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International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal, 87

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Animal advocate,  teacher, conservationist,  investigative journalist,  and beloved friend to primates,  both human and nonhuman              SUMMERVILLE,  South Carolina––“With heavy hearts,  we are informing Shirley’s many friends that she died Saturday morning,”   the International Primate Protection League posted to founder Shirley McGreal’s Facebook page on November 21,  2021. McGreal,  87,  “had been in declining health […]

Assault on SHARK investigators brings felony & misdemeanor convictions

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Sentencing for attack on Steve Hindi & Adam Fahnestock by alleged cockfighters is set for November 10             IRONTON, Ohio––James V. “Bub” Newcomb II,  54,  of Waterloo,  Ohio,  was on November 5,  2021 convicted of two felonies and one misdemeanor resulting from his January 3,  2021 attack on Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder […]

The Rottweilers in my life: that could have been me

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by Beth Clifton Listening to our friend Ann Marie Rogers describe how two family Rottweilers on September 2, 2021 killed her mother,  Sally Fredrica Rogers, 91,  was among my most emotionally troubling hours in a lifetime as former police officer,  animal control officer,  and vet tech;  animal rescuer;  and now as ANIMALS 24-7 co-editor whose […]

Cockfights: Laurel County, KY Sheriff John Root avows he won’t do his job

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Sheriff Root’s bizarre 56th birthday Facebook posting suggests he is ready for retirement             LONDON, Kentucky––In what parallel universe does a county sheriff run for re-election by boasting of non-enforcement of state laws,  pledging to continue not enforcing them,  slandering critics with demonstrably false allegations from criminal suspects facing trial, endorsing abuse of the injured […]

How zombies from hell ate animal protection, by Steve Hindi

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“Zombie groups” raise funds & do little else [Video version is accessible at https://youtu.be/NleYZ6GAC8Y.] Hi folks.  I’m Steve Hindi for SHowing Animals Respect & Kindness. My friends Beth and Merritt Clifton of ANIMALS 24-7 on May 9,  2021 posted an article, Animal labs get free pass on inspections; AV groups mostly don’t notice,  that,  if anyone […]

Seaspiracy: seas, piracy, & Cowspiracy meet fishy business

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Fishing industry screams bloody murder Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Seaspiracy,  whose title is a fusion of “seas” and “piracy,”  and a play on Cowspiracy,  the 2014 independent blockbluster documentary also produced by Kip Anderson,  on March 24,  2021 premiered worldwide on Netflix. Within 10 days Seaspiracy had become a runaway hit,  seen by […]

Did Chinese zoos buy 170 Namibian elephants sold at secret auction?

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Namibian officials say disclosing purchasers might jeopardize the deal             WINDHOEK, Namibia––Who bought 170 elephants,  auctioned off by the Namibian government against international law,  despite months of protest? Suspicion is growing that Namibia will not disclose the elephants’ buyers until the elephants have already been flown to their destinations,  probably Chinese zoos,  the buyers of […]

Pit bull victim Elisa Pilarski’s boyfriend Christophe Ellul indicted for manslaughter

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Indictment follows 16-month investigation of attack that has been the talk of France             SOISSONS,  France––Christophe Ellul, 46,  boyfriend of November 16,  2019 pit bull attack fatality Elisa Pilarski,  29,  was on March 4,  2021 indicted for manslaughter by Soissons prosecutor Julien Morino-Ros. Pilarski was six months pregnant.  Ellul,  the father of their unborn son […]

Alleged cockfighters who attacked Steve Hindi identified by ANIMALS 24-7 and tipster

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New suspect named Suspects were videotaped in the act of committing an array of apparent state,  local,  and federal offenses.             WATERLOO, Ohio––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] at 9:35 a.m. west coast time on January 5,  2021 posted video of alleged cockfighters violently assaulting SHARK founder Steve Hindi two days earlier,  destroying SHARK equipment, […]