Kevin Antle walks in Virginia, murder rap reversed in Elijah McClain case, & animal groups seek justice for barred owls & bison RICHMOND, Virginia; DENVER, Colorado; PORTLAND, Oregon; MISSOULA, Montana––“I broke no law. Not one,” asserted animal exhibitor Kevin Antle on June 6, 2026, claiming “Total vindication” after the Virginia Supreme Court dismissed all state […]
How Martin Luther King Jr. brought the keys to “empty the cages”
45 links that open doors to perception ANIMALS 24-7 for many years marked Martin Luther King Day by reposting one of our very first offerings, What animal advocates owe to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. That article remains recommended reading for every animal advocate, but since 2025, eleven years after that article was […]
How South Dakota governor Kristi Noem upstaged a monkey torturer
Noem also upstaged the sentencing of paramedics who killed Elijah McClain, a fatal pit bull attack, & her own bloody wildlife bounty program WASHINGTON D.C.––Two-term South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, widely considered to be the top contender to become Republican vice presidential candidate on former U.S. President Trump’s ticket seeking to regain the White House […]
Four court cases lost amid the Rittenhouse/Arbery media blitz
Even coverage of the $15 million Elijah McClain settlement mostly omitted the vegan aspect Court news dominated mass media during the two weeks preceding Thanksgiving 2021, but key developments in three cases long followed by ANIMALS 24-7 barely cracked even local news lineups. Coverage of a fourth case, a $15 million settlement between the City of Aurora, […]
Vigil for vegetarian Elijah McClain, allegedly killed by police in Aurora, Colorado
Forced injection of ketamine may have stopped heart AURORA, Colorado––Mourners and protesters, including world-class violinists Ashanti Floyd and Lee England Jr., who flew in from New York City and Atlanta for the occasion, on June 27, 2020 played a variety of bowed instruments at City Center Park in Aurora, Colorado, in memory of Elijah McClain, […]