U.S. animal shelter toll appears to drop below three million
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
U.S. animal shelter toll appears to drop below three million Read more
Category: North America
Farm Bill stall delays Congressional action on horse slaughter, attending animal fights, & laying hen cage size
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
Farm Bill stall delays Congressional action on horse slaughter, attending animal fights, & laying hen cage size
WASHINGTON D.C.–The odds may have lengthened just before the Fourth of July recess week against the final version of the 2012 Farm Bill including measures favored by animal advocates–but not for any reason having anything to do with laying hen cage sizes, horse slaughter, or cockfighting and dogfighting, among other topics addressed by proposed Farm Bill amendments. Read more
Bat World Sanctuary wins $6.1 million libel judgment
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
Bat World Sanctuary wins $6.1 million libel judgment
FORT WORTH–Bat World Sanctuary, and Bat World founder and president Amanda Lollar of Mineral Wells, Texas, were on June 14, 2012 awarded $6.1 million in damages by Tarrant County district Judge William Brigham, who found after a four-day trial that Los Angeles activist Mary Cummins had committed “intentional, malicious, and egregious” defamation against Lollar and had breached an internship contract she signed in 2010 with Bat World. The award was the highest known to ANIMAL PEOPLE in a defamation case involving animal advocates. Read more
Ringling wins right to proceed in racketeering case vs. ASPCA, AWI, HSUS, and Born Free USA
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
Ringling wins right to proceed in racketeering case vs. ASPCA, AWI, HSUS, and Born Free USA
WASHINGTON D.C.–Rejecting motions seeking dismissal, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on July 9, 2012 issued a highly technical 87-page ruling that Feld Entertainment Inc., owner of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, may pursue a lawsuit under the federal Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act against the American SPCA, the Animal Welfare Institute, the Fund for Animals, the Humane Society of the U.S., and the Animal Protection Institute. Read more
California attorney general investigates transitions at In Defense of Animals
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
California attorney general investigates transitions at In Defense of Animals
SAN RAFAEL, California– Enduring a rocky transition from the leadership of founder Elliot M. Katz, DVM, In Defense of Animals has a new chief executive for at least the fourth time in three years.
“IDA has hired Joe Haptas,” board president Marilyn Kroplick, M.D. told ANIMAL PEOPLE on July 6, 2012, confirming weeks of rumors. Kroplick, a Southern California child and geriatric psychiatrist, has headed the IDA board since late 2011. Read more
Fewer animals killed–but pit bulls & Chihuahuas crowd shelters
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
Fewer animals killed–but pit bulls & Chihuahuas crowd shelters
Only three years after U.S. animal shelters killed fewer than four million dogs and cats for the first time in about half a century, the toll appears to have fallen below three million–just barely.
ANIMAL PEOPLE has produced estimates of U.S. shelter killing of dogs and cats annually since 1993, at first projected from whole-state surveys done by other organizations. Since 1997 we have combined recent whole-state data where available with data from the city and county level, wherever the local data includes all animal control shelters and other open admission shelters within a particular jurisdiction. Each ANIMAL PEOPLE annual estimate includes the most recent available data from the three preceding fiscal or calendar years. Read more
Feral cat neuter/return results appear to have plateaued
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
Feral cat neuter/return results appear to have plateaued
MOUNT RANIER, Maryland– Data gathered by Alley Cat Rescue from 120 feral cat neuter/return projects in 37 states affirms the longtime ANIMAL PEOPLE belief, based on estimated feral cat intake at animal shelters, that neuter/return is helping to hold the U.S. feral cat population at the present level, but is no longer achieving the steep drops in feral cat numbers that characterized the rise of neuter/return to widespread practice in the 1990s. Read more
Bell Canada not funding centennial Stampede rodeo
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
Bell Canada not funding centennial Stampede rodeo
CALGARY, RENO–-Bell Canada spokesperson Jacqueline Michelis on July 3, 2012 confirmed to Lauren Krugel of Canadian Press that the telecommunications company will not sponsor Calgary Stampede rodeo events. The 100th anniversary running of Calgary Stampede was to be held July 6-13, 2012.
“We have decided to focus on the entertainment part of the Stampede,” Michelis said. Bell Canada continued to sponsor non-rodeo Stampede events, including free live entertainment at the newly opened Bell Centennial Plaza on the Stampede grounds. Read more
Georgia Aquarium applies to import 18 wild-caught belugas–who would be first to reach the U.S. in 20 years
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2012:
Georgia Aquarium applies to import 18 wild-caught belugas–who would be first to reach the U.S. in 20 years
ATLANTA-The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta has applied for a federal permit to import 18 beluga whales from the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Russia. They could be the first belugas to be captured in the wild and brought to the U.S. for exhibition since 1992, when the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago imported four from the vicinity of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Read more