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Leopards and lions of India learn to live among people

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service throws knotty challenge to opponents of trophy hunting Proposing to list African lions as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on October 29, 2014 issued a knotty challenge to opponents of trophy hunting and killing captive wildlife. Failing to distinguish between wild […]

Remember Me Thursday 2014

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In 2013 more than 100,000 pet lovers from 83 countries participated On Thursday, September 25,  2014,   the Helen Woodward Animal Center united with animal lovers and animal welfare organizations worldwide for the 2nd Annual Remember Me Thursday candle-lighting ceremony.  The candles, lit simultaneously around the world, honored the millions of pets who lost their […]

Oakland hires former SF animal control chief Rebecca Katz to face Nathan Winograd and pit bull advocates in their lair

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“To oversee the transition of Oakland Animal Services” OAKLAND––The City of Oakland on October 29, 2014 announced the hiring of former San Francisco Animal Care & Control director Rebecca Katz, 43, “to oversee the transition of Oakland Animal Services into a stand-alone department in the city administrator’s office.”  Katz is to begin work on November […]

Pigeon-shooters, dog-eaters, James Inhofe & the NRA

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“I am being attacked by the SHARK animal rights extremist group” HARRISBURG, OKLAHOMA CITY––Did senior Oklahoma U.S. Senator James Inhofe know about the $1,000 checks being passed out in the Pennsylvania state legislature when he appealed for funds from pigeon shooters? Whined Inhofe at his fundraising web site jiminhofe.com, appealing urgently for campaign contributions, “I […]

Baiting bears & a governor in Maine and New Jersey

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AUGUSTA, Maine; TRENTON, New Jersey––Asking Maine voters to abolish baiting bears by ballot initiative on November 4, 2014, the Humane Society of the U.S. appears to be taking the politically most ambitious approach to the issue, but Friends of Animals on October 22, 2014 introduced the most attention-grabbing tactic. Vegan donuts Announced FoA campaign director […]

When are alleged fighting dogs not pit bulls?

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When the Humane Society of the U.S. sends the media release SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee––When are 50 pit bulls seized from an alleged fighting dog breeding kennel in rural Tennessee not pit bulls? When the Humane Society of the U.S. helps with the bust, writes the press release about it,  and distributes it to media nationwide, while […]

Don’t repeat our mistake of passing CAPA, say Delaware residents

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“Horrible legislation” The State of Delaware passed the Companion Animal Protection Act in 2010, recommended by No Kill Advocacy Center founder Nathan Winograd and now under consideration in many other jurisdictions, and it has been horrible legislation for the taxpayers and for the animals of our state. We are a small state that has a […]

Igor, 58, ex-laboratory gibbon

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Igor, 58, a male gibbon who had resided at the International Primate Protection League sanctuary in Summerville, South Carolina since 1987, was euthanized on October 13, 2014, three days after suffering a stroke that left his right side paralyzed and not responding to treatment. “Igor could not swing or climb,” IPPL founder Shirley McGreal told […]

Hope Elephants founder James Laurita, 56

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Stepped on by an elephant James Laurita, DVM, 56, cofounder with his brother Tom of the Hope Elephants sanctuary in Hope, Maine, was found dead in the sanctuary barn on September 9, 2014. Laurita apparently fell while working alone, and was stepped on by one of the two resident former Carson & Barnes Circus elephants, […]

Doug Rae hired at HS of Fremont County, Colorado

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Doug Rae has been named executive director of the Humane Society of Fremont County, in Canon City, Colorado, following brief and often controversial animal shelter management stints in Phoenix, Maryland, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and most recently as executive director of the Animal Rescue League of Southern Rhode Island in Warren, Rhode Island. Much of the controversy has been […]