When a nine-year humane society president and a four-year animal control agency chief in the same city both have had more dog attack fatalities on their watch than anyone else in comparable positions ever, 85% by pit bulls, what does that tell you? DETROIT, Michigan––Lovell Anderson, 4, playing in his own fenced Detroit backyard under […]
Nevada activist tilts at Lion Habitat Ranch fundraising windmill
Annoula Wylderich has truth on her side, but fundraisers, the law, & probably most duped donors don’t give a damn LAS VEGAS, Nevada––Fumed longtime Nevada animal advocate Annoula Wylderich in a 2021 comment to ANIMALS 24-7 about a quasi-sanctuary collapsing in Florida, “I am SICK of these disgusting, reckless carpetbaggers who capitalize off innocent animals […]
Bob Barker, the voice of spay/neuter, began as voice of Rin Tin Tin
Animal advocacy philanthropist died at 99 HOLLYWOOD HILLS, California––Animal advocacy philanthropist and retired radio and television game show host Bob Barker might be said to have begun his rise to stardom, and his work on behalf of animals, as the barking voice of canine hero Rin Tin Tin, 1950-1955, during the last five of […]
Disaster authorities in Lahaina move to save banyan tree, but not animals
The banyan tree is alive––but so are the animals, if they get help now! KAHULUI, Maui, Hawaii––Ten days and counting after the August 8, 2023 firestorm that razed Lahaina, efforts to save a banyan tree spreading over almost two acres have taken the mass media spotlight away from the human body count, stalled over the […]
Will a new Maui disaster chief allow animal rescuers to rescue in Lahaina?
A week after the firestorm, rescuers are still kept out during search for human remains while animals suffer hunger & thirst KAHULUI, Maui, Hawaii––Animal rescuers trying to evacuate surviving cats and dogs from firestorm-devasted Lahaina hope the resignation of Maui emergency chief Herman Andaya late on August 17, 2023 will ease access to the still […]
First firestorm, then frustration: rescuers wait to aid Lahaina animals
Priority goes to finding human dead rather than to rescuing live animals KAHULUI, Maui, Hawaii––Five days into the aftermath of the firestorm that razed Lahaina, shock, sorrow, and anxiety over the fate of nearly 1,000 missing persons from the town that had a human population of just over 13,000 remain the dominant emotions among survivors. […]
The wrong sort of vultures circle over fire-hit Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
Maui animal charities need all the help they can get. Nationals with their hands out need a sense of shame. WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii––Vultures are not native to Hawaii, but metaphorical vultures of the human variety are now conspicuously circling over the smoking ashes of Lahaina and several other parts of Maui, begging donations via […]
Animal updates from the Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii fire disaster
Many animals lost, few found as yet, but rescue teams are searching WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii––The first flames reached Lahaina at around 6:30 a.m. on August 7, 2023. Hit by the worst of wildfires driven by winds from Hurricane Dora, the small city was obliterated two days later, just hours after the Lahaina fire was reported […]
Hawaii wildfires: who is helping animals on smoldering Maui?
Communications down, info scarce, but rescuers are on the job WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii––With 53 human dead and counting, 1,700 homes burned, 3,000 acres razed, cell phone and internet service down all over the island, and more than 13,000 people homeless, animal news from the Maui fire disaster area as of the evening of August 10, […]
Corinne DiLorenzo, worst convicted U.S. hoarder, violates plea bargain
But six months after notification, Will County, Illinois has yet to impound pigs––if still alive––and chickens DiLorenzo is not permitted to keep CRETE, Illinois––“Corinne DiLorenzo is still in possession of animals,” reader Brian Duda emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 on the morning of August 7, 2023. Duda referenced the convicted perpetrator of the animal hoarding case […]