If Boone County mayhem is “Mexican culture,” why doesn’t it follow the Mexican rulebook? BELVIDERE, Illinois––Two months of pretense by public officials in Boone County, Illinois, that violent abuse of steers and horses at local charreada or Mexican-style participant rodeos can be defended as part of Mexican-American culture appeared to disintegrate on November 3, 2022 […]
“We are fine; the problem is with everyone else,” by Steve Hindi
The animal cause needs an oil change & new spark plugs When I first read the title of Does guilt have a place in animal rights activism?, the most recent ANIMALS 24-7 guest column by United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis, I hoped it referenced the faults and failures of our side. Then I started […]
Perp gets 4 to 6 years for assaulting SHARK investigator; another to be tried
Judge sends James V. “Bub” Newcomb II to prison, throws out Shannon Clark plea bargain IRONTON, Ohio––Sentenced on November 10, 2021 for assaulting Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi and SHARK investigator Adam Fahnestock, James V. “Bub” Newcomb II, 54, of Waterloo, Ohio, left the Lawrence County Courthouse in Ironton on […]
Assault on SHARK investigators brings felony & misdemeanor convictions
Sentencing for attack on Steve Hindi & Adam Fahnestock by alleged cockfighters is set for November 10 IRONTON, Ohio––James V. “Bub” Newcomb II, 54, of Waterloo, Ohio, was on November 5, 2021 convicted of two felonies and one misdemeanor resulting from his January 3, 2021 attack on Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder […]
Ducks Unlimited pledge to end pigeon shoot is again a cruel hoax in Minnesota
But Alabama Forestry Association pigeon shoot is ended, says Georgia-Pacific MONTGOMERY, Alabama; PRIOR LAKE, Minnesota––Having had four years of April Fools from Ducks Unlimited, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) hopes the Alabama Forestry Association was not just pranking when it announced on March 30, 2018––via Georgia-Pacific vice president for sustainability Deborah Baker––that it […]
Is burying pigeons alive legal in Pennsylvania?
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness video tests exemption for “shooting activities” in new anti-cruelty law HAMBURG, Pennsylvania––Drone video obtained by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) both during and after a November 9, 2017 pigeon shoot at the Wing Pointe gun club in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, shows adult “trapper boys” not only dumping wounded […]
Trump booster Senator James Inhofe halts pigeon shoot fundraisers
Three-year SHARK campaign succeeds GENEVA, Illinois––Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) on August 22, 2017 released documents obtained from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation through a Freedom of Information Act request indicating that U.S. Senator James Inhofe (Republican, Oklahoma) will no longer hold live pigeon shoots as part of his annual summer fundraising […]
New SHARK CharityCops site exposes Animal Charity Evaluators
Finds ACE to be less engaged in “evaluation” than in funneling money to charities associated with the founder Nearly 30 years have passed since then-trophy hunter Steve Hindi stopped in Hegins, Pennsylvania on his way to go shark fishing off Montauk Point, Long Island, to witness an internationally notorious pigeon shoot which Hindi became instrumental […]
How 28 pigeons survived U.S. Senator Inhofe’s shooting party
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness finds survivors two days later ALTUS, Oklahoma––Shot and wounded but not dispatched at a pigeon shoot fundraiser for U.S. Senator James Inhofe on September 9, 2016, 28 banded racing or show pigeons were on Sunday, September 11, 2016 recovered alive by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) personnel from […]
Rock star Joan Jett: vegetarian animal advocate or rodeo clown?
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness has doubts CHEYENNE––Is Joan Jett of the Blackhearts a “legendary musician” who “has given her voice to animals for years,” and “attributes her great health and youthful appearance to her longtime vegetarian diet,” as PETA has it, or just a fading 57-year-old former star playing out the string on the […]