BOOKS / Four-Legged Miracles: Heartwarming Tales of Lost Dogs’ Journeys Home

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in APRIL 2013, BOOKS, CATS & DOGS, COMPANION ANIMALS, CULTURE |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

The movie enshrined the idea of canine loyalty.

The movie enshrined the idea of canine loyalty.

Four-Legged Miracles:   Heartwarming Tales of Lost Dogs’ Journeys Home  
by Brad & Sherry Hansen Steiger
St. Martin’s Griffin (175 Fifth Ave.,  New York,  NY 10010),  2013.  264 pages,  paperback.  $14.99.

Animal lovers are familiar with the 1943 classic Lassie Come Home,  in which an impoverished rural family sells their cherished collie to a Scottish nobleman,  but the collie returns to the boy she loves. Four-Legged Miracles is a compilation of amusing,  inspirational and sometimes tearful real-life “Lassie” stories.   Continue reading »

Editorial feature: Horse doctoring & the ethical evolution of veterinarians

April 18 2013 by seann lenihann in ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, ANIMAL MEDICINE, APRIL 2013, BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, CATS & DOGS, FACTORY FARMING, SURGICAL & MEDICAL, VETERINARIAN |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013—

Veterinary students (Wikicommons media)

Veterinary students (Wikicommons media)

By Merritt Clifton & Kim Bartlett

The American Veterinary Medical Association,  150 years old this year,  has from the beginning pitched a broad tent.  The AVMA is at once a trade association representing the economic concerns of veterinarians;  a professional body setting veterinary standards;  an umbrella for ongoing efforts to advance veterinary science;  a provider of continuing professional education to vets;  a disaster relief agency;  a provider of public education about animal issues;  and an entity which seeks to influence public policy. Continue reading »

Editorial feature: Gun control, “boomers,” & the future of hunting

March 25 2013 by seann lenihann in ACTIVISTS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, BEARS, BLOOD SPORTS, CULTURE, EDITORIALS, HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, HUNTING & TRAPPING & FISHING, MARCH 2013, WATERFOWL, WILDLIFE |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2013:

Editorial feature:  Gun control,  “boomers,” & the future of hunting  
by Merritt Clifton & Kim Bartlett
Hunting Africa
“In the matter of gun control,  our main concern is rightly for the human victims of mass shootings,”  wrote veteran journalist Dick Meister on January 18,  2013 for California Progress Report.   “But what of the other defenseless animals who die at the hands of humans?  What of the hunting rifles that are cited as legitimate simply because they are not rapid-fire weapons,  the guns that are used by hunters to kill so many of our fellow beings in the name of sport?   Continue reading »

Triple murder follows dogfighting raids that net 62 suspects and 120 pit bulls

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, BLOOD SPORTS, CATS & DOGS, DOGFIGHTING |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

Sixty-four pitbulls were found at the Idaho home of Brent L. Christensen. Christensen, 62, his son Trent Jon Christensen, 32, and the son’s girlfriend, Yavette Chivon Carter, 27, were found killed Friday afternoon inside the house. The Christensens had ties to Brigham City. (Credit: DOUG LINDLEY/Idaho State Journal)

Sixty-four pitbulls were found at the Idaho home of Brent L. Christensen. Christensen, 62, his son Trent Jon Christensen, 32, and the son’s girlfriend, Yavette Chivon Carter, 27, were found killed Friday afternoon inside the house. The Christensens had ties to Brigham City. (Credit: DOUG LINDLEY/Idaho State Journal)

Brent L. Christensen,  62,  Trent Jon Christensen,  32,  and Yavette Chivon Carter,  27,  were found shot to death inside their home one mile west of Holbrook,  population 400.   They were apparently killed as long as 24 hours before a man who came  to pick up several dogs found Carter’s two-year-old daughter sitting on the front steps.
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British feds to cull badgers, ignoring lessons of 1,000 years

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DISEASES & ZOONOSIS, ANIMAL LIBERATIONISTS, APRIL 2013, BOVINES & CATTLE, CULTURE, HISTORY, HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, INTERNATIONAL, UNITED KINGDOM |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

Badger targeted for mass killing: humans never learn.

Targeted for mass killing

LONDON––Though culling predators has come to be recognized as one of the larger ecological mistakes of the Romans,  the Normans,  the Georgians in the 18th century,  and 20th century British governments, British environment secretary Owen Paterson on February 27,  2013 announced that badgers will be culled this summer in Gloucestershire and Somerset. Continue reading »

After shooting street dogs, Malaysia massacres long tailed macaques

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, APRIL 2013, ASIA, CATS & DOGS, CULTURE, HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, INTERNATIONAL, MALAYSIA, MONKEYS & PRIMATES, WILDLIFE |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:
malaysianMacaques

PETALING JAYA,  Malaysia––Malaysian natural resources and environment minister Douglas Uggah “has ordered an immediate investigation by a team from his ministry into the alleged inhumane massacre of wild monkeys by its contractors,”  Michelle Chun of the Sun Daily reported on March 29,  2013. Continue reading »

Veterinarian comments about dog licensing, pit bulls, & street dog parasites

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ACTIVISTS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DISEASES & ZOONOSIS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL LIBERATIONISTS, APRIL 2013, CATS & DOGS, CULTURE, VETERINARIAN |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

Your January/February 2013 editorial “Pi,  Dorothy,  and the qualities of humane leadership” gave me stuff to ponder that I hadn’t seriously considered before,  such as the emphasis on adopting one’s way out of shelter euthanasias versus the likely better bang for the buck approach of focusing even more than currently on spaying and castrating. Continue reading »

LETTERS (April, 2013]

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ACTIVISTS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, APRIL 2013, ASIA, BOVINES & CATTLE, CATS & DOGS, COMPANION ANIMALS, CRUSTACEANS & SEA ANIMALS, CULTURE, FISH & SHELLED ANIMALS, HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, INTERNATIONAL |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

Letters

Farm animal welfare in Vietnam

Several months ago I was asked by Humane Society International to help them to establish some collaborative relationships concerning farm animal welfare in Vietnam.  As mentioned in previous letters to ANIMAL PEOPLE,  I used to work at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi,  and continue to work with a number of groups involved in animal protection and youth development,  so I jumped at the chance.
We set up day-long workshops with the veterinary and animal science faculties at Hanoi Agricultural University and Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture & Forestry.  The principal aim of these workshops was to discuss the impacts of Vietnam’s industrial farm agriculture trends and to begin a conversation about what could be done to alter the trajectory of policies that not only greatly undermine non-human animal welfare, but will also lead to disastrous consequences for the environment and public health.  Continue reading »

Japanese whalers killed fewest whales ever in 2013 Antarctic hunt

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ACTIVISTS, ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, APRIL 2013, CETACEANS, CULTURE, HUNTING & TRAPPING & FISHING, JAPAN, MARINE ANIMALS, THE LAW |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

Libertarian Judge Kozinski found against The Shepherds.

Libertarian Judge Kozinski found against The Shepherds.

TOKYO––The Japanese whaling fleet in 2013 killed just 103 minke whales out of a self-assigned quota of 935,  and killed none of the 50 humpback and 50 fin whales they had hoped to kill,  acknowledged Japanese agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi at a homecoming media conference. Continue reading »

San Sebastian bans bullfighting, defying Spanish federal effort to protect it as heritage

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ACTIVISTS, ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, ANIMAL LIBERATIONISTS, APRIL 2013, BOVINES & CATTLE, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS, EU-Spain, FOREIGN • INTERNACIONAL |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

The barbarism of bullfights is undeniable. Here, the bull, dying, is surrounded by his human tormentors.

The barbarism of bullfights is undeniable. Here, the bull, dying, is surrounded by his human tormentors. How could such an spectacle be deemed worthy of a proud cultural tradition?

MADRID––Defying Parliamentary efforts to re-establish bullfighting nationwide,  the largely Basque city of San Sebastian in March 2013 adopted new rules for leasing the municipal bullring which exclude bullfights. Continue reading »

Record seizures of dogs from meat traffic in China and Thailand stretch rescue capacity

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ACTIVISTS, ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, APRIL 2013, ASIA, CATS & DOGS, CHINA, CULTURE, FOREIGN • INTERNACIONAL |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

BEIJING,  BANGKOK––Stopping a truck hauling 250 dogs to slaughterhouses in Maoming,  Guangdong on April 7,  2013,  Kunming Yixin Stray Animal Shelter volunteers  had kept the truck surrounded at An Ning, in Kunming,  for 48 hours as the April 2013 edition of ANIMAL PEOPLE   went to press,  despite acts of attempted physical intimidation by the truckers and reinforcements called by the truckers.   Continue reading »

Trapper died from undiagnosed rabies, transmitted rabies via organ donation

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DISEASES & ZOONOSIS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, APRIL 2013, FUR, HUNTING & TRAPPING & FISHING |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

William Edward Small with baby. He liked to hunt and trap animals continually.

William Edward Small with wife and baby. He liked to hunt and trap animals continually. (Facebook)

BALTIMORE,  RALEIGH––Hunter,  trapper,  and fisher William Edward Small,  20,  who died of an undiagnosed rabies infection in September 2011,  transmitted rabies as an organ donor to a Maryland man who died of rabies in early March 2013––the first human rabies death in Maryland since 1976,  and one of just a very few cases on record in which rabies was transmitted from human to human.  There is only one other known case of rabies being transmitted in the U.S. via organ transplants. Continue reading »

SHARK asks Bucks County SPCA and Women’s Humane Society to stand up against Philadelphia Gun Club pigeon shoots––as WHS founder did

April 30 2013 by seann lenihann in ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL EXPLOITERS, ANIMAL LIBERATIONISTS, APRIL 2013, BIRDS, BLOOD SPORTS, CULTURE, PEOPLE, THE LAW |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2013:

Steve Hindi and colleague comforting hurt pigeons. The infamy must stop.

Steve Hindi (left) and colleague comforting hurt pigeons. The infamy must stop. 

PHILADELPHIA––Five years into an ongoing campaign to stop pigeon shoots held at the Philadelphia Gun Club for at least 125 years,  Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi on March 26,  2013 made public his frustration with 101 years of inaction against the gun club by the Bucks County SPCA, founded in 1912,  and 97 years of inaction by the Women’s Humane Society,  following the 1916 death of founder Carolyn Earle White. Continue reading »

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