journey from Chile. The transaction was completed after the elephant […]
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