Yesterday, I announced details of a landmark agreement between The HSUS and the United Egg Producers to improve the welfare of laying hens in America. The response has been almost uniformly positive, and The New York Times and other press outlets throughout the nation have given serious coverage to the story. It’s the fifth major…
Our Animal Rescue Team has been crisscrossing the country, coming to the aid of animals in need from North Carolina to California and from North Dakota to Alabama. Every day brings new challenges for our rescuers, whether it’s removing more than 150 dogs from an overcrowded California property in scorching 113-degree heat this last week,…
I’ve been in southern New England this past week on the book tour, and one recent stop was Nantucket Island, historically a center of American whaling and now at the geographic heart of the region’s robust and lucrative whale-watching industry. Whenever I travel there, I am mindful both of America’s one-time status as a mighty…
webmaster@technorati.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt About 20 cats killed at Md. parkNECNCUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Officials say about 20 cats died excruciating deaths when they were poisoned recently at Constitution Park. Allegany County shelter manager Karl Brubaker tells the Cumberland Times-News that the poison put out for the cats on…
webmaster@technorati.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt WNYT Guilty pleas in animal cruelty caseUPI.comBENNINGTON, Vt., July 14 (UPI) — Two New York sisters pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges for keeping more than 80 cats, 13 of which had to be euthanized, in two cars. Bertha A. Ryan, 62, and Regina Millard,…