Also: Pit bull rescue scammer Steffen Baldwin loses appeal. Plus Miranda’s Rescue conditional use permit is again revoked. FERNDALE, Washington; LIMA, Ohio; FORTUNA, California––The first week of Pit Bull Awareness Month 2026, opening with the mauling death of three-year-old Waylon O’Mary Coronna, of Sulligent, Alabama, concluded with a coast-to-coast furor erupting after the Whatcom County […]
Alleged no-killer De Anda charged; Miranda’s Rescue back in business
Bringing Rock N’ Paws to court after raid took six months. Charges still pending against Miranda’s Rescue. FORTUNA, LAKE HUGHES, California––One of the most notorious purported no-kill shelter operators in California, Christine De Anda, 57, of Rock N’ Paws, is now charged with 35 felonies and misdemeanors. Another, Shannon Miranda, 55, of Miranda’s Rescue, is […]
Peter Max, artist, vegetarian, & pro-animal philanthropist, dies at 88
Peter & Mary Max were “a consistent presence” at New York City galas for animal causes NEW YORK CITY––Artist and pro-animal philanthopist Peter Max died in Manhattan, New York City, on September 14, 2026, after a fourteen-year struggle with dementia, his son Adam Max disclosed two days later. Peter Max, “a vegetarian and a teetotaler […]
Trump regime reneging on lab monkey retirement
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 […]