Technically not a banana republic, Sint Maarten acts like one PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten––Suddenly globally infamous for a scheme to exterminate an estimated 450 feral vervet monkeys, who have colonized the 16-square-mile Caribbean island nation for nearly 400 years, the former Dutch colony of Sint Maarten might be considered a banana republic. Sint Maarten does have […]
“Kangaroos are not shoes” campaign kicks back against ghost of Pelé
Demand for soccer shoes helps to drive increased kangaroo culling BETHESDA, Maryland––When Pelé, the most famous and perhaps the greatest soccer player of all time, died on December 29, 2022, almost nobody figuratively jumped on his grave. There was, however, one exception, Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle. […]
Cat-friendly Portland Audubon director Bob Sallinger retires
Fought against many schemes to kill one species to “help” another PORTLAND, Oregon––Few changings of the guard anticipated among animal advocacy leadership in 2023 may be felt more than the impending retirement of Bob Sallinger, 55, longtime public face of the 124-year-old Portland Audubon Society and a distinctly different voice from the stodgy, conventional […]
Monkey-laundering? Busts of lab suppliers follow 15 years of warnings
Wild-caught macaques may have flooded into U.S. labs for more than 15 years before the feds moved to stop the traffic HONG KONG–Did a small amount of monkey-eating in southern China cover for the development of large amount of monkey trafficking from the wild to U.S. labs? ANIMALS 24-7 and the International Primate Protection League […]
Sodium nitrite, used to cure bacon, is introduced to kill feral pigs
Panicked Australian & American pig producers push for the perfect poison to protect their investments Yellow phosphorus, cyanide gas, & Compound 1080 already flunked BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia––Japanese encephalitis, a potentially deadly disease spread by mosquitoes who lay their eggs in pig effluent, with onset symptoms resembling rabies in severe cases, “has been found for the […]
USDA-APHIS wants your 2¢ on animal-related federal law enforcement––NOW!!!
“Come on, animal advocates, let’s move fast! Your big chance has come at last! Want a chance to have your say? Tell it to the USDA!” WASHINGTON D.C.––The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS] is, until the end of July 2022, offering the public a unique chance to kibbitz on an “APHIS […]
Hours after Uvalde school killings, Iowa lawmakers authorize AR-15 deer hunt
New doe-and-fawn season DES MOINES, Iowa––Hours after Salvador Ramos used an AR-15 automatic rifle he gave himself as an 18th birthday present to massacre 19 fourth graders and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, the Iowa state house of representatives ratified a bill to create a special January antlerless deer hunting season for AR-15 users. The […]
“Trapping defender” Proulx explains why all fur trapping is cruel
Mammal Trapping, Wildlife Management, Animal Welfare & International Standards Edited by Gilbert Proulx Alpha Wildlife Research & Management Ltd. 287 pages. Free download from: https://cwbm.ca/product/mammal-trapping-e-book/ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wildlife biologist Gilbert Proulx, 68, of Sherwood Park, Alberta, may know more about the technology of trapping animals than anyone else who ever lived. Having spent […]
Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth
Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming, chemical pollution, and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]
Frustrated Georgia turkey hunters take it out on raccoons & opossums
Experts warn killing raccoons & opossums won’t boost the over-hunted turkey population––but new open season will give hunters animals to shoot year-round ATLANTA, Georgia; BERKELEY, California––Lest anyone doubt that sport hunting is all about finding the opportunity to kill something, anything, on any pretext, both houses of the Georgia state legislature in late March […]
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