Former Philadelphia Gun Club president claimed his father was not a relative & to have urged Donald Trump to run for president PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi introduced the existence of then-Philadelphia Gun Club president E. Bruce DiDonato, 71, to ANIMALS 24-7 on April 1, 2013, but what Hindi said […]
Pigeon shoots, pigeon racing, gambling, theft, & multiple murders
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 […]
Don Molde, 87, long led the fight for pumas, bears, & bobcats in Nevada
“Public attitudes are trending in the right direction,” Molde said. “Just way too slow for my comfort.” RENO, Nevada––“It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of long-time Project Coyote supporter, dear friend, and fierce wild carnivore defender, Donald (Don) Molde,” Project Coyote founder Camilla Fox announced on July 24, 2025. Molde, […]
Wildlife killing contests with big money prizes spread from U.S. to Canada
Sponsors boost hunting & trapping participation by offering cash for biggest & most dead animals CALGARY, Alberta––The name of the “Alberta Ungulate Enhancement Program” sounds like a government project––but it isn’t. The Alberta Trapper’s Association and the Alberta Professional Outfitters Society bill it as a “science research project,” but it isn’t. Thinly disguised wolf-killing contest […]
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 […]
Accused Georgia bird trafficker allegedly holds “live pigeon shoot” in yard
Surgeon allegedly massacres birds both before & after they hatch CATAULA, Georgia––Orthopedic surgeon John Waldrop, 74, arraigned on October 16, 2023 for trafficking the eggs of endangered and threatened birds, is allegedly at this writing hosting a a “massive live pigeon shoot” at his home in Cataula, Georgia, according to Animal Wellness Action and […]
Jack Link’s beef jerky CEO pigeon massacre jeopardizes bald eagles too
What stinks most at Okeechobee is the atmosphere of sadistic privilege OKEECHOBEE, Florida––Turkey vultures circling over the Quail Creek Sporting Ranch in Okeechobee, Florida, shown swooping on wounded and abandoned pigeons in Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] drone video, dramatized only a small part of what stinks there. Most of the stench comes from […]
BLM bans cyanide-shooting “coyote-getters,” but keeps it very quiet
Bureau of Land Management hid the announcement––why? WASHINGTON, D.C.––Has Bureau of Land Management director Tracy Stone-Manning really banned the use of M-44 “coyote getter” cyanide-shooting traps on BLM lands? “Yes, it’s real,” Predator Defense Fund president Brooks Fahey assured ANIMALS 24-7 late on November 24, 2023, providing an unpublicized link to confirmation at https://www.blm.gov/programs/fish-and-wildlife. Ducking […]
Oregon halts wildlife killing contests; New York gov Hochul dithers
New York legislature passed bill to ban wildlife killing contests three months ago, but governor has yet to sign it into law BEND, Oregon; ALBANY, New York––The Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on September 15, 2023 voted unanimously to prohibit wildlife killing contests for coyotes and other species classified as unprotected mammals in the […]
“Bloody hell!” Elizabeth II set poor example on hunting, but loved her dogs
Corgis were almost certainly first to mourn LONDON, U.K.–– Queen Elizabeth II, 96, who ceremonially ruled the United Kingdom for 70 years and 214 days, died on September 8, 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, one of the three royal hunting estates. The others are the 20,000-acre Sandringham estate, in Norfolk, England, and Dalnadamph, a 6,700-acre […]