Going vegan in 1987, advised by Dick Gregory, may have almost doubled Dexter King’s lifespan in long fight against cancer MALIBU, California––Dexter Scott King, 62, second son of Martin Luther King Jr., influential for more than 35 years in boosting vegetarianism and veganism among African-Americans, on the morning of January 22, 2024 “transitioned peacefully in […]
Robert Dole: why did Pacelle, Amundson, & Bershadker inflate his record?
Robert Dole, at best, had a good record on animal issues for a Trumpist––but he was no Hubert Humphrey, nor even a Richard Nixon Robert Joseph Dole, 98, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, U.S. Senator from Kansas 1969-1996, and a Kansas member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1960-1968, died on December 5, 2021. Lauded […]
The Big Five: Browder helped save the Everglades, Kellert found the current changing for animals
Part III of a three-part series (See also Peter Jackson, 90, helped to save Indian tigers and John & Margaret Craighead led fight to save grizzly bears.) Asked Miami Herald reporter Howard Cohen after Joe Browder’s death, “Has there been a more dogged supporter of the Florida Everglades? Many might point to the late Marjory Stoneman Douglas […]