by Beth Clifton Updating Legendary Whidbey Island lone elk Bruiser found dead at age 18, I wish to share some further reflections about Bruiser, the solitary elk of Whidbey Island, who was found deceased on October 6, 2026, beneath a cliff in the heavily wooded Strawberry Point area, where he spent most of his adult […]
The human faults of beluga sanctuaries, captivity, & Jason Bruck
Guest column by Kenneth W. LeVasseur Editors’ note: Kenneth W. LeVasseur, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, a dolphin intelligence and communication researcher for more than fifty years, with colleague Steven C. Sipman on May 29, 1977 released into the ocean two dolphins, Puka and Kea, who had been held at the University of Hawaii marine mammal laboratory, where […]
Hunter entitlement: a mother’s death & Colorado Amendment 83
Mother shot by hunter under depredation permit in an already harvested cornfield ELLENDALE, Delaware; DENVER, Colorado––The September 19, 2026 shooting death of Santos Maria Chilel Soto, 39, a Georgetown, Delaware mother of five, Amendment 83 on the 2026 Colorado state ballot, and right-to-hunt constitutional amendments adopted in 23 other states since 1996 have in common […]
Legendary Whidbey Island lone elk Bruiser found dead at age 18
Bruiser was two years short of becoming the oldest bull elk on record STRAWBERRY POINT, Whidbey Island, Washington––Bruiser the bull elk, believed to have been 18 years of age, was on October 6, 2026 found dead at the bottom of a cliff along the northern Saratoga Passage. Island County sheriff Rick Felici told media there […]
Bozeman debacle shows yet again that a fed bear is a dead bear
Fourteen bears killed near home where occupant was allegedly feeding them BOZEMAN, Montana––That “A fed bear is a dead bear” was reiterated on September 24 and 25, 2026, near Bozeman, Montana, 90 miles north of Yellowstone National Park. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks personnel killed 14 black bears, the agency disclosed, “after receiving a report […]
Wood & wine bucks allegedly bring barred owl & mule deer massacres
Claim that killing barred owls & Catalina mule deer is to protect endangered species is at best questionable SALEM, Oregon; LOS ANGELES, California––Blazing gunfire directed at barred owls in the Coast Range of Oregon and at mule deer on Catalina Island, 26 miles west of Los Angeles, again demonstrates how successfully adaptive species can become […]
What do “rescued” beluga deaths signify for marine mammal captivity?
Sanctuary proponents square off against captivity defenders, as both sides invoke the name & teachings of Ric O’Barry CHICAGO, Illinois––Four of the 30 belugas evacuated from the defunct Marineland of Niagara in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, during July and August 2026 have died at their new homes, along with a fifth beluga who was […]
Tweety & Sylvester Down Under: two new studies exonerate cats
Birds are Still Singing in Our Suburbs and Bella & Charlie Are Not the Problem, argue team from the University of Queensland KENMORE, Queensland, Australia––Two new studies from scientists associated with the Australian Pet Welfare Foundation and the University of Queensland challenge the notion that cat predation has much of anything to do with bird […]
Dogs & cat use in labs is up under Trump/Kennedy, says White Coat Waste
Former Trump ally details new use of beagles & kittens in report MAHA Betrayed WASHINGTON D.C.––Apologists for the abysmal record of the second Donald Trump administration on animal issues have thus far tended to offset harm to wildlife, farmed animals, and horses, both wild and domestic, by citing purported huge reductions in animal use for […]
Catalina Island Conservancy invokes drone ban, starts killing 2,000 deer
Deer cull may do more for wine-growing relatives of Catalina Island Conservancy founder than for either nature or claimed pretext of fire suppression LOS ANGELES––Henry David Thoreau, had he been an observer of the Catalina Island mule deer cull now underway, might have observed that “Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find […]