(Beth Clifton collage) Five killed by pit bulls,  two by pair of Rottweilers,  one each by Cane Corsos,  Presa Canario & police dog             PORTSMOUTH,  Virginia;  VANCOUVER,  British Columbia––Cindy White,  52,  killed by three pit bulls on April 12,  2024 in Portsmouth,  Virginia,  was the second U.S. and Canadian dog attack fatality in a two-week span, following the April 1,  2024 death of Kache Grist,  11,  in Edmonton,  Alberta. (See What a Cane Corso ..read more

(Beth Clifton collage) Last four survivors released at Ramadan             TEHRAN, Iran––All eight living Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation cheetah conservationists who were sent to Iranian prisons for alleged espionage in 2018 are  reportedly now free. The last four imprisoned Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation personnel were released as the governments of Iran,  Israel,  and the U.S. exchanged warnings about Iranian support of the Hamas,  Hezbollah,  and Houthi militias currently fighting Israel,  and ..read more

(Beth Clifton collage) Unpaid Philadelphia Gun Club legal bills have apparently been at issue for ten years or more DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] founder Steve Hindi has accused the Philadelphia Gun Club of depraved and deliberate cruelty,  and quite a lot else,  in fifteen years of campaigning against pigeon shoots hosted by the gun club since 1877. One thing Hindi has not alleged,  however,  against the notorious hangout for purportedly trigger-happy men with more money than brains,  is that the purportedly trigger-happy m ..read more

(Beth Clifton collage) Insurance industry payouts for dog attacks increased 8% in 2023 alone OMAHA, Nebraska––An April 9,  2024 attack on a mail carrier by a dog believed to be a pit bull near 16th and Pinkney streets in Omaha,  Nebraska,  coming two days into National Dog Bite Prevention Week 2024,  offered a timely reminder almost in the back yard of several of the biggest U.S. insurance companies of the risk that dangerous dogs pose to delivery personnel,  the public,  and insurers themselves. But few of the lessons illustrated by the attack are emphasized in ..read more

(Beth Clifton collage) Cody Roberts ran down wolf with snowmobile,  tortured her in a bar,  killed her,  & bragged about it DANIEL,  Wyoming––Not since the Ku Klux Klan-like lynching of 22-year-old gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Wayne Shepard,  who on October 12,  1998 died in hospital six days after his crucifixion on barbed wire near Laramie,  has a hate crime in Wyoming riveted national attention like the February 29,  2024 torture killing of a young wolf at the Green River Bar in Daniel,  Wyoming. Cody Roberts,  42,  o ..read more

(Beth Clifton collage,  partially based on R. Crumb character Mr. Natural.) Alfalfa production for cattle by itself consumes 26% of Colorado River water CROZET,  Virginia––Alfalfa sprouts,  anyone? Vegans stereotypically live on alfalfa sprouts and kale. But the 1.62 million vegans in the U.S. might consume at most less than half of 1% of total U.S. alfalfa production. Vegans are in truth the least of the reason why “Alfalfa farms consume 26% of the Colorado River’s water,”  according to recent research Brian Richter,  published in the peer-reviewed scientific journa ..read more

(Beth Clifton collage) Drug abuse is involved in 24% of fatal dog attacks & 83% of dogfighting cases             EDMONTON,  Alberta;  BESSEMER,  Alabama––Drug abuse leading to drug-dealing put Kendrah Wong,  36,  of Osoyoos,  British Columbia,  and Carlton Lenard Adams,  51,  of Bessemer,  Alabama,  in trouble with the law. Dangerous dogs stirred into that background put Kendrah Wong in mourning for her son Kache Grist,  11,  killed by two Cane Corsos on April 1,  ..read more

(Beth Clifton collage) Three generations of one lowlife family involved MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP,  New Jersey––Members of three generations of an alleged dogfighting family who have variously used the names Lobrio,  Low  and Lower were taken into custody on April 3,  2024,  along with 103 pit bulls,  by a posse “including police from Ohio,  Connecticut,  and Washington D.C.,”  reported John Paul of WPVI television in Philadelphia. “They were joined by federal agents,  the United States Department of Agriculture,  and the Defense Criminal I ..read more

(Beth Clifton collage) Florida does more about trash than West Virginia,  Ohio,  & Texas HOMESTEAD, Florida––Stopped by Miami-Dade police at 4:30 a.m. on April 2,  2024 for an alleged headlight violation,  Guadalupe Gabriel Zavala,  27,  of Homestead,  Florida,  was hit with two felony animal fighting charges and a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge. Zavala was expected to be released later the same day on $5,500 bond,  reported Chris Gothner for WPLG Local 10 news. The animal fighting charges,  Gothner explained,  resulted from an in ..read more

Lewis Gompertz.  (Beth Clifton collage) Lewis Gompertz:  Philosopher,  Activist,  Philanthropist,  Inventor by Barry Kew Resource Publications c/o Wipf & Stock Publishers  199 W. 8th Ave, Suite #3 Eugene,  OR  97401 One might get the impression from practically all conventional histories of the humane and animal rights movements––which Lewis Gompertz:  Philosopher,  Activist,  Philanthropist,  Inventor is not––that neither African-Americans,  Jews,  nor vegans and vegetarians had anything to do with anti-cruelty activi ..read more