Victoria Stilwell cannot train genetics out of pit bulls & neither can anyone else NEW YORK, N.Y.––If celebrity dog trainer Victoria Stilwell tried to teach an old dog a new trick, specifically to ask to go outside to poop, with 67 failures in a row, would she conclude that she didn’t really know what […]
Louis Wain: the “psychedelic” Victorian artist who “invented cats.”
Are cats who do not look and live like Louis Wain cats ashamed of themselves, as H.G. Wells alleged? Did the 2021 film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, based on a biography and script by Simon Stephenson, tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about the artist widely credited with […]
Wild cow milking out in Livermore, charreada abuse OK in Boone County
Livermore rodeo acts voluntarily; Boone County flouts Illinois law, own ordinances, and even Mexican Federation of Charreria rules LIVERMORE, California; BELVIDERE, Illinois––Probably the most remarkable aspect of the Livermore Rodeo board of directors’ recent decision to drop so-called “wild cow milking” from the June 2023 edition of one of California’s oldest and largest rodeos is […]
Pit bulls kill would-be rescuer in Detroit & two-year-old in Maryland
Two fatal attacks in one day––& one of the pit bulls allegedly killed before DETROIT, Michigan; BRUNSWICK, Maryland––“Rescue” pit bulls on April 4, 2023 killed a 58-year-old man who was reportedly trying to feed them at an old warehouse in Detroit, Michigan, and a two-year-old boy at his grandmother’s house in Brunswick, Maryland. The Detroit […]
Speeding boater tried to hit sea lions on the Columbia River near Portland
Frustrated would-be salmon fisher suspected, but not yet caught PORTLAND, Oregon––The Oregon State Marine Board, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration––as well as ANIMALS 24-7, many other concerned media, and countless outraged private citizens––are all hunting for an as yet unidentified individual who on April 3, 2023 was caught […]
Lobbyists for dogfighting, cockfighting, & corruption prevail in Oklahoma
HB 1792 would drop felony penalty for dogfighting to a $500 fine OKLAHOMA CITY––“What’s next, lobby groups for dogfighters and drug lords?” Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle asked Oklahoman investigative reporter Ben Felder in early March 2023. Felder had just revealed that “The Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, a political action committee, has donated more than […]
Severe winter may boost predator killing & stall wolf return to Colorado
Hunters up in arms over anticipated reduction of pronghorn, mule deer, & elk quotas DENVER, CHEYENNE––Unusually heavy snowfall in northwestern Colorado and south-central Wyoming, causing unusually heavy deaths of pronghorn, mule deer, and elk from late winter starvation, has the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Department and the Wyoming Fish & Game Department looking at […]
A “win-win” for Lolita, & even more for those promoting her homecoming
Lolita the orca whale may return to Puget Sound MIAMI, Florida––Lolita, the 57-year-old orca whale who has become a white elephant after 53 years in the 67-year-old Miami Seaquarium, may be returning home to Puget Sound, Washington, before the end of 2023. That might afford Lolita, also called Tokitae at capture, a comfortable retirement in […]
Big Cat Rescue turns a corner, sending big cat residents to Arkansas
Sanctuary property to be sold, proceeds to go to wildcat conservation TAMPA, Florida––If Howard and Carole Baskin had hoped to make headlines with their March 27, 2023 announcement that the Big Cat Rescue large and exotic cats are soon to be relocated to the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, they picked the […]
Pollster: pro-cockfighting votes by Oklahoma lawmakers flout voter opinion
Bill to reduce cockfighting from felony to misdemeanor cleared the Oklahoma House & is now before the Oklahoma Senate OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma––A bill to allow individual Oklahoma counties to reduce cockfighting from a felony to a misdemeanor is halfway to becoming law, despite overwhelming opposition from Oklahoma voters. House Bill 2530, by state representative Justin […]