• News home
  • About us
  • Our bios
  • Contact us
  • Cats
  • Disasters
  • Pit bull data
  • How to help us
  • Follow us!

Animals 24-7

News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature

  • USA
  • Asia/Pacific
  • Africa
  • The Americas
  • Europe
  • Obituaries
  • Please donate!
  • Search this site

No jail at Christmas 2022 for hoarder busted at Christmas 2019

December 25, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

But Corinne DiLorenzo is at last sentenced WATSEKA, Illinois––Corinne N. DiLorenzo,  40,  suspected in the deaths of as many as 700 animals at her former Earth Animal Sanctuary in Thawville,  Illinois, about 100 miles south of Chicago,  on December 21,  2022 received a sentence amounting to an early Christmas present from Iroquois County Circuit Court […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA Tagged With: Corinne N. DiLorenzo, Earth Animal Sanctuary, Jodie Wiederkehr, Thawville, Tobein Tegard, Wedrose Acres Animal Sanctuary

Joe Biden signs the Big Cat Public Safety Act

December 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fifteen-year campaign nears climax for Howard & Carole Baskin             WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Joe Biden on December 20,  2022 endorsed the Big Cat Public Safety Act into law. The Big Cat Public Safety Act on December 6,  2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on a voice vote,  after clearing the House of Representatives […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joseph Schreibvogel Maldonado, Kevin Antle, Merritt Clifton, Tim Stark

What happened to the Shalom Zoo baby tigers, why?

November 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Why did the Shalom Zoo strive for a year to obtain baby tigers at apparently any cost?             WEST BEND,  Wisconsin––Two tiger cubs born on August 6,  2022 at the Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bend,  Wisconsin,  formerly known as the Shalom Wildlife Zoo,  in the early morning of November 19,  2022 drowned in an […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Bethany Gengler, David Fechter, Lana Fechter, Merritt Clifton, Roadside Zoo News

Bamboo, 56, last Seattle zoo elephant, euthanized in Oklahoma City

November 17, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Her life story was the story of most U.S. zoo elephants OKLAHOMA CITY,  Oklahoma––“Where will Woodland Park Zoo elephants be sent to die?”,  ANIMALS 24-7 asked on December 7,  2014,  as the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle finalized plans to transfer Chai and Bamboo,  the last two elephants to reside there,  to the Oklahoma City Zoo. That […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Poaching & trafficking, Sanctuaries, Southeast Asia, Thailand, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Chai elephant, David Hancocks, Merritt Clifton, Oklahoma City Zoo & Botanical Garden, Woodland Park Zoo

Latest animal care updates from Hurricane Ian disaster area

October 2, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Finding some light amongst the darkness”             FORT MYERS,  Florida––Four days after Hurricane Ian roared across Florida from southwest to northeast,  and two days after Ian turned at sea to hook into South Carolina,  reports of human and animal casualties are still trickling in from animal care agencies. (See also How 60+ Florida animal care […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Disasters, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County, CROW Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wlldlife, Florida Rottweiler Rescue Ranch, Grand Strand Humane Society, Horry County Animal Care, International Primate Protection League, Madison County Sheriff's Office Animal Services, Merritt Clifton

How 60+ Florida animal care facilities survived Hurricane Ian

October 1, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And how IFAW founder Brian Davies’ $1.4 million winter home didn’t             FORT MYERS, Florida––Forty-eight hours after Hurricane Ian first hit the southwest Florida coast on September 28,  2022,  and minutes after it slammed into South Carolina two days later,  after crossing the width of Florida and regaining momentum over the sea,  animal rescuers were […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cats, Crocodilians, Disasters, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Reptiles, Sanctuaries, Shelters, Turtles, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Brian Davies, Gullf Coast Humane Society, Hurricane Ian, Merritt Clifton, Peggy Adams, Sanibel

“Tiger King” associate Karl Mitchell was Nye County animal control chief

September 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

From Animal Welfare Act violations to Las Vegas shoot-out,  cases tend to link to Karl Mitchell’s tenure PAHRUMP,  NEVADA––Nye County, Nevada, in 2000 hired as animal control director exotic animal trainer Karl Mitchell,  48,  a man who might not have been elected dogcatcher anywhere else. The previous Nye County record on animal care and control issues […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal control, Animal organizations, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Other entertainment topics, Sanctuaries, Shelters, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Chester Stiles, Diane Davis, Heidi Fleiss, Henry Brean, Kari Bagnall, Karl Mitchell, Kenneth Moore, Merritt Clifton, Nancy Lord, REXANO, Ricky Davidson, Sam Ockene, Sheri Lee Allen, Steve Benson, Zuzana Kukol

Asha’s Farm Sanctuary founder charged with felony cattle theft

August 3, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Rustling is still a hanging offense.”  ––Judge Adam Fenton,  Hang ’em High! NEWFANE, New York––The New York State Bureau of Criminal Investigation on August 2,  2022 arrested Asha’s Farm Sanctuary founder Tracy A. Murphy,  59,  for third degree felony grand larceny,  specifically the alleged theft of two cattle,  a cow and a steer,  from the nearby […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Religion & philosophy, Sanctuaries, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Gene Baur, Lois Baum, Merritt Clifton, Patty Marks, Scott Gregson, Susan Costen, Tamara Ci Thayne, Tracy A. Murphy, Wayne Hsiung

Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House again, heads toward passage

July 31, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Odds for Senate approval look good this time WASHINGTON D.C.––Clearing the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 278-138,  the Big Cat Public Safety Act pushed since 2007 by Carole and Howard Baskin of Big Cat Rescue appears likely to win U.S. Senate approval as well,  and be signed into law by President Joe […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting practices, India, Laws, Laws & politics, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sanctuaries, The Americas, Tigers, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Fitzpatrick, Carole Baskin, Eduardo Serio, Ernesto Zazueta, Howard Baskin, Kevin Antle, Lacey Act, Merritt Clifton, Mike Quigley

Exotic animal sanctuarians race the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

June 21, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Animals in need,  unchecked breeding & abandonment,  limited resources,  & advancing age             TAMPA,  Florida––The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,  according to the Old Testament Book of Ezekiel,  are death by the sword,  famine,  wild beasts,  and plague.             But Ezekiel,  though generally believed to have been a vegetarian and perhaps a vegan,  was not […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Land turtles, Pigs, Reptiles, Sanctuaries, Turtles, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: American Tortoise Rescue, Carole Baskin, Kevin Antle, Lori Keene Rutledge, Martine Colette, Primarily Primates, Susan Tellem, Tiger King, Wally Swett, Wildlife Waystation

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 15
  • Next Page »

Quick links to coverage of dangerous dogs

FREE SUBSCRIPTION!!!

©

Copyright 2014-2023

Animals 24-7 · All Rights Reserved · Admin

 

Loading Comments...