What about pigeons attracts the worst sorts of people? HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania; CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas; BRUSSELS, Belgium––Pigeons and disreputable human conduct appear to go together like statues and guano, with the most and rankest guano accruing to the high and mighty. Investigative reporters including Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA, Kevin Sieff of the Washington Post, and […]
Is bird shooter Troy Link the jerkiest of Donald Trump’s megabucks donors?
Captive pigeon shooter Troy Link hired lobbyists to criminalize drone exposés & to sell processed dried meat to schools against “Make America Healthy Again” recommendation OKEECHOBEE, Florida––“A Republican megadonor got caught hosting a pigeon shoot. Then he got Florida politicians to change the law,” headlined independent journalist Jason Garcia above the August 22, 2025 edition […]
Swiss fur import ban resembles Swiss cheese, full of holes, but is a start
Swiss exemption for pelts from body-gripping traps smells like Limburger GENEVA, Switzerland––Switzerland, effective July 1, 2025, will become the first country in Europe and likely the world to ban the import and sale of fur taken from animals by means defined as “cruel production methods.” The new Swiss law, introduced by the Swiss Federal Council […]
Michigan DNR offers hope for an end to non-migratory Canada goose killing
Pressure from In Defense of Animals & United Poultry Concerns contributes to policy change LANSING, Michigan––Michigan Department of Natural Resources director Scott Bowen on May 9, 2025 “paused” scheduled massacres of “nuisance” non-migratory Canada geese, in favor of “alternative options for managing human-goose conflicts and health and safety concerns.” Possible translation: the Michigan Department of […]
Pigeon shoot host John Waldrop fined $900,000 for dead bird trafficking
Waldrop “preserved” birds stuffed & mounted BROOKLYN, New York–– Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Rachel Kovner on April 9, 2025 fined orthopedic surgeon John Waldrop, 76, of Cataula, Georgia, $900,000 for conspiracy to smuggle wildlife and Endangered Species Act violations. Kovner also ordered Waldrop, who pleaded guilty to the charges in August 2024, to serve three […]
Seeking U.S. hunters, Ontario allows new coyote, fox, & rabbit chase pens
Chase pens are banned in all other parts of Canada & 41 U.S. states TORONTO, Ontario––With wildlife advocates’ attention focused throughout the 2024 U.S. national election campaign on the failed initiative campaign to protect Colorado pumas and bobcats from hunting with hounds, a similar political battle has raged in Ontario province, Canada. “I cannot get […]
British King Charles III adopts hens, quits pigeon racing
But will Charles, patron of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, give up recreationally shooting birds by the thousands? LONDON, U.K.––King Charles III of the United Kingdom, 75, perhaps in partial atonement for a lifetime of recreationally massacring birds, has adopted 31 retired laying hens from the British Hen Welfare Trust and […]
Two “sportsmen” convicted of Capitol invasion & one of sheep-screwing
U.S. Department of Justice bags trophy hunting guide, promoter of catfish “noodling,” & breeder of genetically modified bighorn sheep WASHINGTON D.C.––Bagging three prominent “sportsmen” participants in the Rocky Mountain region trophy hunting industry within 10 days, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on March 20, 2023 announced the conviction of hunting guide […]
Animal charity donor Wylderich wins a round against misleading appeals
Lion Habitat Ranch agrees to “not engage in any unlawful, unfair, and/or deceptive trade practices” LAS VEGAS, Nevada––Longtime animal advocate and charity donor Annoula Wylderich knew the odds were heavily against her when on August 18, 2023 she complained to the Office of the Nevada Attorney General about “a letter I received asking for a […]
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 […]