Apathy thwarts “Call To Action BBQ” VERBENA, Alabama––One inept attempt to rally nationwide support for cockfighting, convened on short notice amid a global pandemic, scarcely means the multi-million-dollar cockfighting industry is unraveling, protected as it is by “good old boys” in legislatures and law enforcement. But that fewer people rallied in defense of cockfighting on […]
Triple murder in Frostproof: pig hunting, cockfighting, Publix & pizza
Doesn’t everyone order 10 double cheeseburgers at McDonald’s after killing three catfishers? FROSTPROOF, Florida––Brandon Rollins, 27, Keven Springfield, 30, and Damion Tillman, 23, were shot to death at Lake Streety, Florida, on the night of July 17, 2020, much as the three of them had cornered and killed countless feral pigs. But Rollins, Springfield, […]
Kentucky state cops let 33 cars leave alleged cockfight before investigating
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness caught the “great escape” on video PINE KNOT, Kentucky––Duane Pohlman, chief investigative reporter for the Cincinnati television station WKRC, aired quite a scoop about cockfighting continuing in Kentucky on Monday, July 6, 2020, using undercover video collected by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) with Humane Farming Association Funding. […]
Is burying pigeons alive legal in Pennsylvania?
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness video tests exemption for “shooting activities” in new anti-cruelty law HAMBURG, Pennsylvania––Drone video obtained by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) both during and after a November 9, 2017 pigeon shoot at the Wing Pointe gun club in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, shows adult “trapper boys” not only dumping wounded […]
Did HSUS & Humane Pennsylvania sacrifice pigeons to NRA demand?
“Libre’s Law,” without prohibiting pigeon shoots, exempts “Shooting activities not otherwise prohibited” from criminal prosecution HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania––Why did the Humane Society of the U.S. and Humane Pennsylvania not tell the world that they won passage of a much touted new Pennsylvania state humane law at the cost of accepting language, reportedly dictated by the […]
Trump booster Senator James Inhofe halts pigeon shoot fundraisers
Three-year SHARK campaign succeeds GENEVA, Illinois––Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) on August 22, 2017 released documents obtained from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation through a Freedom of Information Act request indicating that U.S. Senator James Inhofe (Republican, Oklahoma) will no longer hold live pigeon shoots as part of his annual summer fundraising […]
New SHARK CharityCops site exposes Animal Charity Evaluators
Finds ACE to be less engaged in “evaluation” than in funneling money to charities associated with the founder Nearly 30 years have passed since then-trophy hunter Steve Hindi stopped in Hegins, Pennsylvania on his way to go shark fishing off Montauk Point, Long Island, to witness an internationally notorious pigeon shoot which Hindi became instrumental […]
Update: Vermont Gov Scott signs HSUS bill to cut puppy mill cage sizes
Vermont H. 218 weakens cold weather protection of farm dogs too, agree two of state’s senior animal advocates Vermont Governor Phillip B. Scott on June 16, 2017 signed into law state bill H. 218, which reduces the cage space allocated to many dogs in breeding kennels by from half to 75%. Introduced by Hartland […]