DELTA Rescue, Rock N Paws, Duck Sanctuary, Miranda’s Rescue, & Villa Chardonnay/ Horses With Wings disasters come like toppling dominoes FORTUNA, JULIAN, & ELK CREEK, California––Amid the early 2026 meltdowns of five of the biggest and most publicized California animal sanctuaries, one of the oldest, biggest, least publicized and quietly stable California animal sanctuaries, the […]
Dianne Feinstein, 90, represented animals in the U.S. Senate for 30 years
Feinstein discovered animal issues after move from San Francisco politics to Washington D.C. WASHINGTON D.C., SAN FRANCISCO, California––U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, who died on September 29, 2023 in Washington D.C., might have been more involved with animal issues than any other member of Congress, from her election to the Senate in 1992 until her […]
More cockfighters than stars in Doris Day/Clint Eastwood country?
Cock-breeding explodes around Carmel-by-the-Sea MONTEREY, California––By the look of it, more might have been done in Monterey County to enforce legislation against breeding gamecocks if California had remained a U.S. territory in 1850 instead of becoming a state, four years after overthrowing Spanish rule. Exulted Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block […]
Hen caging & greyhound racing go before voters in 2018 election
Animal advocates & agribusiness split over California Proposition 12; Republicans split over Florida Proposition 13 SACRAMENTO, California; ORLANDO, Florida––The axiom that animal politics cut diagonally across partisan divides could scarcely be better illustrated than by the alignments for and against the two major ballot initiatives on animal issues going before voters on November 6, […]
Disease linked to cockfighting menaces California poultry industry
Gamecocks carrying Newcastle disease to domestic flocks killed millions in 1971 and 2003 LOS ANGELES––The billion-dollar-a-year California poultry industry is betting the farm that state and federal authorities can get a two-year series of outbreaks of Newcastle disease under control before it becomes the biggest threat to profits in decades. An outbreak discovered in […]
“Clean meat” advocate Shapiro pushes product to stretch hot dogs
Factory egg farmers meanwhile align behind HSUS-backed Proposition 12 SACRAMENTO, California––Paul Shapiro, the former Humane Society of the U.S. farmed animal campaigns manager and vegan advocate who resigned in January 2018 amid sexual harassment allegations, is now pushing a product meant to stretch hot dogs, burgers, and meatballs. A “blend of wheat protein, mushroom, […]
If “your ass is grass,” ranchers lost their animals’ butts in 2015-2016 winter
And you paid for it Part 1 of a 3-part series examining winter, wildlife, & livestock (Next: Winter policy favors feeding elk but starving bison and Suspension of PZP test means more people could eat a horse.) SAN FRANCISCO, California; BOZEMAN, Montana––Green grass is already pushing up through the bones of grass-eating hoofed animals who starved […]
Why California proposition 2, now in effect, is not protecting farmed animals
by Brad Miller Founder, Humane Farming Association California Proposition 2, passed by voters who hoped to protect farmed animals in November 2008, officially goes into non-effect this week. The Humane Society of the U.S. promised donors and the public that Proposition 2 would outlaw cages for laying hens and would result in a “cage-free” California. […]