But Spain, with twice as many wolves in about the same amount of habitat, puts wolves off limits to hunters MADISON, Wisconsin; MADRID, Spain––Wisconsin hunters and trappers killed 216 wolves in under 72 hours during the last week of February 2021, 97 more than the “management target” of 119, obliging the state Department of […]
Barry Lopez, 75, “literary naturalist,” inspired animal advocates
Death came four months after Lopez lost home of 50 years to wildfire Barry Lopez, 75, died on Christmas Day 2020 in Eugene, Oregon, after a years-long battle with prostate cancer. Sometimes described as a “literary naturalist,” Lopez wrote often about animals, but hardly exclusively, and as often about the animals of Native American myth and […]
Talk can’t stop pigeon-shooting psychopaths, by Steve Hindi
Why is Showing Animals Respect & Kindness alone in fighting pigeon shoots? [Guest columnist Steve Hindi founded Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, https://sharkonline.org/, in 1992.] The cowardly psychopaths of the Philadelphia Gun Club, located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, began their slaughter season on Friday the thirteenth of November 2020, shooting emaciated, dehydrated live pigeons tossed out […]
Celebrity bowhunters Josh & Sarah Bowmar face justice in Nebraska
TV hunting show star Rod Owen & two prominent outfitters already convicted OMAHA, Nebraska––Self-promoted online celebrity bowhunters and physical fitness trainers Josh and Sarah Bowmar are expected to be next to go to trial for their roles in the biggest poaching case ever busted in Nebraska. Exactly when that will be, though, is uncertain. The […]
DNA & vets agree: pit bull Curtis, not hunting hounds, killed Elisa Pilarski
Findings could lead to prosecution of fiancé of pregnant victim, who found her body, has denied both that Curtis did it and that he is a pit bull PARIS, France––DNA test results released on November 3, 2020 by Eric Boussuge, prosecutor for the district of Amiens, support the finding of two court-appointed veterinarians that […]
Three-legged bears in the Great Smokies may be no accident
U.S. bear hunters & Asian gangsters cut paws & deals ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Jody Williams and his Facebook group Help Asheville Bears want to catch the perp, or multiple perps, responsible for their recent discovery that at least 15 three-legged North American black bears are struggling for survival in the Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains, […]
Noted in passing: Bryant, Paulsen, Carothers, Domingues, & Weingartner
Activist legends in U.K., New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, & California Recently deceased longtime animal advocates John Bryant of Dorset, U.K., Judy Paulsen of Corrales, New Mexico, Randy Carothers of Rockwell, Texas, Rae Nell Domingues of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Susan Weingartner of southern California most likely never crossed paths in person, and may never even have […]
Fox hunters run amok despite unenforced British hunting ban
But the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds kills even more foxes LONDON––On February 18, 2020, the 15th anniversary of the Hunting Act coming into effect in England and Wales, supposedly banning fox hunting by riders on horseback galloping after hounds, “The Wynnstay Hunt deliberately killed a fox in the private garden of […]
Fur sales, wildlife acts, & hiding dog bite history banned in California
Fur-bearing animals & adopters of shelter/rescue dogs win protections SACRAMENTO, California––The new animal-related law in California that Governor Gavin Newsom and mass media said least about, to help protect Californians against recklessly rehomed dogs with bite history, may in the end become the most emulated among the raft of bills sent to Newsom’s desk […]
Michael Garcia’s sadism did not begin with video of pit bull mix killing fawn
Allowed pit bull mix to chase wildlife “every day” LAS CRUCES, New Mexico––“Gus provided the best action at the end of the day. Got his first big game kill!!” boasted Michael Garcia, 36, of his pit bull mix on July 19, 2019. Gus attacked, violently shook, and eventually killed a spotted fawn. The fawn […]
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