Three-year SHARK campaign succeeds GENEVA, Illinois––Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) on August 22, 2017 released documents obtained from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation through a Freedom of Information Act request indicating that U.S. Senator James Inhofe (Republican, Oklahoma) will no longer hold live pigeon shoots as part of his annual summer fundraising […]
Did the bastards kill any bustards? Oil sheik hunters evicted from Pakistan
Officially, the oil sheiks didn’t use their falcons THARPARKAR, Pakistan––Birding enthusiasts, conservationists, and inquiring minds throughout Pakistan are wondering how endangered houbara bustards really fared this past winter, after––according to the Urdu newspaper Daily Dunya––an alleged falconing camp set up in Tharparkar, Sindh district, by Qatari prince Fahad Abdul Rahman Al Thani was removed […]
Three views of the state of the movement: Steve Hindi, Chase Purdy, & us
Are we “winning”? What are we winning? by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) “We’re winning!” It was phrased a few different ways, but that was the claim from the Hillary Clinton camp in the weeks before her stunning loss to Donald Trump. Now we can look forward to four years […]
“Coon hunt” fundraiser may be seen as racist, frets St. Jude hospital
Wants to change name but not disassociate from “World’s Largest Coon Hunt” MEMPHIS, Tennessee––Unfazed by 28 years of protest against the cruelty to animals involved in the now-41-year-old Decatur County World’s Largest Coon Hunt, an annual benefit for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital of Memphis, the hospital may at last disassociate itself from […]
Pigeon shooters in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Lefty Grove: An American Original by Jim Kaplan Society for American Baseball Research, 2000. 315 pages, paperback. $16.00. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “I have come to know, in a manner of speaking, many pigeon shooters across the country in the past almost three decades,” Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi posted below the […]
Charges against pigeon killer recall humane & labor movement landmarks
Boys from Bridgeton were once in the movements’ vanguard BRIDGETON, NJ; PHILADELPHIA, PA––Cruelty charges have been filed against an unnamed 17-year-old Bridgeton, New Jersey resident for allegedly torturing pigeons wounded in live pigeon shoots at the Philadelphia Gun Club by kicking the wounded birds and throwing rocks at them. Previous cases dismissed Filed by […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia finally couldn’t outrun the bear
Death recalled favorite hunting story WASHINGTON D.C.––Perhaps the most avid hunter on the U.S. Supreme Court bench in decades, and certainly the most flamboyant, Justice Antonin Scalia died at the Cibolo Creek Ranch hunting resort in south Texas after a day of “hunting” box-reared quail during which he reportedly never fired a shot. Not […]
“Xi & Obama: please talk tigers!”
Fourteen leading tiger experts appeal to Chinese and U.S. presidents Discussion of China’s tiger farms and its growing domestic trade in luxury tiger products was unfortunately not on the table for President Xi’s September 24, 2015 visit with U.S. President Barack Obama. Between 5,000 and 6,000 tigers are being farmed today in China for a luxury […]
Shot hits SHARK drone during Senator James Inhofe pigeon shoot
Sheriff & state police refuse to investigate ALTUS, Oklahoma––An alleged participant in the 11th annual fundraising pigeon shoot hosted by U.S. Senator James Inhofe marked September 11, 2015 by shooting one of the engine covers off of an eight-engine drone helicopter operated by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi. “Senator Inhofe was […]
Conservation or not? Johnny Rodrigues looks at trophy hunting
by Johnny Rodrigues, founder, Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force We often hear of trophy hunters claiming to be conservationists and we find this difficult to understand. If this is the case, then there are two types of “conservation.” TYPE ONE There is the breeding of wild animals for hunting. This industry is supported by the hunting […]