Bill to ban federally funded biomedical research on dogs & cats introduced in D.C. NORTH ROSE, New York––The human population of North Rose, New York, officially listed as 571, is expected to double and perhaps triple or more on September 26, 2026, as the 207-mile “March to End Animal Testing” concludes with a three-mile hike […]
For horse racing & Major League Baseball, gamefowl come home to roost
Just when the Kentucky Derby appeared to have escaped stepping in poop––and can the Dodgers dodge pitcher’s promotion of cockfighting? SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico; NEW YORK, N.Y.––The horse racing industry breathed a premature sigh of collective relief when the May 2, 2026 Kentucky Derby concluded without another of the public relations disasters that for more […]
Animal Care & Use Committees lose invisibility cloak: names must be public
University of Washington faculty lose three-year court battle to keep anonymity SEATTLE, Washington––Responding to March 2025 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, members of the University of Washington Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee on May 28, 2025 agreed to drop a three-year legal effort to keep their identities […]
PETA steals the Olympics dressage show. Now what about rodeo?
PETA video embarrasses three top riders in just three days, but only SHARK appears to have cameras watching rodeo & charreada PARIS, France; PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania––As equestrian events get underway at the 2024 summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] has already stolen the show. Allegations of abuse against […]
Necropsies dominate the 2023 Kentucky Derby post-mortems
15-to-1 longshot winner Mage is barely noticed amid seven horse deaths LOUISVILLE, Kentucky––Kentucky Derby post-mortems began in 2023 ten days before the 20-horse field walked to the starting gate, but they were called “necropsies.” The more familiar term “autopsy” is used only when the deceased is human. The upset victory by Mage, a horse with […]
Charles River Labs sending bootlegged macaques back to traffickers
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals & Born Free USA sanctuary offer snubbed HOUSTON, Texas––If 1,000 juvenile long-tailed macaques held in Houston at this writing by Charles River Laboratories had the rights of humans, they would either be returned to their homes in the wild in Cambodia or be granted asylum as refugees. If […]
Why has Project Chimps gone ape$#!T over ex-staff complaints?
Humane Society of the U.S. affiliate moves to enforce “ag-gag” against whistleblowers BLUE RIDGE, Georgia––Former Project Chimps staff members Crystal Alba and Lindsay Vanderhoogt, as well as their criticisms of the north Georgia sanctuary for chimpanzees formerly used in laboratories, might still be almost unknown to the world, except that Project Chimps recently sued […]
Near-record fine too light for SNBL labs, say SAEN, AWI, & PETA
Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories rapped for deaths of 38 macaques, among other Animal Welfare Act violations EVERETT, Washington––Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have all denounced as too light the near-record $185,000 fine and other penalties issued against the Japanese-owned company […]