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 […]
Robert Card: Maine deer hunter goes berserk, kills 18 people plus himself
Three days later Card could have shot up the Maine countryside legally, if he only killed the bag limit of deer LISBON FALLS, Maine––Robert Card, 40, a lifelong deer hunter, shot 18 people dead, wounding 13 others, at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and then at the nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille in Lewiston, […]
Dogs, sheep, & storks seek safety in Gaza & Israel, two weeks into war
Birds far outnumber humans, but humans have the guns GAZA, Palestine; TEL AVIV, Israel––As many as 500 million birds per year, of approximately 250 species, migrate over Gaza each year, including most of the storks in the world, seasonally moving among Africa, Asia, and Europe. Hundreds of thousands of birds are on the wing over […]
Oregon halts wildlife killing contests; New York gov Hochul dithers
New York legislature passed bill to ban wildlife killing contests three months ago, but governor has yet to sign it into law BEND, Oregon; ALBANY, New York––The Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on September 15, 2023 voted unanimously to prohibit wildlife killing contests for coyotes and other species classified as unprotected mammals in the […]
Should ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson go to heaven or hell?
“Heaven!” says Wayne Pacelle. “Hell!” says Steve Hindi. CHATHAM, Massachusetts––Bill Richardson, 75, New Mexico governor from 2003 to 2011, involved in politics and international diplomacy from his 1971 graduation from Tufts University until shortly before his death, died on September 1, 2023 at his summer home on Cape Cod. Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle […]
Nevada activist tilts at Lion Habitat Ranch fundraising windmill
Annoula Wylderich has truth on her side, but fundraisers, the law, & probably most duped donors don’t give a damn LAS VEGAS, Nevada––Fumed longtime Nevada animal advocate Annoula Wylderich in a 2021 comment to ANIMALS 24-7 about a quasi-sanctuary collapsing in Florida, “I am SICK of these disgusting, reckless carpetbaggers who capitalize off innocent animals […]
Lahaina rescuers win access but find few animals; pigs not to blame for fire
Threat of lawsuit appears to concern officials more than the plight of animals marooned by the firestorm, hundreds already rescued LAHAINA, Maui, Hawaii––Eighteen days of animal rescuers battling bureaucracy to retrieve surviving animals from inside the Lahaina burn zone, leveled by wildfire on August 8, 2023, ended abruptly when Maui County announced that, “As […]
Ex-Safari Club president Larry Rudolph bagged his wife; gets life
Victim Bianca Finzio Rudolph & convicted co-conspirator Lori Milliron were also trophy hunters DENVER, Colorado––Former Safari Club International president Larry Rudolph, 68, on August 21, 2023 was sent to prison for life for killing his wife of 34 years, Bianca Finizio Rudolph, 56 at her death, and also a prominent trophy hunter. Larry Rudolph shot […]
Tigers menaced by Nepal bureaucrat as well as by poaching, et al
New environment minister Birendra Prasad Mahato proposes to auction tiger hunting rights KATHMANDU, Nepal––“We could charge $25 million for every tiger killed,” Nepalese minister for forests and environment Birendra Prasad Mahato reportedly told a podcast audience in mid-July 2023, as International Tiger Day, July 29, 2023, approached. Mahato recommended that Nepal should begin auctioning tiger […]
Ex-roadside zoo/canned hunt owner caught with stolen Bobcat
Lee Marvin Greenly was co-defendant with country singer Troy Gentry in captive bear-killing case SANDSTONE, Minnesota––Former Minnesota Wildlife Connection owner Lee Marvin Greenly, 62, is now facing a felony count of receiving stolen property for allegedly stealing a Bobcat, the mechanical kind that starts with a capital letter. Greenly, long notorious for operating a roadside […]