Charged in 2020, former Best Friends Animal Society & Maddies Fund star Steffen Baldwin delayed trial until January 2025 MARYSVILLE, Ohio––Steffen Baldwin, 44, alias Steffen Finkelstein, former executive director of Top of Ohio Pet Shelter in Logan County and the Union County Humane Society, also in Ohio, and co-founder of the Underdog Alliance in California, […]
San Diego cat control trial verdict & L.A. shelter fine expose “no kill” failures
“Cat control trial of the century” finds “return-to-field” of friendly cats inhumane SAN DIEGO & LOS ANGELES, California––“No-kill” strategies favored by Los Angeles Animal Services and the San Diego Humane Society, recommended by Maddie’s Fund and the Best Friends Animal Society, took hard hits in the third week of December 2024 from first the California […]
Best Friends’ no-kill initiative power play, by Ed Boks
Ed Boks’ resumé in animal welfare includes having headed the animal control departments in Maricopa County, Arizona; New York City; Los Angeles; and Yavapai County, Arizona, plus the Spokane Humane Society. Boks produces the blog Animal Politics with Ed Boks. He may be reached at animalpolitics8@gmail.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Through the looking glass The Best Friends Animal […]
San Diego cat control “trial of the century” is continued until August
Courtroom debate is on hold, but “Kitten Lady” Hannah Shaw & Nathan Winograd, among others, hiss & spit online SAN DIEGO––Continued on July 17, 2024 until August 1, 2024, and then expected to resume again on August 7-8, 2024, the cat control “trial of the century” may determine the fate of feral and found […]
San Diego showdown: trap-neuter-return advocates sue vs. return-to-field
Court case hinges on the difference between a truly feral cat and a tame, friendly cat found at large SAN DIEGO, California—A lawsuit brought against the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA by the Southern California animal rescue charities Pet Assistance Foundation and Paw Protectors seeks to establish, for the first time, a clear legal […]
Pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin could get 81 years for killing dogs & fraud
Bond of $200,000 set for “The hot dog man,” allegedly caught hot dogging a few times too often MARYSVILLE, Ohio––Bond of $200,000 was set on August 5, 2020 for high-profile pit bull advocate Steffen Baldwin by Judge Mark O’Connor of the Common Pleas Court in Union County, Ohio. Arrested on July 23, 2020 in Acton, […]