Editors’ note: “Amy Dickens,” the pseudonym used by the author of the following guest column, will be quickly recognized as such by anyone aware that British author Charles Dickens’ most memorable female character was arguably Amy Dorrit, heroine of his novel Little Dorrit, published serially in 1855-1857. ANIMALS 24-7 does not know who “Amy Dickens” is. […]
Kangaroos, mink, & crocs have skin in the game; politicians do not
Republicans try to undo legislation against kangaroo leather and the mink trade; IUCN favors crocodile & snake farming DETROIT, SACRAMENTO, WASHINGTON D.C., MELBOURNE, Australia––2026 began most auspiciously for those of us who believe fur and hides belong on the animals who grew them, not to human scavengers, but that was before politicians got involved on […]
Reports from Iran: perhaps world’s most officially animal-unfriendly nation
The Iranian people have never been hostile toward animals, but the Islamist government & the Revolutionary Guard are another matter TEHRAN, Iran; JERUSALEM, Israel––Animal advocates and rescuers on opposite sides of shooting between Iran and Israel report similar responses among the dogs and cats in their care since U.S. and Israeli forces jointly bombed targets […]
“Don’t worry; be happy!” Animal aid in Jamaica post-Hurricane Melissa
Amid wreckage from Hurricane Melissa, rescuers find comfort in survival of creatures great & small KINGSTON, Jamaica––Self-introduces Damion Laren Whyte, “I am a naturalist from the Island of Jamaica.” A lecturer for the Department of Life Sciences at the University of the West Indies, located in Mona, Jamaica, five miles from Kingston at the east […]
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 […]
Vantara: billionaire-built zoo/sanctuary has conservationists in a dither
Nobody knows quite what to make of the state-of-the-art facility begun by Anant Ambani, 29, but it has taken in thousands of animals from often dire situations JAMNAGAR, India––A global chorus of conservationists are currently bashing Anant Ambani, 29, son of the reputed twelfth richest man in the world, for allegedly building the world’s […]
Should convicted perv Adam Britton be thrown to the dogs, or the crocs?
Convicted of cruelty, bestiality, & child porn DARWIN, Australia––Adam Britton, 53, arguably the world’s most famous crocodile expert, is now also arguably the most notorious convicted perpetrator of bestiality, sadism toward dogs, and possessor and transmitter of what Northern Territory Supreme Court chief justice Michael Grant called “the worst category” of child sexual abuse materials. […]
Fourth of July 2024 death reports: 3 by dog, 1 by croc, & a famous bull
Toll coming to light on July 4, 2024 was almost the same as on July 4, 2023 FRESNO, California; ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas; LORAIN, Ohio––A year ago today, on July 6, 2023, ANIMALS 24-7 headlined Fourth of July body count: 1 death by bull, 2 by pit bulls, 1 by alligator. The toll coming to light […]
Peepers are out for spring, but where are the voices for frogs & turtles?
California Department of Fish & Wildlife continues to ignore the advice of California Wildlife Commission to stop the import & sale of frogs & turtles at live markets OAKLAND, California––Why is Eric Mills of Action for Animals apparently the only California animal advocate mobilizing to put pressure on the California Wildlife Commission and Department of […]
Five deaths of note: two vegans, two animal entertainers, & a sanctuarian
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 […]