How did Wildlife SOS cofounder & experienced anti-poaching investigator Kartick Satyanarayan get caught in such a tangle? AGRA, India––Wildlife law enforcement agents worldwide, both with government agencies and with nonprofit organizations, might take a lesson from the present plight of Wildlife SOS cofounder Kartick Satyanarayan. In particular, Satyanarayan could probably teach quite a bit from […]
Elephants stomp wine grape-growing millionaire trophy hunter
Why did the death of trophy hunter Ernie Dosio attract more online notice than all 158 comparable cases over the past 20 years? LODI, California––Ernie Dosio, 75, described by Metro correspondent Jamie Pyatt, of Cape Town, South Africa, as “A millionaire U.S. big game hunter,” a longtime wine grape grower from Lodi, California, and “a […]
Ex-West Coast Game Park Safari operator Brian Tenney cops a plea
Sloths meet the seven deadly sins of roadside zoo proprietors BANDON, Oregon; ORLANDO, Florida––The now defunct West Coast Game Park Safari operated for 56 years just outside Bandon, Oregon. Sloth World, on International Drive in Orlando, between University Studios and SeaWorld Orlando, has yet to open. Both, though, exemplify why privately owned and operated […]
Wyoming snowmobile wolf-killer Cody Roberts cops a plea
“Oh what a big @#$%^&*! you are!” PINEDALE, Wyoming––Cody Roberts, 44, of Daniel, Wyoming, pleading guilty to perhaps the most sensational crime involving wolves since Little Red Riding Hood, will keep his butt out of the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. “A signed plea agreement filed with the Sublette County District Court,” Mike Koshmerl reported […]
Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton, 83, felled by bees
Studied everything about elephants from their psyches to the tips of their tails & fought for elephant survival from the northern Kenyan desert to lecture halls in Beijing, China NAIROBI, Kenya––Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton, 83, died on December 8, 2025 at his home in Nairobi, Kenya. Excellence in all things was expected of […]
Big wins for elephants, rhinos, giraffes, sharks & falcons in Uzbekistan desert
The big loser at CITES Conference of the Parties 20 was the saiga antelope, native to host nation Uzbekistan SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan––Elephants, rhinos, giraffes, white-tipped sharks, peregrine falcons, and the Vantara captive wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat state, India, were among the big winners at the twentieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the […]
Jane Goodall, 91, defied scientific & ecological convention all her life
Beloved by the public, Goodall often left dogmatic authorities to rage like frustrated chimps PASADENA, California––Jane Goodall, 91, a British citizen originally best known for chimpanzee research done at Gombe Stream, Tanzania, during the first half of her 65-year professional career, and later as an international humane ambassador, died in California on October 1, 2025 […]
Supreme Court of Canada to decide fate of 400 B.C. ostriches
Ostriches won reprieve from cull when Supreme Court of Canada took up the case OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada––A forthcoming Supreme Court of Canada verdict concerning the fate of nearly 400 ostriches may be the biggest decision of the court in an animal-related case in close to six years. The verdict will hinge upon whether the Supreme […]
Why did William Custis Smith get just a day in jail for killing 20+ bald eagles?
Sentence raises questions & eyebrows HALLWOOD, Virginia––Who is William Custis Smith, 74, of Hallwood, Virginia, population 206, and why did he get away with just one day in jail, two years on probation, 50 hours of community service, and a fine of $9,800 for allegedly killing at least 20 bald eagles and other birds of […]
Trump pardons Florida shark rescuers convicted in “prosecutorial overreach”
John Moore Jr. & Tanner Mansell released 19 hooked sharks & two goliath groupers WEST PALM BEACH, Florida––John Moore Jr., 59, and Tanner Mansell, 32, were on May 28, 2025 presidentially pardoned for committing shark rescue. Among the presidential record 1,600-odd pardons and commutations of criminal sentences issued by Donald Trump during his first four […]