Phil Snyder was best known for 15 years with the Humane Society of the U.S., but was in the field for 20 years before that & 15 years afterward SEBRING, Florida––Phillip Ryan Snyder, 88, better known as just Phil Snyder, died on November 22, 2025. Born in Plymouth, Michigan, in 1937, Snyder at his retirement […]
Los Angeles fire rescues: feeding evacuated animals, sifting through ashes
Time for heroics over, time for caretaking & recovery begins LOS ANGELES, California––Animal rescue operations continue throughout the Los Angeles area, with the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire, believed to be the two most costly in California history, both still burning to the north and east. The Palisades Fire at latest report from Cal […]
Wade Lemon goes to prison; helped Donald Trump Jr. kill bear & puma
Trials twice delayed because Donald Trump Sr. was running for president DENVER, SALT LAKE CITY––Followers of Wade Lemon Hunting and Shaun Buffee Safaris on social media saw on September 19, 2024 that one of their clients, Mike Ingram, 80, had killed a 225-pound leopard in Zimbabwe, believed to be the heaviest on record. That same […]
Sandy Rowland, 77, longtime Humane Society of the U.S. representative
Car crash ends 20-year career in Bowling Green civic affairs & politics BOWLING GREEN, Ohio––Sandy Rowland, 77, for more than 30 years a dynamic Great Lakes Region representative for first the Fund for Animals and later the Humane Society of the U.S., died on April 17, 2024 “from extensive injuries sustained in a car accident […]
Glue traps: the La Brea Tar Pits in your closet
Members of Congress Ted Lieu & Adam Schiff attempt a rescue, but for the moment, mineral oil might help more than legislation WASHINGTON D.C.––Children and even many adults who visit or even see the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, notoriously often awaken screaming from nightmares for weeks and even months afterward. […]
Two perspectives from animal advocates on the ground in Lahaina
Dave Pauli: “There are always lessons to be learned from these horrific events, but human decision makers need to apply those lessons.” [Dave Pauli, a member of the Greater Good Charities rescue team, debuted in animal rescue after major disasters following Hurricane Andrew in Florida in 1992, was incident commander at the Lamar-Dixon animal rescue […]
Cat rescue tales from Lahaina, both sad & glad
Two million bucks for the Maui Humane Society: catnip for all? LAHAINA, Maui, Hawaii––A week after animal rescue teams led by the Maui Humane Society were at last allowed into the burn zone, where 115 people and untold numbers of animals died on August 8, 2023 in a wind-driven firestorm ignited by downed electrical wires, […]
Darlene Wohler Larson, 78, mentored generation of animal care workers
Best known for long tenures with the National Animal Control Association & ASPCA Darlene Wohler Larson, 78, died on October 17, 2022. “She had entered hospice after extended hospital care following surgery,” longtime friend Bob Marotto announced via Facebook. “Darlene was an extraordinary and beloved person of great professional accomplishment,” Marotto said, but “never forgot […]
Bush vet Eric Jayne, 61, who survived wilds of Alaska, killed by truck
Jayne spent career providing vet care to remote & indigenous communities GRAND FORKS, North Dakota–– “Eric Jayne, DVM, lost his life this morning in a multi-vehicle accident near Grand Forks, North Dakota,” Humane Society of the U.S. senior state director Lisa Kauffman informed friends and colleagues at mid-day on July 2, 2021. “The North […]
30-year ASPCA rep Julie Morris, 1955-2019: The paradox of “St. Julie”
Morris mostly told the humane community what it wanted to hear NEW YORK, N.Y.––Julie Morris, 63, an American SPCA staff member since 1990, and a 41-year veteran of humane work, died on August 3, 2019 after a multi-year battle with cancer. Among the best-liked and most recognized people in animal welfare, Morris was widely […]