FDA decision on Mifrepristone may bring back birth control pet food––but definitely not Alex Pacheco’s “Spay and neuter cookies” (See FDA verdict on Mifrepristone upstages more nonsense from Alex Pacheco.) WASHINGTON D.C.––The pharmacological race to be first to market a safe, affordable, easily administered contraceptive drug for dogs, cats, and nuisance wildlife, somewhat quiet of […]
Public shelters: refuge for animals or not?
by Wendolyn Aragon, president, Pet Assistance Foundation Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. nearly two years ago, in 2020, most U.S. animal shelters adopted some variation of managed admissions, an approach long promoted by the “no kill” movement, only admitting animals in need of emergency care. This was concerning, since it was breeding […]
Starving Florida manatees need more than just lettuce for Christmas
Feeding the manatees helps. Not feeding the algal blooms that kill seagrass would help them more. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida––The holiday season good news from the Indian River Lagoon region along the Florida east coast is that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on December 7, 2021 at last approved a Florida Wildlife Commission plan to […]
Robert Dole: why did Pacelle, Amundson, & Bershadker inflate his record?
Robert Dole, at best, had a good record on animal issues for a Trumpist––but he was no Hubert Humphrey, nor even a Richard Nixon Robert Joseph Dole, 98, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, U.S. Senator from Kansas 1969-1996, and a Kansas member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1960-1968, died on December 5, 2021. Lauded […]
$350 million for animal crossings, but zip for roadkill avoidance education
Win for HSUS is a gain, yet not the most cost-effective way to save animal & human lives on highways WASHINGTON D.C.––The first official U.S. national commitment to preventing roadkills of wildlife appears to have been buried deep within the $1.3 trillion Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act signed into law U.S. President Joe Biden […]
Pit bull mayhem, murder, other crimes, & the multiplier effect illustrated
Highly reactive unstable dogs, multiplied by highly reactive unstable situations & people = prescription for disaster MIAMI, Florida––A week of sensational crimes with pit bulls in the immediate background in October 2021 capped a 30-day stretch including seven dog attack fatalities, five of them involving a total of seven pit bulls. Each incident illustrated the […]
Suspected drugged animals again displayed on New York City streets
Joseph Ramos-Noal/Noah and his immobile animals reappear on the Upper West Side NEW YORK, N.Y. –– He’s back! Just when you thought it was safe again to walk on the Upper West Side of New York City without encountering Joseph Ramos and his zombie-like animal collection, Ramos “seems to have reemerged with a whole […]
Courts reject suing landlords for attacks by dogs kept by indigent tenants
“Don’t ask, don’t tell” exempts landlords from risk MONTPELIER, Vermont––A newly published Vermont Supreme Court decision, rendered on September 3, 2021, affirms previous jurisprudence weakening the ability of dog attack victims and survivors to sue landlords in cases involving tenants’ dogs. The verdict in Katherine Higgins v. Shawn Bailey & Suzan Bailey appears to give […]
Austin Animal Services: “On the far side of stupid”
Failure to promptly pick up free-roaming pit bull leads to disabling injury AUSTIN, Texas––Alexis Montgomery, 70, of Travis County, Texas, hospitalized with a softball-sized bite taken out of her leg by a free-roaming pit bull, left most of the talking on September 21, 2021 to her husband, retired Texas personal injury lawyer Boyce Reid […]
NRA loses deal to promote hunting via the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Biggest trophy the NRA bagged from the Trump administration WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Rifle Association spent $16.3 million during the 2020 U.S. national election campaign to try to secure pro-gun and pro-hunting concessions granted by ex-president Donald Trump. After Trump lost, the National Rifle Association spent $3.3 million more on federal lobbying. Despite all that, the […]
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