But seals are still getting shot GREENBANK, Washington––The hunt for whoever is shooting harbor seals, apparently from a boat, along the west side of Whidbey Island, Washington, intertwines with the hunt for the mythical Sasquatch, but no, Sasquatch is not shooting seals, nor is Sasquatch in any danger of being shot. Yet another young female […]
How Miyoko Schinner got the same shaft as Paul Watson
With vegan grease (See also Canned Miyoko: the ballad of Jon Blair & Miyoko Schinner.) The recent ouster of Miyoko’s Creamery founder Miyoko Schinner from the vegan food company she founded in 2014 will come as no surprise to longtime Australian vegan activist Phil Wollen. Indeed, Wollen, also a former Sea Shepherd Conservation Society crew […]
For auld lang syne: last ANIMALS 24-7 obituaries of 2022
John Neville Hare, Mark Stanley-Price, Faith Maloney, & Vivienne Westwood The camel man John Neville Hare, 88, died on January 28, 2022, but ANIMALS 24-7 did not learn of his death until almost a year later. Born in Bexhill, Kent, Hare became acquainted with working camels as a British army officer assigned to the Royal […]
Earth First! founder & “conservative conservationist” Dave Foreman, 74
Was also “rewilding” advocate & outspoken opponent of immigration Dave Foreman, 74, died on September 19, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born in 1947, the son of a U.S. Air Force sergeant, Foreman spent most of his life in and around Albuquerque, before, after, and during two decades of fame as the often controversial and […]
Iceland fisheries minister hints she may pull the plug on whaling
But whaling baron Kristján Loftsson, 80, will not go down without a fight REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Iceland minister of food, agriculture, and fisheries Svandis Svavarsdottir on February 4, 2022 indicated in a guest column for the newspaper and news web site Morgunblaðið that she may pull the plug on the nearly moribund Icelandic whaling industry. But Kristján Loftsson, […]
Marine mammal activist Ben White, 53, dies of abdominal cancer
Long problematic career Ben White, 53, died on July 30, 2005, in Friday Harbor, Washington, after a six-month struggle against abdominal cancer. White “cut open dolphin-holding nets in Japan, scaled buildings to hang anti-fur banners, jumped in front of naval ships in Hawaii to stop sonar tests, and slept atop old-growth trees to protest logging,” […]
Fixing for a fight of Leviathans
The Makah Harpooners vs. Willy the Whale, alias Killer Keiko [Originally published in September 1998] NEAH BAY, Washington; NEWPORT, Oregon––If the September 1998 media drama underway in the Pacific Northwest was a professional wrestling match, it would be billed as the Makah Harpooners vs. Willy the Whale, alias Killer Keiko, orca star of the hit […]
Seaspiracy: seas, piracy, & Cowspiracy meet fishy business
Fishing industry screams bloody murder Reviewed by Merritt & Beth Clifton Seaspiracy, whose title is a fusion of “seas” and “piracy,” and a play on Cowspiracy, the 2014 independent blockbluster documentary also produced by Kip Anderson, on March 24, 2021 premiered worldwide on Netflix. Within 10 days Seaspiracy had become a runaway hit, seen by […]
Dead fisher played “chicken” with Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat
Would have passed safely if he had not cut to the right SAN FELIPE, Baja California, Mexico––What fisher Mario García Toledo, 56, had in mind when he swerved his small but speedy panga across the bow of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel Farley Mowat on the morning of December 31, 2020 in the northern […]
Sidney Holt, 93, achieved goal that great whales would outlive him
70-year scientific career focused on whale conservation PACIANO, Italy––Marine scientist Sidney J. Holt, 93, died on December 22, 2019 at his home in Paciano, Italy, about 80 miles north of Rome and 10 miles north of his previous longtime home in Citta della Pieve, Italy. Holt thereby realized his often stated life’s ambition of having […]