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. […]
“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 […]
Gators grab people, python panic grips Florida, & Jaws is still scariest of all
What would a Florida summer be without creatures from the black lagoon? EVERGLADES, Florida––From Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina to the Florida Everglades is an eleven hour drive at best. Just getting to the Florida border takes nine hours. But a 12-foot male alligator perhaps accidentally injuring a 12-year-old girl on June 13, 2025 nonetheless made […]
SeaQuest Woodbridge animals remain onsite after New Jersey impoundment
As many as 6,000 animals at other sites owned by the bankrupt SeaQuest interactive aquarium chain remain in limbo WOODBRIDGE, N.J.––A clue to the possible disposition of at least some of the estimated 7,500 animals left in limbo by the December 2024 application for Chapter 11 bankruptcy of SeaQuest Holdings LLC came in a January […]
SeaQuest bankruptcy leaves animals hanging in the scales of justice
Hearing ends without a ruling on disposition of assets, including animals, but sale to 4% owner is rejected (See also SeaQuest Woodbridge animals remain onsite after New Jersey impoundment.) BOISE, Idaho––The fate of anywhere from hundreds to thousands of animals surviving at the five remaining SeaQuest interactive aquariums still hangs in the scales of justice, […]
Gila monster kills man, 34, days before antivenin research breakthrough
No, it is not a myth that Gila monster bites can be deadly LAKEWOOD, Colorado––Suffering a slow, painful death between February 12 and February 16, 2024, Lakewood, Colorado resident Christopher Ward, 34, unintentionally demonstrated for the first time in 136 years that yes, a Gila monster bite can kill a human. Reports of Gila monsters […]
Will California catch up to Chinese regulation of bullfrog & turtle traffic?
California trails China, Singapore, Taiwan, & Hong Kong in regulation of frog & turtle sales at live markets SAN DIEGO, California––Meeting on December 13-14, 2023 at the Handlery Hotel in San Diego, the California Fish & Game Commission will be asked yet again to ban the import into California of live American bullfrogs and freshwater […]
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 […]