Last year the California legislature passed SB 1221, which bans using packs of dogs to chase bears and bobcats during hunting. This year, another California politician has introduced a bill, AB 1230, to overturn the ban. Sounds like a nice thing to ban. I can think of few things more [...]

A federal Wildlife Services employee is under fire after pictures of gratuitous animal abuse and torture were posted on his Facebook page filed under “work.” Jaime Olson, a trapper for USDA Wildlife Services, looks to enjoy his job. Proudly displayed on his public Twitter account and on his Facebook, some [...]

Amid a long list of various petitions and campaigns circulating addressing the consumption of dogs, and cats to a much lesser degree in South Korea, about 500 Korean Dog Meat Association members rallied Sept. 24 to demand the government legalize the farming of dogs for meat, saying there are at [...]

For those who stubbornly insist that losing their choice to purchase a dog, cat or rabbit from a pet store is a greater tragedy than the horror inflicted on multitudes of animals suffering for that choice, the Los Angeles City Council’s proposed ban is bad news. For the untold tens [...]

It’s frustrating to walk down the street and see plastic bags filled with dog poo and left on the grass. People who pick up after their dog, but fail to dispose of their poop properly are just making a bad thing worse. That’s why alternative products, such as those offered [...]

Perhaps the only good thing we can take out of the long incarceration and murder of Lennox, the black terrier-mix mutt whose only crime was to resemble a pit bull in Northern Ireland where the breed is banned, is that his plight inspired thousands of people from all walks of [...]

As humans retreat to our air-conditioned malls, movie theaters and homes, many pets and wildlife are stuck outside dealing with the most intense heat wave in the country since the 1930s Dust Bowl era when crops wilted and water was a cool commodity. “During the past 30 days, a stunning [...]

The dog and cat anti-mutilation bill is back, despite already being terminated once before by the Governator in 2010. California SB 1229 would prohibit landlords from requiring a tenant or a potential tenant to have a pet declawed or  devocalized as a condition of occupancy. In reality, declawing entails amputation [...]

There’s still hope for California’s bill, SB 1221, to ban the use of dogs to chase down and force bears and bobcats into trees so hunters can point their gun and pull a trigger to “sportingly” kill the terrified animal. The bill, introduced by Sen. Ted W. Lieu of Torrance, [...]

Although Cpl. Dustin Lee died from his injuries in Iraq, while he lie wounded in the dust after the insurgent rocket attack that later took his life, his shrapnel-filled equipment managed to drag itself over to his body and cover the soldier in an attempt to protect him. Lee’s equipment [...]