Jailed at four years old, Lolita spent 45 years at the Miami Seaquarium in solitary confinement MIAMI, Florida––The orca whale known to the world for most of her life as Lolita, 57, died on August 18, 2023 at the Miami Seaquarium, 53 years after her capture at Penn Cove, Washington. Initially dubbed Tokitae upon capture, […]
Drone wars over Joliet: charreada rodeo bad actors identified
Meet Cris Dorado Aguirre, “El Lodo,” and Angel Ramirez, “El Barro.” (Both nicknames translate to “mud.”) JOLIET, Illinois––Who was the more brazen at recent charreada “Mexican style” rodeos held in Will County, Illinois: • Horse-beater Cris Dorado Aguirre, caught repeatedly in the act on video by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] drones on July […]
Are animal advocates “weak & lazy,” or just at different stages of the cause?
“Weak & lazy,” by Steve Hindi; “At different stages” by ANIMALS 24-7 Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness: The rodeo issue, either Mexican or American style, again brought to public notice by ANIMALS 24-7 in Beating a live horse: who calls rodeo performers to account for doing it?, is just one issue demonstrating […]
Thousands of chinook: see video sequel to Hidden Beach salmon saga
If every Puget Sound beach had chinook like this, the endangered orca whales would be fat and happy! Remember Exploiting starving orcas to push a boondoggle, posted by ANIMALS 24-7 on August 29, 2018? This afternoon, June 12, 2023, Beth Clifton of ANIMALS 24-7 documented in the attached video the presence of thousands of baby […]
What Charles River Laboratories has in common with Al Capone
Monkey business, secret labs, & the French Canadian connection MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada––The liquid monkey business flowing across the 3,987-mile U.S./Canadian border these days is literally about liquid monkey parts: blood, guts, spinal fluid, and other internal organs pureed in a blender for use in biomedical research. A century ago, from the introduction of Prohibition with […]
A “win-win” for Lolita, & even more for those promoting her homecoming
Lolita the orca whale may return to Puget Sound MIAMI, Florida––Lolita, the 57-year-old orca whale who has become a white elephant after 53 years in the 67-year-old Miami Seaquarium, may be returning home to Puget Sound, Washington, before the end of 2023. That might afford Lolita, also called Tokitae at capture, a comfortable retirement in […]
Why did the ASPCA pres get $966,004, while we got $9.70 an hour?
We are NOT the ASPCA!!! This is an exposé (and appeal) that Beth & I really did not want to have to write, but one of our faithful & reliable donors of $8.00 per month persuaded us that we had to –– because donors like her, for the most part, are paying not only for […]
Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, interpreted Judaism in animal rights context
Took up animal advocacy in mid-career as author & publisher Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, author, animal advocate, educator, historian, and publisher, died on April 5, 2022 in hospice care in Chelsea, Massachusetts, near her longtime home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. ANIMALS 24-7, unfortunately, only learned of her death on January 26, 2023, necessitating this late obituary. Valued […]
Who shot pregnant harbor seals? Thomas Sewid encouraged it.
Seal hater even buys ammo for seal killers DINES POINT, Washington––Who apparently cruised along the east shore of Whidbey Island, Washington, shotgunning pregnant harbor seals on or about January 24, 2023 is as yet officially unknown. ANIMALS 24-7 spent much of January 26, 2023 examining the bloated, eagle-pecked remains of harbor seal victims, and […]
More predators in animal charity than remain in the wild
by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Predation, parasitism, fraud and outright theft are enormous problems in the animal protection industry that even a 90-day wormer cannot fix. ANIMALS 24-7 in George Santos was a small-timer among animal charity scammers, and in a wealth of previous exposés, has unfortunately barely rippled the scum […]