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Timothy J. Walker, 73, exposed slaughterhouse cruelty

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by Gail Eisnitz, chief investigator, Humane Farming Association Timothy J. Walker,  73,  died on September 10,  2018 in Naples,  Florida,  a little known hero for animals sent to slaughter. After graduating from St. Mary’s High School in St. Louis,  Walker at age 17 joined his two first cousins in the U.S. Navy. Disaster relief Initially stationed […]

Japan hands whales a Christmas gift camouflaged as coal

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Withdrawal from IWC covers for decision to halt Antarctic whaling TOKYO––Handing whales a Christmas Day gift camouflaged as coal,  Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga on December 25,  2018 confirmed months of speculation and decades of threats that Japan would withdraw from membership in the International Whaling Commission,  which has maintained a global moratorium on […]

Did Louisiana cop Terry Yetman do the dog?  If so,  why?

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Bestiality bust just before Christmas went viral BOSSIER CITY,  Louisiana––The animal story most often read,  worldwide,  during the five days before Christmas 2018 had nothing to do,  so far as is known,  with reindeer,  and probably nothing to do with donkeys,  lambs,  or wise men on camels,  either,  though the full details are yet to […]

Frustrated fishers push to kill West Coast sea lions & seals

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Newly formed Pacific Balance Pinnipeds Society gives voice to anger             VANCOUVER,  B.C.;  PORTLAND,  Oregon––Removing a longtime irritant to the British Columbia wild salmon fishing industry––and a major economic competitor––the British Columbia government and First Nations have agreed to phase out 17 commercial salmon farms operated since 1987 by a company called Marine Harvest off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island.             The […]

“Educate yourself”: pit bulls in schools run amok

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More than 70 children injured & at least five killed in U.S. schools or on way to school since 2005             SEATTLE, Washington;  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio––Two pit bulls escaped from a nearby home,  ran into St. Therese Catholic Academy in Seattle on December 13,  2018,  bit several students  and reportedly dragged 8-year-old Doris Dickerson.              Three teachers pulled […]

Time for a national conversation about pit bulls

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by guest columnist Ed Boks Is it time for national animal welfare organizations to rethink their positions on pit bulls? This is the recommendation of ANIMALS 24-7,  voiced several times in so many words by social media editor and photographer Beth Clifton,  who is a former Miami Beach police officer,  animal control officer,  elementary school teacher,  veterinary […]

Rather than kill pit bulls, Ontario SPCA quits busting dogfights

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Ontario SPCA also quits investigating cockfighting, farmed animal,  & horse-related cases             TORONTO, Ontario––Paid $5.75 million per year by the Ontario government to enforce animal-related legislation,  the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has unilaterally––and without public announcement or prior disclosure to the government––opted out of enforcing laws including the 2006 provincial ban […]

Landlord to appeal $2.5 million award to pit bull attack survivors

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Case over 2010 fatality already in court for seven years             MEMPHIS, Tennessee––The rental property management firm Epstein Enterprises and apartment house owner Longview Heights Partners,  both of Memphis,  Tennessee,  reportedly intend to fight a court award of $2.5 million to the surviving family of 2010 pit bull attack fatality William Parker,  71. The award,  […]

Could beavers have saved Paradise?

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“Managing” wildlife to prevent nuisance prevents benefits,  as well             SACRAMENTO,  California––Though many individual California Department of Fish & Wildlife personnel have distinguished themselves on the frontlines of the wildfires razing Paradise,  ravaging Malibu,  and menacing several other communities around the state,  ill-informed policy decisions made decades ago and never changed mean the 2018 fire season […]