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Cats, mice, & even octopi sacrificed to false gods of conservation

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E.O. Wilson sidekick Thomas Lovejoy contributed to rationales for massacring some animals to save others              Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III,  80,  on December 25, 2021 quietly died from pancreatic cancer in McLean,  Virginia,  just 24 hours before the death of E.O. Wilson,  92,  in Burlington,  Massachusetts. (See E.O. Wilson, counter-evolutionary “evolutionary biologist,” dies at 92.) […]

E.O. Wilson, counter-evolutionary “evolutionary biologist,” dies at 92

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E.O. Wilson considered himself the Charles Darwin of our time,  but contradicted many basic Darwinian precepts Edward Osborne Wilson,  92,  better known as E.O. Wilson,  died on December 26,  2021 in Burlington, Massachusetts,  16 miles north of Cambridge,  where he was for 46 years a star member of the Harvard University biology faculty. Wilson was perhaps […]

“Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland

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Transformed sleepy Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society into butt-kicking Animal Concern DUMBARTON, Scotland––John Frederick Robins,  64,  probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history,  despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,”  has announced his impending retirement after 41 years of directing pro-animal campaigns initially for Friends of the Earth,  but chiefly as campaigns manager and […]

Shooting war: cats win, feeders lose in East Bay Regional Park District

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East Bay Regional Park District agrees to ceasefire if cat rescuers remove cats from sensitive wildlife areas             OAKLAND, California––Histrionic headlines and activist alerts aside,  what the East Bay Regional Park District board of directors really did at a heated June 15,  2021 meeting over cat policy was to: Permanently reassign staff biologist David “Doctor […]

Hunters & birders get boost under Biden

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Biden administration claims credit for unprecedented expansion of hunter access to National Wildlife Refuges initiated under Trump WASHINGTON D.C.––Why would the Joe Biden administration want to claim credit for one of the most odious actions of the Donald Trump administration pertaining to animals and habitat? Specifically,  the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service under Biden appointee […]

Bullets for bison in Grand Canyon National Park

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Bison again under fire,  50 years after film “Bless the Beasts & the Children” exposed the massacre,  shocking the world             GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Arizona––The National Park Service accepted 45,000 applications from would-be volunteer bison shooters during a 48-hour window opening on May 3,  2021 at midnight. A dozen shooters will be selected by […]

In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz dies at 86

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Animal rights movement pioneer             SAN RAFAEL,  California–– In Defense of Animals founder Elliot Katz,  DVM,  “died peacefully on March 24th at the age of 86,”  the organization announced via Facebook on April 9,  2021,  after word of Katz’s death had percolated through the animal advocacy community for several days. “Dr. Katz was a trailblazer […]

Will Australia learn that “When the cat is away, the mice will play?”

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“Be careful what you wish for” also pertains to mouse plague,  floods,  & infestations of snakes & spiders MELBOURNE,  SYDNEY––What stops a mouse plague? Driving 40,000 Australians from their homes in Victoria and New South Wales states,  while filling many of those homes with spiders and snakes seeking high ground,  the worst flooding in decades […]

Ceasefire halts cat shootings in East Bay Regional Parks––for now

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But “Tweety-&-Sylvester” conflicts rage on,  despite success of Project Bay Cat neuter/return program just across San Francisco Bay             OAKLAND,  California––The latest of least 30 years of frequent “Tweety-&-Sylvester” battles between East Bay Regional Park District biologists trying to preserve endangered bird species within the biggest urban park district in the U.S. and feral cat […]

Florida regulators “put foot down” amid venomous snakes & alligators

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Breeding green iguanas, pythons,  & tegu lizards will be banned after 2024             TALLAHASSEE, Florida––Trying to lock the Florida swamps decades after green iguanas,  pythons,  tegu lizards,  and countless other reptiles well-adapted to the habitat slithered in,  the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission on February 25,  2021 voted unanimously to add green iguanas,  pythons,  […]