For many years, the market for “bushmeat” has been increasing in major cities among immigrants. This is often done through private distributors who sell the meat in secret. Now, a case in Brooklyn will be heard by a jury Continue reading “Bushmeat Prosecution in New York Starts Amid Religious Claims”
Category: Environment
With flags showing smiling whales and playing Popeye the Sailor Man, the Japanese fleet set out this week for the first large-scale killing of humpback whales since the 1960s when the world banned the practice. At least 50 whales will be killed. For the full article, click here
A nobel-winning panel issued a report that global change is now so “severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action” can prevent global disaster. Continue reading “Nobel-Winning Panel Calls for Urgent Action on Global Warming to Avoid Disaster”
Jim Stevenson is facing two years in prison for shooting a cat that he said was stalking an endangered bird in a case that contains a fascinating question of what constitutes a “pet.” Continue reading “Murderous Ornithologist or Just Protective Bird-Lover? Texas Man on Trial for Shooting Cat to Save Bird”
Given the controversy over the use of carbon monoxide in beef, this prior column on the hold of the meat industry over government policy may be of interest: Continue reading “The Beef People: The Creekstone Controversy and the Bush Administration’s Effort to Prevent Private Testing of Meat Products”
Congress is holding hearings on the use of carbon monoxide by retailers in meat. Continue reading “Congress Probes Widespread Use of Carbon Monoxide in Meat”
An animal control company working for the government has been accused of a massacre of pets that included burning some alive or tossing live animals from a bridge for a 50 foot plunge. Continue reading “Alleged Animal Control Technique in Puerto Rico: Throwing Pets Off Bridge by the Dozens”
Corruption in Alaska has always been an open secret, particularly with continual allegations surrounding Sen. Ted Stevens and his family. Now, the federal government has released secret tapes showing how crude and open this corruption is in the state capitol. Continue reading “Former GOP Speaker of Alaskan House Said He Would “Sell Soul” to Make Oil Companies Happy”
A jury found Douglas Hoffman, a 60-year old Ariz. man, was found guilty of cutting down or poisoning 546 trees from October 2004 until his arrest in November 2005. Continue reading “Man Convicted of Cutting and Poisoning 500 Trees for View in Nevada”
The United States ranks near the bottom of industrialized nations in infant deaths with roughly seven babies died for every 1,000 live births dying before their first birthday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Continue reading “U.S. Ranks as One of Worst Industrialized Nations in Infant Deaths”
Environmentalists have long complained that ships cause serious environmental damage with diesel fuel that has over 2000 times the sulfur content of car diesel. Now, a U.S. study estimates that as many as 60,000 people die each year from the pollution, particularly in coastal areas. Continue reading “Ship Smoke Kills 60,000 People a Year, Study Finds”
Jose Antonio Mosqueda, 18, was sentenced to just 270 days in jail (with credit for 156 days already served and for good conduct) after he admitted to taking a pet tortoise from an autistic boy, slashing its legs and neck, stabbing it through the shell, and throwing it against a wall. Continue reading “Boy Who Brutally Tortured a Tortoise Gets Only 270 days”
One of my former students, Courtney Stark Vail, is an international environmental activist and sent this additional video of the dolphin massacre conducted each year in Japan. These videos are efforts to educate the world as to the sheer brutality and senselessness of this tradition. For the video, click here
Japan has long been the focus of international condemnation for its killling of whales and dolphins. Like seal killers, however, these practices were only recently captured on camera to show the brutality of the process. This video captures the annual trapping and killing of dolphin for their meat, which happens is high in mercury but sold regardless of health warnings. For the video, click here
The Supreme Court has grant cert to hear the Exxon Valdez cse and to agree whether Exxon Mobil should have to pay any punitive damages for the 1989 disaster that fouled 1,200 miles of pristine Alaskan shoreline. Continue reading “Supreme Court to Hear Exxon Valdez Case”