Month: March 2012

Lawsuits & prosecutions rattle Northeast horse rescuers

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2012:

Lawsuits & prosecutions rattle Northeast horse rescuers

SARATOGA SPRINGS,  RIVERHEAD, HARRISBURG,  BINGHAMTON–Four New York and Pennsylvania horse rescue operations,  ranging from one believed to be the largest in the U.S. to some of the smallest,  entered the 2012 spring mud season mired in controversy,  with the possibility of more muck flying as result of lawsuits filed in attempts to restore reputations. Read more

Great Ape Trust downsizes

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2012:

Great Ape Trust downsizes

DES MOINES–The last two of six orangutans formerly housed at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines,  Iowa,  were transferred in late January 2012 to the Center for Great Apes in Wauchala,  Florida. Recently reorganized as a sanctuary,  the Great Ape Trust retains seven bonobos.  Founded in 2004 by primatologist Sue Savage Rumbaugh to do non-invasive behavioral research,  the Great Ape Trust has financially struggled since longtime sole funder Ted Townsend withdrew his support in 2011.

St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center to sell Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge art collection

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2012:

St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center to sell Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge art collection

MADISON,  New Jersey–Hoping to raise $500,000 toward the estimated $2.3 million cost of completing a shelter that has already cost $10 million and taken more than three years to build,  St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center president Heather Cammisa on January 22,  2012 announced the forthcoming sale of 150 works from founder Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge’s extensive art collection.  “It was an emotional decision to sell the art-bittersweet,” Cammisa told Daily Record of Parsippany staff writer Cara Townsend. Read more

Public may vote on Miami pit bull ordinance

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2012:

Public may vote on Miami pit bull ordinance

MIAMI,  Florida–The Miami-Dade County public safety and health care administration committee on February 14,  2012 recommended to the county commission that voters should be asked on the August 2012 county ballot whether a 23-year-old ban on possession of pit bulls should be repealed.  This would apparently be the first time anywhere for a pit bull ban to be put before voters. Read more

SHARK wins "2nd Battle of Broxton Bridge"

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2012:

SHARK wins “2nd Battle of Broxton Bridge”

EHRHARDT,  S.C.–Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on February 12,  2012 routed fewer than two dozen pigeon shooters at the second Battle of Broxton Bridge–but the shooters,  in retreat, allegedly gunned down a SHARK drone helicopter camera platform moments after takeoff. Read more

Westminster dog show drops Pedigree over pro-adoption ads

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2012:

Westminster dog show drops Pedigree over pro-adoption ads

NEW YORK CITY— Mars Petcare U.S.,  maker of Pedigree brand dog food,  lost the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show television advertising contract to Nestle Purina Pet Care,  but won the publicity war after Westminster spokesperson David Frei on February 10,  2012 confirmed to Ben Walker of Associated Press that Pedigree was dropped for airing tear-jerking commercials that promoted shelter adoptions of mutts during the 2011 Westminster show. Read more

Seen as "normal" in U.S., "bully breed" attacks on wildlife raise concern in U.K.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2012:

Seen as “normal” in U.S.,  “bully breed” attacks on wildlife raise concern in U.K.

DENVER,  HONOLULU,  LONDON–KUSA/Denver television news anchor Kyle Dyer on February 8,  2012 suffered facial injuries requiring 70 stitches from an 85-pound Argentine mastiff named Gladiator Maximus,  called Max for short,  whom she was petting during a live interview with Lakewood,  Colorado firefighter Tyler Sugaski.  Sugaski two days earlier rescued Max after he fell through thin ice while chasing a coyote. Read more

Veg or Non-Veg? India at the Crossroads

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2012:

Veg or Non-Veg?  India at the Crossroads
by Mia MacDonald & Sangamithra Iyer
Brighter Green,  2012.  Free 46-page download: <http://www.brightergreen.org/files/india_bg_pp_2011.pdf>

 

Brighter Green founder Mia MacDonald and associate Sangamithra Iyer ask,  “Can India provide enough food for its people as well as support hundreds of millions of cows and buffalo and billions of chickens in increasingly industrialized conditions?  And can it do so while protecting its natural resources and the global climate,  and ensuring progress in human development?” Read more

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