Richard Leakey both extended human history backward & helped Kenyan wildlife survive into the future NAIROBI, Kenya––Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, 77, known to the world as simply Richard Leakey, died on January 2, 2022, in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital city and his home for most of his life. Born in Nairobi on December 19, 1944, […]
“Ivory Queen” wins appeal––and gets 15 years again
But elephant poachers featured in Leonardo DiCaprio film are released due to faulty prosecutions DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania––The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court on December 8, 2021 re-sentenced “Ivory Queen” Yang Feng Glan and two alleged Tanzanian co-conspirators to 15 years imprisonment each for illegally trafficking 860 elephant tusks. (See “Ivory queen” sentence helps to […]
Why Namibia is losing wildlife despite claimed success of conservancies
Investigation: The Efficacy of Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model As It Relates to African Elephants https://africanelephantjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Investigation-in-Namibias-conservation-model-Full-Report-LR.pdf “Namibia was the first African country to incorporate protection of the natural environment into its constitution,” open African Elephant Journal editor Adam Cruise and anthropologist Izzy Sasada in their newly published 53-page Investigation: The Efficacy of Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model […]
Bad for bears, people, & their wallets: the myth of “diversionary feeding”
British Columbia bear feeder fined $60,000 VANCOUVER, B.C.; VANCOUVER, Washington––Three hundred miles apart, in different nations, the two west coast Vancouver areas recently witnessed remarkably similar court cases over back yard bear-feeding, with comparably sad results for the bears, but strikingly different outcomes for the convicted feeders. The British Columbia Provincial Court for North […]
Animal friends Kim Crumbo, David Amess, & Ali Laoual Abagana remembered
Rewilding Earth board member, Member of Parliament, & giraffe advocate at CITES Crumbo presumed dead in Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone National Park Conservationist Kim Crumbo, 74, remembered by Project Coyote founder Camilla Fox as “a true environmental hero for wildlife and wildlands,” has been missing and presumed dead since September 20, 2021, when the remains of […]
Good days in court for chickens, gamecocks, Wisconsin wolves, & feral hippos
Decisions may mean better days for animals, but use & exploitation industries will fight back ROCHESTER, N.Y.; WASHINGTON D.C.; MADISON, Wisconsin; CINCINNATI, Ohio––A flurry of mid-October 2021 court decisions brought good news for plaintiffs against the poultry slaughter industry, cockfighting in Puerto Rico, wolf hunting in Wisconsin, and hippopotamus culling in Colombia. Probably the most […]
Baylor University mascot bears benefit from SHARK campaign 18 years later
Longterm payoff bears recognition WACO, Texas––A Showing Animals Respect & Kindness campaign targeting Baylor University back in 2002-2003 continued to pay off eighteen years later when the Baylor mascot bear enclosure, built in 2005 in response to the SHARK campaign, in May 2021 won Association of Zoos & Aquariums accreditation, “a first for a […]
No more bullshit saves National Wildlife Refuge for endangered deer
But the Columbian white-tailed deer came off the U.S. endangered species list before the refuge even began to recover from 45 years of cattle grazing CATHLAMET, Washington––Thanks to wetland restoration, the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge for the Columbian white-tailed deer now looks more like protected habitat than a feedlot. Fifty years after […]
Will captive lions caught in wildfire light a fire under South African legislators?
Promised bill to ban breeding lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots, & bone commerce awaits introduction––and action BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa––Five months after South African minister of forestry, fisheries & the environment Barbara Creecy announced that she would pursue legislation to ban breeding captive lions for cub-petting, trophy shoots, and exports of lion bones for use […]
“Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland
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 […]
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