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H5N1 hits cats at Wild Felid Advocacy Center & wild pumas in the Olympics
(Beth Clifton collage) Wild cats stricken directly under the Pacific Flyway HARSTINE ISLAND, Washington––Killing 20 of the 37 large and exotic cats at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of...
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Soi Dog Foundation in 2024 helped Vietnam to cut rabies deaths by 20%
(Beth Clifton collage) “Bad news” reports of rabies deaths emphasize need to abolish the dog & cat meat trade HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam––Signs of success for the Soi Dog Foundation’s decade-long...
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Pit bull victim Kingsley Wright, age 3, was 70th dog attack death of 2024
(Beth Clifton collage) Kingsley Renee Wright was also the 20th known pit bull fatality in Ohio since repeal of pit bull control law CINCINNATI, Ohio––Three-year-old Kingsley Renee Wright on December...
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Texas pit bull victim Anaya Davis, 2, is record 71st U.S. dog attack fatality...
(Beth Clifton collage) San Antonio, Texas, with two pit bull fatalities in 2023, hires Oklahoma City pit bull apologist Jon Gary to head animal control SAN ANTONIO, WICHITA FALLS, Texas––Sergeant...
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Oklahoma cockfighting bust reignites effort to pass FIGHT Act in new Congress
(Beth Clifton collage) Grady County, Oklahoma, & especially Ninnekah need help to establish a new reputation NINNEKAH, Oklahoma––If you ever heard of Grady County, Oklahoma, it might...
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Pit bull attacks on other pets lead to a third of disfiguring human bite...
(Beth Clifton collage) A dozen years of data-logging reveals the risk SIMI VALLEY, California––The 68th U.S. dog attack fatality of 2024, among 71 total deaths known as of January 2, 2025, an as...
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Hey Musk & Ramaswamy: save $1.35 billion! Ax the barred owl-killing scheme!
(Beth Clifton collage) Throwing money down a rat hole will not save spotted owls, who only eat red tree voles WASHINGTON D.C.––Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy president Wayne...
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Record dog attack death count in 2024; Detroit pit bull owner sent to jail
(Beth Clifton collage) Detroit victim Harold Phillips was the third of 71 U.S. dog attack deaths in 2024, all listed below DETROIT, Michigan––Pit bull owner Roy Goodman, 41, was on January 3, 2025...
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Fix the problem! by Ruth Steinberger, founder, SpayFIRST!
(Beth Clifton collage) We do not need to have overcrowded shelters, growing numbers of homeless dogs and cats at large, and rescuers at the ends of their ropes. We know what to do about it. So why...
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Biggest Kentucky cockfighting bust upstaged by first U.S. death from “bird flu”
(Beth Clifton collage) Was the Louisiana H5N1 victim a cockfighter? BATON ROUGE, Louisiana; DUNNVILLE, Kentucky; CHENAI, India–– The biggest cockfighting bust in years in rural...
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San Diego Rodeo, SF live markets, & the last refuge of scoundrels in California
(Beth Clifton collage) Cultural defenses of abuse prevail over cultural mandate to “Be kind to animals” SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO––Samuel Johnson, author of the first dictionary of the English...
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What’s happening with animals amid worst-ever Los Angeles wildfires?
(Beth Clifton collage) 180,000 people & their pets flee fires; 200,000 more warned to be prepared to go LOS ANGELES, California––Six drought-fueled wildfires driven up coastal canyons by the...
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The animal stars of L.A. fires, from the delta smelt to the Velveteen Rabbit
(Beth Clifton collage) The fish had no more to do with the firestorms than the fictional bunny LOS ANGELES, California––Amid wildfires razing as many as 12,000 structures and more than 32 square miles...
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Judge orders special prosecutor to probe beagle breeder Ridglan Farms
Wayne Hsiung & friend. (Beth Clifton collage) But Dane County Sheriff’s Office follows local D.A. in thumbing nose MADISON, Wisconsin––Informing Dane County, Wisconsin law...
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Fly five dolphins from tanks in Greece to tanks in Florida? O’Barry says no
(Beth Clifton collage) Clearwater Marine Aquarium seeks dolphins to rebuild population after five deaths CLEARWATER, Florida––Two years after four of nine resident bottlenose dolphins died...
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Tule elk win! Deal means cattle are to leave Point Reyes within 15 months
Tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore.(Beth Clifton collage) Nature Conservancy to pay ranchers $30 million to leave & take their cows with them POINT REYES, California––As...
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1st dead by dog in 2025: man killed by own pit bull & boy who petted pits
(Beth Clifton collage) And one more pit bull fatality comes to light from 2023 ALTON, Illinois; DELAND, Florida; PHARR, Texas––Robert W. Echols, 53, on January 10, 2025 became the first U.S. dog...
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Los Angeles fire rescues: feeding evacuated animals, sifting through ashes
(Beth Clifton collage) Time for heroics over, time for caretaking & recovery begins LOS ANGELES, California––Animal rescue operations continue throughout the Los Angeles area, with the Palisades...
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This is a first: St. Louis postal worker’s pit bulls kill a neighbor
(Beth Clifton collage) Separate pit bull attacks kill two women in one day ST. LOUIS, Missouri; APALACHIN, New York––Forty-eight hours after ANIMALS 24-7 reported about the first two dog attacks of...
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“Depopulation” cannot stop H5N1, vet reform group & Pacelle warn
(Beth Clifton collage) Inefficient, inhumane, & ineffective––and evades addressing the cockfighting vector WASHINGTON, D.C.; BERKELEY, California; SACRAMENTO, California––“Since the bird...
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