Dennis Kintigh reviewed the shelter policies ROSWELL, New Mexico––The Roswell, New Mexico city animal shelter on June 16, 2014 resumed releasing impounded dogs to the Roswell Humane Society and shelterless rescue groups, after an over-the-weekend suspension while mayor Dennis Kintigh reviewed the shelter policies. Kintagh on June 14 followed Stamford, Connecticut, in suspending transfers of […]
Connecticut shelter investigated for allegedly adopting out dangerous dogs
STAMFORD, Connecticut––A fatal attack on a Dachshund named Dulce by a pit bull named Banks on June 4, 2014 reminded Stamford, Connecticut that the Stamford Animal Shelter has operated on a restricted basis for nearly six weeks while three city agencies investigate allegations that it improperly adopted out dangerous dogs. Laurie Hollywood, the Stamford […]
Bull-riding sponsor Forrest Lucas forms anti-animal advocacy “Super PAC”
“Protect the Harvest,” or “Protect the Professional Bull Riders” franchise? DAVENPORT, Iowa––Why did oil magnate Forrest Lucas form Protect The Harvest, among the most aggressive and best-funded of anti-animal advocacy fronts? Perhaps it was just to protect the enormous Lucas Oil Products investment in Professional Bull Riders, Inc., whose Touring Pro Division bears the Lucas […]
Last Hurricane Katrina dog evacuation case ends in Arkansas
Court rejected EDNAH shelter claim HARRISON, Arkansas––A U.S. district court jury in Harrison, Arkansas, on May 16, 2014 ended––or appeared to end––what was believed to be the last active court case resulting from the 2005 evacuation of animals from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The jury for the Western Division […]
Animal rights movement pioneer Belton Mouras, 90
Began with raccoon rescues Belton Paul Mouras, 90, died on May 14, 2014 at his home in Sacramento, California. The son of a disabled sharecropper from the Louisiana bayou country, Belton Mouras spoke only Cajun French until he started school at age eight. While other boys of the time and place trapped and hunted, Mouras […]
Humane Society of the U.S. & codefendants pay Ringling Bros. circus $15.75 million
Settlement cases stemming from a lawsuit brought against Ringling over the care of elephants WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the U.S. and codefendants “have paid Feld Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, $15.75 million to settle cases stemming from a lawsuit they brought against Ringling over the […]
Purina vs. Blue Buffalo food fight catches animal shelters in the middle
Lawsuit alleges false advertising ST. LOUIS, Missouri; WILTON, Connecticut; RANCHO SANTA FE, California––Purina, long the leading pet food industry sponsor of animal shelter aid programs, on May 6, 2014 sued Blue Buffalo Company Ltd., sponsor of the Home 4 the Holidays adoption program, over alleged false advertising. Blue Buffalo countersued on May 14, 2014. […]
Veterinary protectionism rises again in Alabama (update)
Nonprofit clinic suspends operations COLUMBIANA, Alabama––A three-year push by Alabama for-profit veterinarians to close the four nonprofit spay/neuter clinics in the state partially succeeded during the last week of April 2014 when charges brought against William B. Weber, DVM and the nonprofit Alabama Spay/Neuter Clinic in Irondale intimidated Joy Baird, DVM into suspending operations at the […]
The fundraising potential of welcoming visitors to animal shelters
“People who rescue feral or abandoned or abused animals also tend to resemble the animals they choose, not in physical appearance but in the psychological sense.” “It has often been observed,” New Hampshire activist Peter Marsh told Spay/USA conference attendees in July 2000, “that people tend to resemble the animals they […]
Maddie’s Fund scraps model shelter plan
Model shelter is no shelter at all PLEASANTON, California––The long-awaited state-of-the-art Maddie’s Fund teaching and training shelter turns out to be no shelter at all. Whether this reflects a change in the Maddie’s Fund thinking about how best to transition the U.S. to no-kill animal control is unclear, but the decision to scrap the notion […]