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 […]
Corrupted bill to legalize breeding “game fowl” nears passage in California
Backed by Humane World for Animals, ALDF, & San Diego Humane Society, AB 928 has been heavily amended on alleged behalf of cockfighters, charges Humane Farming Association SACRAMENTO, California––The California legislature is on the verge of legalizing keeping and breeding roosters for cockfighting on a commercial scale, warns the Humane Farming Association, through a […]
Betty White, 99, “white-washed” animal use industries for 50 years
The Betty White reputation for animal advocacy rewrites history LOS ANGELES––Betty White, 99, a radio and television actress, producer, talk show and game show personality whose broadcast career began at eight years old in 1930, died on December 31, 2021, just 18 days before what would have been her 100th birthday. Most of the […]
Cockfighting in Kentucky: SHARK promises Fourth of July fireworks
Projected busiest traffic weekend ever gives Kentucky State Police an excuse––but what explains 16 years since last state cockfighting prosecution? LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] and the Kentucky State Police appear to be rocketing toward a head-on collision over the 2021 Fourth of July weekend, with the Fourth itself predicted to be […]
Secret agent for animals: Pete Paxton
Rescue Dogs by Pete Paxton with Gene Stone $26.00 hardcover, 246 pages. TarcherPerigree, c/o Penguin Random House Penguinrandomhouse.com “Pete Paxton (a pseudonym to protect his identity) is nationally recognized as the leading undercover investigator and rescuer of dogs in peril,” the Rescue Dogs jacket tells us. ANIMALS 24-7 hopes not, because if Paxton is […]
Fair Oaks Farms stepped in the same crap as the rest of the herd
Cell phone videocams open factory farms to public view Ignoring 30 years of warnings by leading U.S. agribusiness educators and pundits has at last visibly begun to cost the livestock industry consumer confidence, as evidenced by the explosive growth in sales of plant-based protein foods and steeply declining dairy, meat, and poultry consumption among younger […]
Timothy J. Walker, 73, exposed slaughterhouse cruelty
by Gail Eisnitz, chief investigator, Humane Farming Association Timothy J. Walker, 73, died on September 10, 2018 in Naples, Florida, a little known hero for animals sent to slaughter. After graduating from St. Mary’s High School in St. Louis, Walker at age 17 joined his two first cousins in the U.S. Navy. Disaster relief Initially stationed […]
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 […]
NFL warns players–22 years after Humane Farming Association
Eating Mexican or Chinese meat said to bring risk of ingesting banned drug NEW YORK CITY––A National Football League warning to players against eating meat from Mexico and China that may contain the synthetic steroid clenbuterol in early May 2016 at last caught up to Humane Farming Association warnings to the American public––22 years […]