Help was mostly just a few miles––or blocks––from the tornado path LITTLE ROCK, LOUISVILLE, MEMPHIS, NASHVILLE, ST. LOUIS––Major national charities are putting in their inevitable fundraising photo-ops, but major animal rescue deployments are not expected––or wanted by most local humane societies and animal control agencies––in response to tornadoes that ripped through parts of Mississippi, […]
The ASPCA, HSUS, PETA et al ignore the Omak Suicide Race. Why?!
by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, SHARK for short, conducted our first rodeo investigation conducted in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1993. Our latest investigation concluded in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on July 31 of this year––less than two weeks ago. In between we have exposed the cruelty of hundreds of […]
Fundraising turf war brings California groups’ complaint against the ASPCA
Lawsuit alleged “unfair and deceptive fundraising” EL CERRITO, California––Alleging “unfair and deceptive fundraising practices which harm local humane societies and SPCAs,” the State Humane Association of California on May 3, 2011 filed a complaint against the American SPCA with the California Office of the Attorney General. The complaint was dropped after the Better Business Bureau […]
Pit bulls & the humane community
Pit bulls & the humane community • Caring for bears & a homeless woman contrasts to caring only about pit bulls • Citrus County, Florida, tries to put Out of the Box Rescue back in the box • Illinois pit bull fatality mirrors attack by HSUS rep Annie Hornish’s pit • Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin […]
Pit bulls & public safety
Pit bulls & public safety • Pit bulls running amok to kill is not “manslaughter,” says Oklahoma City jury • Pit bull mayhem, murder, other crimes, & the multiplier effect illustrated • Six pit bull-related deaths linked to “The Wickedest City in America” • Austin Animal Services: “On the far side of stupid” • Albuquerque […]
Pit bull liability
Pit bull liability • Courts reject suing landlords for attacks by dogs kept by indigent tenants • “Stand your ground” fails in both iguana case & pit bull attacks • Dog Bite Prevention Week: payouts for dog attacks up 21% in three years • Hero of pit bull attack paid much higher price than convicted […]
Did ASPCA discover certifying SAFER dog screening might be dangerous?
Or at least cost them a lot of money? NEW YORK CITY–– “Effective immediately, the ASPCA will be discontinuing the certification process for SAFER (Safety Assessment to Evaluate Re-homing),” the American SPCA announced on December 2, 2015 via the ASPCApro blog distributed to shelter workers. The abrupt end to certifying SAFER test-givers appears to […]
Marc R. Jurnove won right of citizens to bring Animal Welfare Act cases
Last case was Angel’s Gate Marc R. Jurnove, 63, died on July 3, 2013 in McLeansville, North Carolina. A U.S. Coast Guard veteran who had ridden his own horse since age seven, Jurnove went on to spend 17 years as a mounted park ranger in New York City, rising to the rank of lieutenant. […]
Albuquerque city shelter released dangerous dogs
Office of inspector general’s report confirms allegations ALBUQUERQUE––A newly released 38-page investigative report by acting Albuquerque city inspector general Peter Pacheco confirms allegations issued in February 2015 by city Animal Welfare Department second-in-command Jim Ludwick and animal welfare program manager and behavior specialist Carolyn Hidalgo that, in the report’s wording, “Dogs with problematic behavior […]
No one held to account for Asheville Humane Society pit bull adoption fatality
6-year-old killed three weeks after pit bull was rehomed ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––Absent a lawsuit from the bereaved family, no person or agency will be held to account for the July 7, 2015 fatal mauling of six-year-old Joshua Phillip Strother by a pit bull adopted three weeks earlier from the Asheville Humane Society, after passing the […]