Berry raised animals for slaughter. Steinem believed “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.” Neither Wendell Berry and Gloria Steinem, each deceased at 92, on August 31, 2026 and September 2, 2026, respectively, were known primarily––or perhaps even at all––for their considerable influence on the late 20th century rise […]
Colombian top court upholds bans on bullfights, cockfights & steer-tailing
Judges extend premise of 2024 bullfighting ban to all forms of making animals fight for human entertainment BOGOTA, Colombia––Bullfighting, cockfighting, steer-tailing, and related activities are now illegal in Colombia. The Plenary Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Colombia on September 4, 2025 upheld a bullfighting ban, Law 2385, signed into law in July 2024 by […]
Pope Francis, friend of animals, died just after Easter, just before Earth Day
Though scarcely an animal rights activist. Pope Francis leaned farther in that direction than any Pope before him VATICAN CITY––Pope Francis, 88, heading the Roman Catholic Church since 2013, died on April 21, 2025, one day after Easter and one day before Earth Day. The Vatican announced that Pope Francis died from a cerebral stroke […]
Live markets torture animals & perhaps poison people in your city too
by Eric Mills, coordinator, Action for Animals, Oakland, California. The San Francisco Commission of Animal Care & Control met on February 13, 2025. On the agenda: animal cruelty in the city’s many live markets, presented by the Washington, D.C.-based organization, Animal Outlook, replete with videos of the abuses and violations. The involvement of Animal Outlook, […]
San Diego Rodeo, SF live markets, & the last refuge of scoundrels in California
Cultural defenses of abuse prevail over cultural mandate to “Be kind to animals” SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO––Samuel Johnson, author of the first dictionary of the English language, never saw and most likely never even heard of either San Diego or San Francisco, let alone saw or heard about either the San Diego Petco Park rodeo […]
Mexican humane law passes: eyewash, or a start against endemic violence?
Unanimously passed Mexican law could be a new beginning, but results may take time to see MEXICO CITY––Does it matter that the Mexican federal legislature has passed non-binding constitutional protections for animals, in a nation with violent crime and murder rates three to five times higher than those of the U.S., plus notoriously corrupt law […]
“Animal rights” is not a “left” or “right” cause, & never was
Attempts to force “animal rights” into either a “left” or “right” political agenda both miss the point OAKLAND, California––The venerable Eric Mills, among the oldest, longest involved, and still most dynamic of politically left-leaning animal rights activists, was among the first to forward to ANIMALS 24-7 an August 7, 2024 Vox opinion piece entitled “If […]
No vet admits to being on call for notoriously violent Boone County charreadas
But one vet has quite a lot to say about the animal injuries BELVIDERE, Illinois––The Board of Supervisors in Boone County, Illinois, has yet to hear from any veterinarian willing to admit to being the legally required veterinarian-on-call for notoriously brutal charreada or “Mexican-style” rodeos frequently videotaped by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] […]
Peepers are out for spring, but where are the voices for frogs & turtles?
California Department of Fish & Wildlife continues to ignore the advice of California Wildlife Commission to stop the import & sale of frogs & turtles at live markets OAKLAND, California––Why is Eric Mills of Action for Animals apparently the only California animal advocate mobilizing to put pressure on the California Wildlife Commission and Department of […]
Will California catch up to Chinese regulation of bullfrog & turtle traffic?
California trails China, Singapore, Taiwan, & Hong Kong in regulation of frog & turtle sales at live markets SAN DIEGO, California––Meeting on December 13-14, 2023 at the Handlery Hotel in San Diego, the California Fish & Game Commission will be asked yet again to ban the import into California of live American bullfrogs and freshwater […]