Illusionist Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, created image of partner Horn as “positive reinforcement” trainer & conservationist Both were role models for “Joe Exotic” et al LAS VEGAS––Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, died of pancreatic cancer on January 14, 2021, at the Las Vegas home he had shared with Roy Horn, his partner in life […]
Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming
From “Joe Exotic” to Wayne Pacelle WASHINGTON D.C.––Soon-to-be-former U.S. President Donald Trump and his die-hard defenders who are now facing criminal charges for storming the U.S. National Capitol building on January 6, 2021 were scarcely the only big losers from the events of the day. Former U.S. Air Force security dog handler Ashli Babbitt, […]
Strychnine for Christmas: Alberta gift to wolves, caribou & other wildlife
Big Bad Wolf blamed for habitat loss due to global warming EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada––Again this Christmas season, Alberta Environment & Parks will welcome Santa’s reindeer by setting out strychnine. The strychnine will be not for Santa, nor for the reindeer, the North American variety of whom are called caribou, but rather for the Big […]
Pit bulls, wolves win in Colorado; horse racing wins in Nebraska; Hsiung loses
Colorado goes to the dogs DENVER, Colorado; LINCOLN, Nebraska; BERKELEY, California––Democratic challenger Joe Biden narrowly led Republican incumbent Donald Trump at 1:45, Pacific time, on November 4, 2020. The three major ballot issues and one mayoral race directly involving animals appeared to have ended, however, with a win for pit bulls in Denver, a […]
Wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines & right whales sacrificed to Trump re-election bid
Handouts to hunters, fishers, loggers, miners, & the oil and gas extraction industries BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota––U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on October 29, 2020 announced that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection throughout the Lower 48 states. The wolf delisting is widely seen as a blatant […]
Feds quit funding guns & ammo for “anti-poaching” militias
MacGregor throws the World Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Conservation Society & others out of the lettuce patch WASHINGTON D.C.––Deputy Interior Secretary Katharine MacGregor on September 18, 2020 quietly ordered major reforms of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID] programs which have for decades routed millions of dollars in funding […]
Judge boots wild horse foe William Perry Pendley from top office at BLM
Federal judge finds Pendley illegally headed the BLM for nearly half of his tenure HELENA, Montana––Wild horse nemesis William Perry Pendley was on September 25, 2020 removed from his position as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management by Chief District Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District of Montana. Morris ruled that Pendley has served […]
“To kill a mocking bird is a crime,” judge reminds Trump administration
Ruling reverses attempt to gut the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1919 NEW YORK CITY––“It is not only a sin to kill a mockingbird, it is also a crime,” wrote U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni in an August 11, 2020 decision upholding enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 as it […]
COVID-19: speedboat toll on manatees soars, but large land mammals get a break
Trump administration downlisted manatees to “threatened” status before body count doubled ST. PETERSBURG, Florida; DAVIS, California––More manatees, but fewer large land mammals, appear to have been hit by motor vehicles during the first five months of COVID-19 lockdowns, studies from four states show. The bad news for manatees, reported by the Florida Fish & Wildlife […]
Noted in passing: “Turtle God” & rhino, elephant, & lion advocates
Victims of cancer, assassins, & two killed by the species they loved “Turtle God” Peter Pritchard, 76, died in hospice care on February 26, 2020. Known as “the Turtle God,” recalled longtime Tampa Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman, Pritchard at his home in Oviedo, Florida kept what Pittman believed to be “the largest private collection […]
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