A rare “good news for animals” event in a city which has had little to celebrate FRESNO, California––Celebrating a rare “good news for animals” event in a city which has had little to celebrate, the Cat House on the Kings and the Petco Foundation on February 15, 2013 together opened a new 1,500-square-foot adoption center […]
Cat killer “Doctor Quack” paid well by East Bay Regional Park District
Shotgun-wielding biologist took home $182,951, left dead cats in dumpsters OAKLAND, California––East Bay Regional Park District biologist David “Doctor Quack” Riensche may have been paid more per feral cat he allegedly killed than the $3,000 that “Joe Exotic” paid to Frank Allen Glover in his foiled plot to murder Big Cat Rescue founder Carole […]
16 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2021 edition)
Could electroshock have stopped shocking attack on Queen Charlotte the carriage horse? by Merritt & Beth Clifton Shocked by video of an April 3, 2021 pit bull attack on a carriage horse named Queen Charlotte, and vividly reminded of her own recent narrow escape from a pit bull attack while riding her horse Link, “social […]
Dog Bite Prevention Week: payouts for dog attacks up 21% in three years
Fewer claims in 2020, but more damage NEW YORK CITY––National Dog Bite Prevention Week is back for April 11-17, 2021, focused as usual since 1956 on “educating people about preventing dog bites.” Again in 2021 there is no mention in the Dog Bite Prevention Week literature distributed by American Humane, American Veterinary Medical Association, […]
Los Angeles Animal Services chief Brenda Barnette to retire in May 2021
Took L.A. to “no kill” at cost of soaring pit bull attacks LOS ANGELES, California––Brenda Barnette, the third-longest-serving general manager of Los Angeles Animal Services since World War II, has announced her retirement, effective in mid-May 2021. The City of Los Angeles has officially not yet begun what is expected to become a nationwide […]
Increasing the survival rates of kittens
by Nancy Peterson & the National Kitten Coalition (with some kibbitzing from ANIMALS 24-7) Five years ago––six years ago in July 2021––I retired after 18 years as first and still only national cat program manager for the Humane Society of the United States. Having a national and even sometimes international platform to help animals, especially […]
Predation is nature’s disease control, including for Tweety & Sylvester
Too few cats around bird feeders means pine siskins die by thousands SACRAMENTO, California––When are free-roaming cats watching a bird feeder the birds’ best friend? When infectious disease is at large among common bird feeder species, spreading rapidly from bird to bird in the absence of predators to kill and consume the sick and […]
Lara Trump’s theme: bash China, boost Donald, in the name of dog rescue
Donald Trump hotel gets 45% cut of expected take from Big Dog Ranch Rescue fundraiser for dogs to be brought from China PALM BEACH, Florida––Does anyone really believe former U.S. president Donald Trump just happened to show up at a fundraiser for Big Dog Ranch Rescue, organized by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, held in his […]
Five-year-old disfigured by pit bull 21 days after Aurora ban is lifted
Pit bull, only the third rehomed by the Aurora Animal Shelter, passed the ASPCA “SAFER” test AURORA, Colorado––Just 21 days after an Aurora city council ordinance undoing the longstanding community pit bull ban took effect, five-year-old Leonardo Duran is facing possible lifelong disfigurement from only the third pit bull rehomed by the Aurora Animal […]
Ceasefire halts cat shootings in East Bay Regional Parks––for now
But “Tweety-&-Sylvester” conflicts rage on, despite success of Project Bay Cat neuter/return program just across San Francisco Bay OAKLAND, California––The latest of least 30 years of frequent “Tweety-&-Sylvester” battles between East Bay Regional Park District biologists trying to preserve endangered bird species within the biggest urban park district in the U.S. and feral cat […]
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