Business is good for the “lion encounter” industry. There are now dozens of these operations across Africa that sell close encounters with captive lions. Starting at $60 for “a precious twenty minutes” of cub cuddling, and climbing to more than $3,500 for a month of paid “volunteering,” anyone can pay to play with young lions…
Animals have a pretty rotten deal in Pakistan since the nation, by and large, can’t seem to stand the sight of the four-legged ones. Dogs are the worst off because man’s best friends from times immemorial are “paleed,” or untouchable. Watch the zealous ones in evasive action should, heaven forbid, a dog arrive. Short of…
Jason Brent Shaw formerly from Animal Source Texas at center of cruelty case is federal fugitive Jasen B. Shaw, the Arlington wildlife importer at the center of the biggest animal-cruelty case in the U.S., now has another label: fugitive. Federal officials have issued an arrest warrant for Shaw, 37, owner of the pet and wildlife…
Tiger at Crossland Zoo Self Mutilating This is no way to treat a tiger. Please speak up against such cruelty by emailing USDA acwest@aphis.usda.gov and complaining about 1141 Parkway Dr, Crossett, AR 71635-3819.
The mountain lion hunt that put California Fish and Game Commission President Daniel W. Richards in the center of a political firestorm has him in trouble again. The enforcement chief for the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission informed Richards on Thursday that he had violated the gift limits of the Political Reform Act when he…