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 […]
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 […]
Can one baby gorilla rescued in Istanbul stop the deadly great ape traffic?
The Istanbul baby gorilla is one among thousands bootlegged out of war-torn central Africa ISTANBUL, Turkey––An approximately eight-month-old baby western lowland gorilla, rescued from a coffin-like wooden crate on December 22, 2024 at the Istanbul Airport in Turkey, may be the “missing link” between two of the other horrific stories in the news that day. […]
Africa Network for Animal Welfare founder Josphat Ngonyo steps down
But Josphat Ngonyo remains active in multiple other organizations NAIROBI, Kenya––Josphat Ngonyo, 52, long a leading figure in the transition of African animal advocacy from direction by expatriates and non-African funders to stand-alone independence, on November 1, 2024 retired after 18 years heading the Africa Network for Animal Welfare [ANAW]. “The time has come for […]
A world away, Animals Lebanon copes with an even bigger disaster
Hurricane Helene was bad, but falling bombs are even deadlier than falling trees & power lines BEIRUT, Lebanon––“Last night was the worst we have had, and bombing continues,” Animals Lebanon cofounder and vice president Maggie Shaarawi emailed to ANIMALS 24-7 on the morning of September 28, 2024. Hurricane Helene had just ripped across five southern […]
Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, 48, saved Kenya wildlife with a water truck
Fought global warming, drought, & poachers; raised peas, bees, & sunflowers VOI, Kenya––Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, 48, died on June 18, 2024, after a 10-year battle with acute kidney failure that had him on dialysis since 2014, and a 20-year battle against frequent severe drought conditions in Tsavo West National Park, southeastern Kenya. Family spokesperson Jones […]
Has the Pied Piper come to Lassa fever & rat-plagued Nigeria?
Rat-borne Lassa fever kills more people now than either Ebola or rabies, even if you have never heard of it LAGOS, Nigeria––Amid sectarian violence and the mass kidnappings of as many as 5,000 people, most of them school children since Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu took office on May 29, 2023, it is likely […]
The ghost of ivory traffic investigator Esmond Martin stalks Connecticut
Six years after Esmond Martin’s unsolved murder, the Humane Society of the U.S. took a page from his books HARTFORD, Connecticut––The ghost of ivory and rhino horn traffic investigator Esmond Martin still stalks ivory merchants six years after Martin, 76, was stabbed to death in his own bed on February 5, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya, […]