“When hare coursing is outlawed, only outlaws will course hares.” As they do. DUBLIN, Ireland; LONDON, U.K.––Warned Niall Collins, agriculture minister for the Republic of Ireland, ahead of a July 8, 2026 vote on a motion to ban hare coursing, “If we over-regulate or ban it, this can lead to worse practices as well. That […]
Aussies fined for pig/dog videos; Wyoming wolf killer Cody Roberts indicted
Hunting is legal. Cruelty is not––not in Wyoming, grand jury says, & not Down Under either, magistrate rules BUNBURY, West Australia––Riley Thomas Lang, 25, and Marie Ann Parker, 23, were on August 19, 2025 respectively fined the equivalent of $21,231 and $12,224 in U.S. dollars in Bunbury Magistrate’s Court for cruelty to pigs and dogs […]
Trump cabinet nominees Doug Burgum & Kristi Noem records on animals
Burgum favors fossil fuels, factory farming, & wild horses; Noem shot her dog, a goat, & three horses, then bragged about it in a book WASHINGTON D.C.––Whatever people in North and South Dakota think about animals on public lands, and human use of public lands, is very likely to be public policy during the second […]
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 […]
Nine days to the U.S. national election. 18 days to save Indiana bobcats.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources proposes to reopen bobcat trapping, 70 years after shutting it down INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana––Indiana residents, preoccupied like the rest of the U.S. with the November 5, 2024 national election, have another date to circle on calendars: November 14, 2024 is the deadline for submitting public comments on Department of Natural Resources […]
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 […]
Wolves & mountain lions are dog & cats too, voters warn western states
“Ballot box biology” is “ballot box morality,” ethologist Marc Bekoff tells Wyoming & Colorado CHEYENNE, DENVER––Continuing failures on the part of the Wyoming Game & Fish Department and Colorado Parks & Wildlife to respond to public outrage over cruelty to wolves, pumas, bobcats, and other predators invited an initiative to ban puma and bobcat hunting […]
Puma hunting & pit bull fighting: cats & dogs on the Colorado ballot
Pumas & pit bulls have similar records of mayhem in Colorado, but the pit bull record is mostly much more recent AURORA, Colorado––Whatever else happens during the November 5, 2024 national election, the fight in Colorado will be dogs-and-cats. Voters statewide will be asked to approve the Cats Aren’t Trophies ballot initiative to ban hunting […]
Convicted U.K. dogfighter “Dr. Death” earlier did time for attempted murder
Three dogfighters get prison, along with perps who set dogs on wildlife CHELMSFORD, Essex, U.K.––The first high-profile pit bull fighting case to be prosecuted in the United Kingdom in more than 35 years ended on June 3, 2024 with four perpetrators convicted after a jury trial, three convicted perpetrators sent to prison, and the violent […]
Will court unleash Colorado puma defenders to tree trophy hunters?
Petitioners for ballot initiative to ban hunting mountain lions, bobcats, & lynx await only Colorado Supreme Court go-ahead to get started DENVER, Colorado––Proponents of banning mountain lion [puma], bobcat, and lynx hunting in Colorado await only a Colorado Supreme Court verdict expected in February 2024 to hit the streets seeking at least 124,238 qualified signatures […]