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 […]
Burning urgency to find homes for displaced captive marine mammals
Even if no marine mammals are displaced by fire at the Yeisk Dolphinarium, hundreds from failing dolphinariums have nowhere to go YEISK, Russia; TARANTO, Italy; ANTIBES, France; NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario; MIAMI, Florida––A marine mammal population of unknown size, including Black Sea dolphins, a beluga whale, sea lions, and seals, reportedly survived a September 9, 2025 […]
H5N1 hits cats at Wild Felid Advocacy Center & wild pumas in the Olympics
Wild cats stricken directly under the Pacific Flyway HARSTINE ISLAND, Washington––Killing 20 of the 37 large and exotic cats at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington between December 2 and December 23, 2024, an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza on Harstine Island, Washington, south of Seattle, appears to have brought more attention to […]
Esther Klein, 96, was voice of the Animal Defence League of Canada
Esther Klein helped to start the chain of events leading to the existence of ANIMALS 24-7 OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada––“Sadly, Esther Klein passed away on June 11, 2024,” Animal Defence League of Canada spokesperson Judy Belair recently notified members and ANIMALS 24-7 via the Animal Defence League of Canada newsletter. Esther Klein, after raising her son […]
H5N1 avian flu goes global: what that means for for us & for animals
H5N1, much less deadly than it once was, has spread from pole to pole & from birds to cats & mice ANNAPOLIS, ATLANTA––No one at either the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases [ProMED] or the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is saying so yet, but the chances of keeping the avian influenza H5N1 from […]
Rabies kills 11 fur seals near Cape Town; Namibia massacres 86,000
Cape Town rabies outbreak makes global headlines, while the Namibian killing does not even make local news CAPE TOWN, South Africa; WINDHOEK, Namibia––The annual Namibian government-authorized massacre of as many as 86,000 fur seals at the Cape Cross and Luderitz seal reserves along the Skeleton Coast started on July 1, 2024 to scant international and […]
$20,000 fine for fatal dog attack on endangered Hawaiian monk seal
But what exactly happened & why, & who tried to cover it up, remain undisclosed HONOLULU, Hawaii––Why is the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement understating the risk of dog attack to highly endangered Hawaiian monk seals? What information is the Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources withholding about a […]
Developing world hunger can save the Atlantic Canada seal hunt?!
Canadian Senate’s Standing Committee on Fisheries & Oceans issues arguably the most absurd recommendations for reviving the seal hunt yet ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland––Sealers have again been shooting and clubbing harp seals off Newfoundland and Labrador since April 8, 2024, but the outside world barely knows it. Newfoundland sealers expect to kill between 30,000 and 40,000 […]
Baby orca born Christmas Day is reported missing, believed dead
Lack of salmon pushes Salish Sea orca population toward 50-year low FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington; VICTORIA, British Columbia––Orca whale watchers throughout the Salish Sea region and orca enthusiasts worldwide are in mourning over the reported probable death of baby orca J60, a male, believed to have been born on Christmas Day 2003. First seen on December […]
Mystery diseases hit dogs, cats, sea lions––are birds the missing link?
H5N1 avian flu, a virus, has hit all of the outbreak areas, but many of the mystery infections appear to be bacterial SPOKANE, Washington; SAN DIEGO, California; LONDON, U.K.; LIMA, Peru––Fall is the flu season, for humans and animals. Therefore, just because mysterious new flu-like diseases in dogs, cats, and marine mammals are appearing coincidental […]