“Hazing” bears with dogs & then baiting them increases risk of conflict MADISON, Wisconsin––Only in the warped minds of pack hunters could using dogs to roust bears from quietly feeding in the backwoods, making the bears hungrier, grouchier, and more reactively defensive, and then accustoming them to consume bait piles of human food, be construed […]
In memoriam: Mark Bittner, Edward Hoagland, Anthony McAllister
Parrot man, writer, and activist Mark Bittner, 74, who died on March 1, 2026, and Edward Hoagland, 93, who died on February 17, 2026, were both known to millions and are remembered for their unique insights into animal and human relationships. Anthony McAllister, 36, killed in a March 22, 2026 motorcycle accident, was known mostly […]
Drones & robots deployed against rising wolf & bear attacks in India & Japan
Intensive bear hunting has not reduced bear attack deaths in Japan LUCKNOW, India; TOKYO, Japan––“Forest rangers in India have deployed drones to track wolves after nine people, mostly children, were killed by the animals in recent weeks, officials said Sunday,” reported both CBS and Agence France-Presse on December 1, 2025. The CBS and Agence France-Presse […]
A Tale of Two Species, the Mute Swan & the Trumpeter Swan
by Arlene Steinberg I have worked on mute swans issues for the last 20 years. Let me tell you the truth about the history and politics of the mute swans. Most people are completely unaware of the facts behind the persecution in the United States of the mute swan, the swan with the articulated, curved […]
Poacher kills the Texada Island grizzly on eve of move to First Nations refuge
Texada bear swam to an island without bears The Texada grizzly bear, spotlighted by ANIMALS 24-7 on June 23, 2025, “has been shot and killed without authorization,” the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service announced on July 15, 2025 via Facebook. “An investigation is underway, and the bear will undergo a necropsy,” reported Maryse Zeidler for […]
Good news for brown bears (so far) in Lithuania & British Columbia
Brown bear macked into Lithuanian capital city, but was not shot; Texada Island grizzly is also still alive & well VILNIUS, Lithuania; TEXADA ISLAND, British Columbia, Canada––A two-year-old female European brown bear in mid-June 2025 found her own way out of trouble in Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania. Whether her distant cousin, a […]
RFK Jr., named to head Health & Human Services, offers little for animals
Former foe of factory pig farms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lost interest in animal issues after a worm ate part of his brain WASHINGTON D.C.––Anti-vaxxers, raw milkers, foes of fast food, and a variety of vegan crackpots appreciative of views espoused by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mostly before, in his own words, “A worm got […]
Skunks, raccoons, bears, bad bugs & pit bulls, oh my! in the Carolinas
The buzz over Asheville: furious displaced yellow jackets ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Wasp predators including skunks, raccoons, bears, opossums, blue jays, crows, robins, and eastern kingbirds may not exactly be missed by refugees, rescuers, and others digging out of deep mud in the wake of Hurricane Helene, with no time for wildlife-watching, but their diminished numbers are […]
Wade Lemon goes to prison; helped Donald Trump Jr. kill bear & puma
Trials twice delayed because Donald Trump Sr. was running for president DENVER, SALT LAKE CITY––Followers of Wade Lemon Hunting and Shaun Buffee Safaris on social media saw on September 19, 2024 that one of their clients, Mike Ingram, 80, had killed a 225-pound leopard in Zimbabwe, believed to be the heaviest on record. That same […]
Bad news for bears: black bear killing hurts California grizzly reintro hopes
2024, 100 years after last California grizzly sighting, was supposed to be “The Year of the Bear” for restoration campaigners DOWNIEVILLE, California––The November 8, 2023 discovery that Patrice Miller, 71, had been eaten by a black bear inside her remote Sierra County rented home, 50 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe, was bad news for […]