Vegan poet Benjamin Zephaniah, reality TV star Chris Wilson, sanctuarian David Stevens, exotic cat trainer Dirk Arthur, & vegan “influencer” Zhanna Samsonova did not even have beans in common Benjamin Zephaniah Performance protest poet, actor, reggae musician, and vegan animal advocate Benjamin Zephaniah, 65, died early on December 7, 2023, eight weeks after he was […]
Cold, hard evidence re small mammals missing from humane societies
“Do you have the ability to freeze off a bunch of guinea pigs and/or rabbits?” TUCSON, Arizona––A copy of a text message forwarded to KVOA News 4 chief investigator Chorus Nylander clarifies the probable fate of more than 300 missing guinea pigs, rabbits, and other small mammals who were transferred on August 7, 2023 from […]
318 missing small pets: San Diego Humane vs. HS of Southern Arizona
Did the reputations of two major humane societies go to rat poop or to snake poop? Inquiring minds & people who care about animals want to know. TUCSON, Arizona; SAN DIEGO, California––Humane Society of Southern Arizona board chair Robert Garcia in an October 5, 2023 pledged to “explain everything that we know as of October […]
Would Moses have practiced Kaporos? Did Jesus handle snakes?
Israel discourages Kaporos. U.S. authorities ignore it. Many U.S. Jews protest against it. TEL AVIV, Israel; New York City, N.Y.––Compared to the slaughter of 25 million factory-farmed chickens per day for human consumption, the annual sacrificial killing of 50,000 to 100,000 by the estimated 130,000 Hassidic Jewish households worldwide in the practice of Kaporos scarcely […]
Who to blame for animal diseases killing humans? Report says it’s U.S.
Harvard Law School and NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection deliver a shocker for most Americans (but not for you!) “For many Americans, concepts such as ‘bushmeat’ or ‘wildlife farming’ seem foreign,” opens Animal Markets & Zoonotic Disease in the United States, “but they refer to practices that are common within the United States […]
Fourth of July body count: 1 death by bull, 2 by pit bulls, 1 by alligator
Murders soared, Canada Day through July 4, 2023, but animals killed humans at even faster pace With some reports perhaps yet to arrive, the animals-against-humans tally for the four-day 2023 Canada Day/Fourth of July weekend appears to been one death by bull, two by pit bulls, and one by an alligator. In view that there […]
Which animals, where, lost habitat to the Sackett vs. EPA verdict?
U.S. Supreme Court decision on Clean Water Act may not jeopardize much actual wetland habitat, but may clarify definitions of what is what WASHINGTON D.C.––With actions on behalf of wetland and shoreline creatures including octopi, salmon, sea turtles, and horseshoe crabs underway elsewhere around the world and the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court on […]
Shooting cats to save lizards, or to please billionaire birders?
The Cayman Islands may have more billionaires’ mansions than rock iguanas, but cats are not to blame GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands––If free-roaming cats were really a significant threat to iguanas––of any subspecies––one might expect most of Florida to be devoid of iguanas. Florida, after all, has reputedly the most optimal habitat for feral cats […]
Shocking deaths: Karly Cantrell, Andrea Kelly, Marty Martin, Sarah Schmidt
Shelter director, veterinarian, herpetologist, lepidopterist Sharing concern for animals and dedication to helping animals in a variety of ways, Karly Cantrell, Andrea Kelly, William H. “Marty” Martin, and Sarah Schmidt also shared recent shocking deaths. Two died by murders, one by her own hand, and one apparently through simple bad luck. Karly Cantrell Karly Cantrell, […]
How 60+ Florida animal care facilities survived Hurricane Ian
And how IFAW founder Brian Davies’ $1.4 million winter home didn’t FORT MYERS, Florida––Forty-eight hours after Hurricane Ian first hit the southwest Florida coast on September 28, 2022, and minutes after it slammed into South Carolina two days later, after crossing the width of Florida and regaining momentum over the sea, animal rescuers were […]