Stop trapping & wolverines could probably restore themselves WASHINGTON D.C.––Usually there is little to celebrate about an animal becoming officially recognized as a threatened species, but wolverines, recognized as “threatened” by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on November 29, 2023, present a rare exception. Had science prevailed instead of politics, wolverines would have been […]
Mystery diseases hit dogs, cats, sea lions––are birds the missing link?
H5N1 avian flu, a virus, has hit all of the outbreak areas, but many of the mystery infections appear to be bacterial SPOKANE, Washington; SAN DIEGO, California; LONDON, U.K.; LIMA, Peru––Fall is the flu season, for humans and animals. Therefore, just because mysterious new flu-like diseases in dogs, cats, and marine mammals are appearing coincidental […]
BLM bans cyanide-shooting “coyote-getters,” but keeps it very quiet
Bureau of Land Management hid the announcement––why? WASHINGTON, D.C.––Has Bureau of Land Management director Tracy Stone-Manning really banned the use of M-44 “coyote getter” cyanide-shooting traps on BLM lands? “Yes, it’s real,” Predator Defense Fund president Brooks Fahey assured ANIMALS 24-7 late on November 24, 2023, providing an unpublicized link to confirmation at https://www.blm.gov/programs/fish-and-wildlife. Ducking […]
Feds give Makah tribe the go-ahead to kill gray whales again
NOAA issues Final Environmental Impact Statement, the last legal obstacle between gray whales & Makah harpoons & bullets SEATTLE, Washington––An early 2024 resumption of gray whale killing by the Makah tribe of Neah Bay, Washington, seems all but assured after the November 17, 2023 publication of a 2,364-page Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Makah […]
Sluggish on getting the lead out: feds again play pro-hunting politics
Sluggish on getting the lead out: feds again play pro-hunting politics WASHINGTON D.C.–– The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service still isn’t getting the lead out. And is not about to, in view that both major U.S. political parties continue to kiss the portions of hunters’ anatomy where lead continues to accumulate in regulatory posteriors. (See […]
Kevin Antle, self-styled “Bhagavan” and “Doc,” pleads to federal charges
Pleads to conspiracy to commit both wildlife trafficking & money laundering MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina––Myrtle Beach Safari owner Kevin Antle, 63, styling himself “Bhagavan” and “Doc” for decades, on November 6, 2023 pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit both wildlife trafficking and money laundering. “For each count,” explained a federal […]
Cold, hard evidence re small mammals missing from humane societies
“Do you have the ability to freeze off a bunch of guinea pigs and/or rabbits?” TUCSON, Arizona––A copy of a text message forwarded to KVOA News 4 chief investigator Chorus Nylander clarifies the probable fate of more than 300 missing guinea pigs, rabbits, and other small mammals who were transferred on August 7, 2023 from […]
Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns founder, dead at 79
Karen Davis was a frequent ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist & commentator MACHIPONGO, Virginia––United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis, or Karen Davis, PhD., as she always signed her writings, “passed away peacefully on the morning of November 4, 2023 at the United Poultry Concerns sanctuary, surrounded by her beloved birds,” the organization announced, pledging to “continue […]
“Bird flu” whacks marine mammals; are bird-eating people next?
High pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 hits in unexpected places around the globe GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador; PUGET SOUND, Washington; DES MOINES, Iowa––Beyond the birding world, and only the small segment of that who pay attention to avian diseases, hardly anyone noticed the “canary in the coal mine” when on September 20, 2023 the Galapagos National Park […]
Wild horses chased by choppers in U.S.; shot from choppers in Australia
Australia has no Wild & Free-Roaming Horses & Burros Act DAVIS, California; SYDNEY, Australia––“Now through February,” American Wild Horse Campaign currently warns via social media, “over 7,000 wild horses will be chased by helicopters, ripped from their families, injured, or in the worst case, killed. “The survivors will be funneled into overburdened holding facilities, sometimes […]