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, […]
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 […]
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-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 […]
Who to blame for animal diseases killing humans? Report says it’s U.S.
Harvard Law School and NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection deliver a shocker for most Americans (but not for you!) “For many Americans, concepts such as ‘bushmeat’ or ‘wildlife farming’ seem foreign,” opens Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States, “but they refer to practices that are common within the United States […]
Severe winter may boost predator killing & stall wolf return to Colorado
Hunters up in arms over anticipated reduction of pronghorn, mule deer, & elk quotas DENVER, CHEYENNE––Unusually heavy snowfall in northwestern Colorado and south-central Wyoming, causing unusually heavy deaths of pronghorn, mule deer, and elk from late winter starvation, has the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Department and the Wyoming Fish & Game Department looking at […]
Would you shoot bison for scratching their butts on your house?
Bison leaving Yellowstone National Park looking for something to eat are shot in record numbers at the Montana border HELENA, Montana––With unusually heavy snow driving bison out of Yellowstone National Park into Montana in record numbers, and bison being killed in record numbers too for following their ancient migration route from the Rocky Mountains into […]
For Josh & Sarah Bowmar, it’s the fire next time they appear in court
Fined but no jail time in poaching-related plea bargain, truck-burning & cabin-burning cases still ahead OMAHA, Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness gurus Josh and Sarah Bowmar on January 12, 2023 escaped jail time for misdemeanor conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, which prohibits transportation of illegally obtained wildlife and wildlife parts across state […]
Did a deer hunter murder Goldie Smith? By accident, or was it a hit?
Killed by arrow in deer hunting stronghold, but in mid-town STEELTON, Pennsylvania––Imagine an avid archery deer hunter, a poacher actually, who spots a big buck in rut just before dawn on Chambers Hill, overlooking Steelton, Pennsylvania. Leaving his pickup truck, the archer follows the buck down into town through several cemeteries and/or the Dauphin Highlands […]
Alleged game farm money-laundering may oust South African president
Cyril Ramaphosa raised animals to hunt, purportedly had $580,000 stashed in his sofa, & was suspected of taking a bribe linked to $42 million scam by David Wills, former Humane Society of the U.S. exec doing life for child sex trafficking JOHANNESBURG––Win or lose a confidence vote at the African National Congress convention beginning on […]