If “victories” for farmed animals meant beans, that would be a substantial improvement BALTIMORE, Maryland; WASHINGTON D.C.––David Bennett, 57, who on January 7, 2022 became the first human to receive a heart transplanted from a genetically-modified pig, died on March 8, 2022 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine hospital. “The biggest barrier to […]
And right on cue, here come the parasites, by Steve Hindi
“Parasites will be parasites.” Everyone at Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] and the Humane Farming Association knew it would happen, because parasites will be parasites. It wasn’t a matter of “if,” it was just a matter of “when,” and “when” did not take long. But even though it was anticipated, when it happened it […]
HSUS to spend up to $20 million on Project Chimps & then kick it loose
Seeks “peace with honor” & withdrawal after whistleblower campaign BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––The Humane Society of the United States on January 10, 2022 committed $20 million––at least in a media release––to making material improvements at the HSUS-funded Project Chimps sanctuary in Blue Ridge, Georgia. The HSUS pledge, observed Their Turn founder Donny Moss of New York […]
The Quad State Tornado: 80,000 chickens took the biggest hit
Help was mostly just a few miles––or blocks––from the tornado path LITTLE ROCK, LOUISVILLE, MEMPHIS, NASHVILLE, ST. LOUIS––Major national charities are putting in their inevitable fundraising photo-ops, but major animal rescue deployments are not expected––or wanted by most local humane societies and animal control agencies––in response to tornadoes that ripped through parts of Mississippi, […]
The ASPCA, HSUS, PETA et al ignore the Omak Suicide Race. Why?!
by Steve Hindi, founder, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, SHARK for short, conducted our first rodeo investigation conducted in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1993. Our latest investigation concluded in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on July 31 of this year––less than two weeks ago. In between we have exposed the cruelty of hundreds of […]
Project Chimps paints walls in lieu of giving chimps daily outdoor time
Paint job was not “whitewashing” because Project Chimps used bright colors BLUE RIDGE, Georgia–– Humane Society of the U.S. representatives once upon a time derisively denounced as eyewash meant to impress human visitors, not the imprisoned animals, the common zoo practice of painting scenic backdrops on bare concrete walls. Staff and volunteers at the Project […]
Talk can’t stop pigeon-shooting psychopaths, by Steve Hindi
Why is Showing Animals Respect & Kindness alone in fighting pigeon shoots? [Guest columnist Steve Hindi founded Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, https://sharkonline.org/, in 1992.] The cowardly psychopaths of the Philadelphia Gun Club, located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, began their slaughter season on Friday the thirteenth of November 2020, shooting emaciated, dehydrated live pigeons tossed out […]
One set of child sex charges vs. ex-HSUS vp David Wills is dropped
Wills still faces charges including trafficking a minor CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas––Contrary to rumor, former Michigan Humane Society president and Humane Society of the U.S. vice president for investigations David K. Wills, 63, is still facing felony charges in Texas of continuous sexual abuse of a child and continuous trafficking of a child. But Wills is now […]
David Wills: archived exposés, 1995-1999
by Merritt Clifton David K. Wills, 62, charged in multiple Texas counties in 2015 for alleged felonious continuous sexual abuse of a child and continuous trafficking of a child, first came to my notice as an investigative subject in September 1989, through conduct which, unknown to him, I personally witnessed. As news editor at the time […]
Primate research labs near the ends of their ropes
Use of all species but macaques appears to be declining NORMAN, Oklahoma––The University of Oklahoma’s Health Sciences Center baboon research and breeding program is to end by 2019, university president David Boren announced on September 8, 2015. The University of Oklahoma thereby became the most recent of a growing number of U.S. academic institutions […]