Hero to many animal advocates, and scoundrel to many, too Steven M. Wise, 73, an author and former attorney regarded by many animal advocates as an “innovative scholar and groundbreaking expert on animal law,” and by many others as an arch-scoundrel, died on February 15, 2024, in Coral Springs, Florida, his home for about a […]
Did stranded macaques come from Cambodia, or from Thai temples?
1,200 monkeys stuck at Charles River Labs have reason to signify HOUSTON, Texas––Twelve hundred illegally imported wild-caught long-tailed macaques at last report were still waiting at a Charles River Laboratory warehouse near Houston for Charles River Laboratories, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and potential sanctuary caretakers to decide what will become of them. […]
Exotic animal sanctuarians race the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Animals in need, unchecked breeding & abandonment, limited resources, & advancing age TAMPA, Florida––The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, according to the Old Testament Book of Ezekiel, are death by the sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague. But Ezekiel, though generally believed to have been a vegetarian and perhaps a vegan, was not […]
People & positions, 1st quarter 2014
Cal Morgan, Michigan Humane Society president since 2001, on January 24, 2014 resigned to become president of the Atlanta Humane Society & Georgia SPCA. Michigan SPCA chief operating officer David Williams was named interim president while the organization seeks Morgan’s successor. Morgan at the Atlanta Humane Society & Georgia SPCA succeeds Rick Aiken, interim director […]