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What if the Trump administration is serious about ending lab animal use?
(Beth Clifton collage) There are ways to cut back on lab animal use, but just cutting science budgets is not one of them by Morgan V. Sage [Morgan V. Sage, a longtime ANIMALS 24-7 reader and close...
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Enlisting Trump “blogosphere,” White Coat Waste kills cruel cat experiments
(Beth Clifton collage) “Push it to the right” strategy wins––& takes other animal groups to the right as well WASHINGTON D.C.––“The Donald Trump administration’s Department of Defense...
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Best Friends Animal Society cofounder and former CEO Gregory Castle, 83
(Beth Clifton collage) Gregory Castle was multi-talented & well-liked by all, but the Castle dynasty at Best Friends has been a disaster for dogs, cats, pit bull victims, spay/neuter funding,...
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Postal error kills up to 15,000 newly hatched chicks, leaves SPCA with 2,000+
(Beth Clifton collage) Delaware disaster draws attention yet again to inhumanity of mailing live birds CAMDEN, Delaware–“More than two thousand” chicks, survivors of as many as 17,000 abandoned for...
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Ex-CFO files lawsuit charging ASPCA with misuse of funds & wrongful firing
Note: the actual ASPCA head office & animal shelter is nowhere near this spacious.(Beth Clifton collage) Former CFO accuses ASPCA of overspending on “no-bid” contracts NEW YORK CITY,...
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New Florida “Pam Rock Act” might not have saved pit bull victim Pam Rock
(Beth Clifton collage) “Breed-neutral” new law perpetuates “one free bite” loophole TALLAHASSEE, Florida––Florida governor Ron DeSantis on May 21, 2025 signed into law the “Pam Rock Act,” authored...
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“Follow the money” fails to save wolves from wolf-hating ranchers & hunters
(Beth Clifton collage) “Defending rural livelihoods” by killing wolves is economically illiterate public policy, yet continues regardless DENVER, Colorado; DAVIS, California;...
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Why is the JB Pritzker administration ignoring cockfighting & steer-tailing?
(Beth Clifton collage) Illinois governor & Democratic presidential hopeful Pritzker led 71 Illinois high mucky-mucks on a trade mission to Mexico in April 2025, but is not known to have sent even...
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Pit bulls, poor adult judgement, & poverty: common aspects of 2 infant deaths
(Beth Clifton collage) No charges so far in May 27, 2025 New York City fatality. San Antonio case brings both criminal & civil filings NEW YORK CITY; SAN ANTONIO, Texas––Pit bulls, poor adult...
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Risk-taking roadside zoo operator busted for drugs, firearms; zoo closed
West Coast Game Park Safari sign.(Beth Clifton photo) West Coast Game Park Safari owner Brian Tenney apparently at last took a few chances too many BANDON, Oregon––Brian Tenney, 52, owner/operator...
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Humane farming certifications allegedly fail again, in both U.S. & U.K.
(Beth Clifton collage) Can “humane” farming standards ever actually be enforced? LONDON, U.K.; BERKELEY, California––Two exposés broadcast in two days of “humane” farm certification failures in the...
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“All identified” in Big Lickers attack on members of Horse Plus Humane Society
Big Lick goons at work.(Horse Plus Humane Society photos) Three members of Preisner family injured for videotaping Big Lick horses & riders COLUMBIA, Tennessee––“Update: Thank you. All attackers...
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FBI: Friend of Biohazard Investigators or of Farm Business Investment?
(Beth Clifton collage) Wayne Pacelle sees sunny days ahead for the historically stormy relationship between animal advocacy & the FBI WASHINGTON D.C.––Night-and-day different visions of the FBI...
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Evolution from “Kangaroos are not shoes” to giving “milk mandate” the boot
(Beth Clifton collage) Both campaigns dodge dinosaurs WASHINGTON D.C.––The evolutionary distance between marsupials and placental mammals is currently believed to be about 160 million years, both...
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Anthony Devore: “Shocked, shocked” to find cockfighting at a cockfight?
(Beth Clifton collage) Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission founder & president caught at a cockfight after repeatedly denying involvement SHADY GROVE, Oklahoma––The only evident resemblance...
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Penny’s Law – Slow Down, New York! by Kenneth Phillips
(Beth Clifton collage) Penny’s Law – slow down, New York! By Kenneth Phillips Editor’s note: On May 3, 2025 in New York City, New York, a pit bull with prior history of mauling other dogs maimed a...
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New wildlife trafficking studies miss the point, says legendary investigator
(Beth Clifton collage) Old ivory is not killing elephants, points out Daniel Stiles, & AI theories are not evidence sufficient to bring seizures & convictions WASHINGTON D.C.––Seven years...
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When the cats are away, will vivisectors play more hell with rats & mice?
(Beth Clifton collage) White Coat Waste Project “lays waste” to cat experiments, but are buildings & equipment still in use on other species? WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. Navy Secretary John C. Phelan on...
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Why did William Custis Smith get just a day in jail for killing 20+ bald eagles?
American bald eagle. (Beth Clifton photo) Sentence raises questions & eyebrows HALLWOOD, Virginia––Who is William Custis Smith, 74, of Hallwood, Virginia, population 206, and why did he get...
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Arkansas dog rescuer Makayla Fortner, 15, killed by pit bulls
(Beth Clifton collage) Another rescuer, who arrived after 14 dogs involved in the attack were removed, likened seeing pit bulls in earlier video of the scene to seeing Bigfoot ALEXANDER,...
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