Friends of Animals blocks contraceptive project in the Pine Nut Mountains of Nevada. Part III of a three-part series examining winter, wildlife, & livestock. See also If “your ass is grass,” ranchers lost their butts in 2015-2016, and Winter policy favors feeding elk but starving bison. RENO, Nevada––Even a quick glance at satellite photos suggests that the […]
Barred owls on the hit list
Feds say they compete with endangered northern spotted owls PORTLAND, Oregon––Barred owls are on the federal hit list at 100 West Coast locations, from San Francisco Bay to the Canadian border, because conservationists more than 30 years ago opted to make the northern spotted owl the poster bird for forest conservation. Officially, the U.S. Fish […]
Tennessee columnist equates frog-gigging contest with school prayer
Frog-giggling defender had apparently not read either Leviticus 11:3–8 or Deuteronomy 14:3–21, both of which forbid eating frogs. SMITHVILLE, Tennessee––The DeKalb County Young Farmers & Ranchers annual frog-gigging contest, arguably the most bizarre of the hundreds of wildlife killing contests held in the U.S. each year, has elicited one of the most bizarre defenses […]
Ferrets, “pocket pets,” & pit bulls
New York City keeps 1989 ferret ban NEW YORK CITY––The New York City Board of Health on March 10, 2015 voted 3-2 with three abstentions to retain a 25-year-old ban on possession of ferrets. The vote left New York City and Washington D.C. as the two largest cities to prohibit ferrets, […]
Baiting bears & a governor in Maine and New Jersey
AUGUSTA, Maine; TRENTON, New Jersey––Asking Maine voters to abolish baiting bears by ballot initiative on November 4, 2014, the Humane Society of the U.S. appears to be taking the politically most ambitious approach to the issue, but Friends of Animals on October 22, 2014 introduced the most attention-grabbing tactic. Vegan donuts Announced FoA campaign director […]
New York delays “final solution” for mute swans
Reprieve from shooting, gassing, decapitation & egg-addling ALBANY, N.Y.––The New York Department of Environmental Conservation on February 24, 2014 backed away from a plan to kill every mute swan in New York state. The NY/DEC proposed to kill all 2,200 mute swans in the state by 2025, by a combination of methods that could include shooting, gassing, decapitation, and […]