Tulsa Animal Services, police, & media say nothing of three fatal pit bull attacks in 10 days WATERLOO, Iowa; TULSA, Oklahoma––“Authorities are trying to determine how a beloved family pet turned into a killer, attacking a baby in a tragedy that shook the Waterloo community,” wrote Waterloo Courier reporter Jeff Reinitz on May 4, 2023. […]
Cullman County, Alabama: combatting cockfighting in a KKK stronghold
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness aims to see the sun set on one of the Ku Klux Klan’s biggest fundraising rackets in one of the most notorious of “Sundown” counties CULLMAN, Alabama––Cockfighting, the Ku Klux Klan, and corruption of law enforcement came together from Georgia to Cullman County, Alabama, home of the Bug Tussle cockpit, […]
Dog meat farmers’ protest reflects grassroots success in South Korea
Home-grown anti-dog meat campaign succeeds where boycotts, petitions, & bashing failed for 40 years SEOUL, South Korea––About 50 people on April 25, 2023 straggled through the streets of Seoul, the national capital of South Korea, in a protest about dog-eating. Animal advocates’ events often attract much bigger crowds these days. These protesters were among […]
Joey Nelson, not prosecuted for cruelty to cattle, does triple life for murder
After starving nearly 1,000 calves, Nelson shot two creditors & burned their bodies KANSAS CITY, Missouri––If Garland Joseph “Joey” Nelson, 28, had been promptly prosecuted and sentenced for animal neglect and abuse committed in the name of cattle ranching more than five years ago, he might still be in prison, seeking parole. Nelson instead […]
Hitting cockfights in four states, SHARK takes on boxing champ Roy Jones Jr.
Flies drone into Misssissipi cockpit on the way home TUPELO, Mississippi; BUG TUSSLE, Alabama; PENSACOLA, Florida––Monday mornings at ANIMALS 24-7 tend to be a bit like show-and-tell in kindergarten. Animal advocates from around the world check in by email, Facebook messaging, text messaging, and sometimes even by telephone to let us know what they have […]
Does not acknowledging a fatal pit bull attack mean it did not happen?
Tulsa silence is deafening TULSA, Oklahoma––How do the Tulsa Police Department and City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Department suppress rising public alarm over fatal and disfiguring dog attacks, primarily by pit bulls? Perhaps by pretending that such attacks have not occurred? On April 19, 2023, ANIMALS 24-7 received information relayed through a longtime trusted confidential […]
How meat & dairy “won the fall,” but Tofurky kicked ass in courtroom judo
Tofurky shareholders won “upward of $50 million” too HOOD RIVER, Oregon––Vegan judokas may particularly appreciate a recent combination of swift moves by the Toyko-based dairy company Morinaga Milk Group, now owner of The Tofurky Company. On April 12, 2023, Morinaga won the key points in a landmark federal case over vegan and vegetarian product labeling […]
Cockfighters + chickenshit spreads H5N1 avian flu, killing 58.6 million birds
Ignoring cockfights, sheriffs & state troopers put whole communities at risk TUPELO, Mississippi––One of these days Lee County, Mississippi sheriff Jim Johnson may be forcefully reminded by agents of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that allowing cockfights to go on practically under his nose is not just a matter of ignoring state and federal law. […]
“Flesh & blood scattered everywhere”: Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023
Five fatalities, the most in a week this year LANSING, Michigan––Dog Bite Prevention Week 2023 ended with the most fatal dog attacks of any week this year, capped by one in Lansing, Michigan, described by Sheyenne Tinges, 22, in an appeal to the Lansing State Journal page on Facebook for “any recommendations for biohazard remediation/crime […]
Woman killed by pit bulls where cockfighters appear to own the law
More animal-related mayhem along 24 miles of “quiet” country road than in many big cities WHITELY CITY, Kentucky––Bad things involving animals happen along the 24-mile route from Slab Vanover Road, between Honeybee and Parker’s Lake in northern McCreary County, Kentucky, to Honest Abe’s cockpit at 303 Low Gap Road, two miles east of Pine Knot, […]