Python, chickens, and dozens more animals seized from pet store
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris You’re trapped in a small, filthy cage. You depend entirely on humans for your every need. Suddenly the humans go away. You and dozens of...
Raw meat diets for pets are dangerous, veterinarian group decides
By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris No stranger to controversy, the nation’s largest veterinary group served themselves yet another bowl of it yesterday, stirring up a lot of raw feelings. People...
Nation’s biggest veterinarian group to discuss animal welfare at convention this weekend
AIReporter Trisha Lord St. George is on the scene at the American Veterinary Medical Association’s annual convention in San Diego this weekend. In continuing coverage she’ll bring us news...
Rep. King’s effort to outlaw animal protection laws: Status report
By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris “This is a perfect example of how terrible the process in Washington can be,” said Paul Shapiro when Animal Issues Reporter asked him about a...
USDA asked to review study on damaged mental health of puppy mill dogs
By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ When you think about the set-up of the places known as “puppy mills,” it’s not a big stretch to assume that the dogs kept...
Cheetahs taken from Namibia to Cuban zoo ‘will be OK,’ says animal protection group
By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris Namibia, already the target of heated criticism for the annual slaughter of desert seals on its Atlantic Coast (Cpt. Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd calls...
Drugs and high stress could kill wildlife captured and exported by Namibia, says NSPCA
By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris “Disgust” was the word an animal welfare organization used to describe its view of the Namibian government’s trap and transfer about 150 wild animals of...
‘The capture has started’: Namibia traps wildlife for export to Cuba
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris “The earth is not ours,” the Namibian Minister of Environment and Tourism told a group assembled at a country club earlier this month. “It is...
Bloody, 10-foot-tall mock pig will star in animal welfare protest outside Walmart tomorrow
By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris Walmart is big—reportedly the biggest retailer, the biggest employer, and the third biggest public corporation on the planet—and at its doorstep tomorrow animal activists plan...
Top 13 tips for animal advocates working with law enforcement
Fresh AIR from D.C.: AIReporter Catherine Cowan is in Washington to fill us in on Taking Action for Animals (TAFA), a conference organized by The Humane Society of the...