A Project of Animal People, Inc., 1992-2013
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
NANJING, China––Ending trained animal acts in 2011 led to two consecutive years of record attendance at Nanjing Zoo, show attendance figures obtained by the Animals Asia Foundation. The Nanjing Zoo attracted 867,513 visitors in 2010, the last year that the zoo featured animal acts, but drew more than a million visitors each in 2011 and 2012. “Too often zoos fail to realize that they are losing customers because appetites for animal performances and exploitation are diminishing fast,” commented Animals Asia Foundation welfare director Dave Neale.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
PORTSMOUTH––The Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services has fined the Portsmouth Humane Society $1,250 for releasing sterilized feral cats, who were recorded in the PHS shelter tracking records as having been adopted by executive director Jenn Austin and four other staff members. “I felt that these cats were not legitimately adopted and remained in the custody of the facility,” VDACS veterinarian Dan Kovich told Tim Eberly of the Virginian-Pilot. “State investigators, tipped off by a former employee, issued three violations last month to the Portsmouth shelter, which has the contract to serve as the city’s animal pound,” Eberly wrote. “Austin acknowledged that she and her staff have been personally adopting feral cats and releasing them for about a year and a half.” Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
LONDON––Four weeks into a six-week government cull of up to 5,000 badgers in Gloucestershire and Somerset counties, Guardian environment correspondent Damian Carrington on October 1, 2013 recommended that the apparent fiasco should be stopped. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
I have been involved in animal rights since 1985, and am grateful for the way that our movement has grown and evolved. When I first began practicing animal law, the idea that animals had rights to which we must pay heed was revolutionary. Courageous activists went to jail to put it on the agenda. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
CLAYTON, Georgia––A Rabun County grand jury on September 6, 2013 returned a 60-count felony indictment against Lowanda “Peanut” Kilby, former director of the Boggs Mountain Humane Shelter. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
NEW YORK CITY––One hundred forty-seven years after Henry Bergh incorporated the American spca to enforce the New York state anti-cruelty act of 1860, the ASPCA is transitioning out of the lead role in New York City humane law enforcement. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
SAN FRANCISCO––A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on August 30, 2013 unanimously affirmed an earlier Los Angeles district court verdict that a statewide ban on the sale of foie gras may be enforced. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, September 2013: (Actually published on October 8, 2013)
Wild Planet: Celebrating wildlife photographer of the year
Natural History Museum
(Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.), 2013.
143 pages, paperback. $23.95.
Anthologizing 80 winning entries from the Natural History Museum’s “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” competition, Wild Planet is a celebration of wildlife indeed. Read more