“Open rescues,” closed jail cells, undercover video, & two challenges to “ag gags” in Canada SANTA ROSA & LOS ANGELES, California––Mass media food sections, as always, fixated during the run-up to Thanksgiving 2023 on how best to roast turkeys. Vegan and vegetarian media comparably focused on promoting plant-based alternatives to turkey dinners Direct Action […]
Range war over diversity, equity, & inclusion in wildlife management
Hunting groups quit Colorado Outdoor Partnership DENVER, Colorado––A fiery exchange of words between aging free-range cattle rancher Rufus Ryker and homesteader Joe Starrett in the 1953 classic western film Shane almost summarized the culture war currently raging over Colorado wildlife management, even though neither wolves nor diversity, equity, and inclusion were ever mentioned. Indeed, both […]
Charges in police killing of veg animal shelter volunteer Elijah McClain
32-count criminal indictment names three cops & two paramedics AURORA, Colorado––The August 30, 2019 forced ketamine overdose death of animal shelter volunteer Elijah McClain, 23, who declared his belief in vegetarian nonviolence with his dying breath, on September 1, 2021 at last brought criminal charges against the three police officers and two paramedics in […]
“Slow response & jerky gestures” in death of vegetarian Elijah McClain
Grand jury investigation ordered 18 months after animal shelter volunteer died from ketamine overdose administered by paramedics at police direction AURORA, Colorado––If slow response and jerky gestures were the criteria for injecting ketamine into the butts of Colorado public officials, as well as the alleged symptoms for which Aurora paramedics fatally overdosed vegetarian animal shelter […]