Dog meat festival canceled in South Korea
A South Korean festival aimed at promoting the consumption of dog meat has been canceled after protests from animal welfare activists. The Korea Dog Farmers’ Association had scheduled the festival for...
View ArticleChinese city withdraws dog ban
In yet another sign that the animal welfare movement is gaining its legs in China, public pressure has led officials of the city of Jiangmen to withdraw their plans to ban dogs in urban areas. The...
View ArticleA day to protest dog-eating in South Korea
Every year, hundreds of thousands of South Korean dogs, some say millions, are electrocuted or bludgeoned to death. Then their fur is boiled, torn or torched off so they can be chopped up, sold and...
View ArticleConfessions of a dog blogger
It’s not often that I share the personal frustrations of being a dog-blogger — especially one who tries to stand out from the crowd by keeping a lid on the pablum and fluff, and presenting from time to...
View ArticleThe toll in Fayetteville: 22 captured, 33 killed
That round up of stray dogs in Fayetteville, North Carolina we’ve repeatedly voiced reservations about? The one we were amazed no animal welfare activists had stepped forward to protest? There’s good...
View ArticleGlass houses, dogs, meat and Michael Vick
I don’t think dogs should be tortured or abused. I eat meat. According to an article in the upcoming issue of ESPN magazine, by senior writer David Fleming, that makes me a hypocrite. Or so he seems to...
View ArticleThe return of diving horses takes a plunge
The owners of Atlantic City’s Steel Pier have scrapped plans to bring back the diving horse act it was once famed for. The act — started in the 1920s, shut down in the 1970s – featured a horse and a...
View ArticleDog finds Wake Forest’s missing monkey
Humans had been searching more than 10 days for the monkey that escaped from Wake Forest University’s Primate Center, but it was a dog who finally spotted her. Cassidy Garwood, 14, told WGHP/Fox 8 that...
View ArticleTests have yet to implicate Mexico City street dogs in suspected maulings at...
Of the more than 50 street dogs rounded up after five humans were found dead in a Mexico City park, almost half have had tests done on their stomach contents, and none have shown any evidence of having...
View ArticleWas Samoyed poisoned at Westminster?
The handler of a prize-winning Samoyed suspects the dog might have been poisoned by animal rights activists during the Westminster Dog Show. And, groundless as the accusations are, the New York Times...
View ArticlePETA’s euthanasia rate draws questions
Amid all the progress animal welfare groups are making toward becoming a “no-kill” nation, PETA — despite its edgy campaigns, radical tactics and scantily clad celebrity spokespersons – is becoming...
View ArticleGetting put down: North Carolina, PETA, and a thing called hope
In the course of just one week, the New York Times has badmouthed both my home state (North Carolina) and the animal rights group that most entertains me (PETA). But then what would you expect from the...
View ArticleTibetan mastiffs going out of style in China
Tibetan mastiffs, which once fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars each in the Chinese marketplace, are going out of style. The New York Times reports that the lion-like dogs — all the rage among...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Jon Stewart? Maybe an animal sanctuary, for one thing
I’m old enough to remember being a little blue when Johnny Carson retired. I was enough of a part-time fan to be sad when David Letterman went off the air. But tonight, when I turn on the television...
View ArticleFrench animal rights group wrestles puppy away from a homeless man in Paris
A French animal rights group is being criticized after a video surfaced of its president and at least two cohorts taking a puppy away from a homeless man in Paris. The French newspaper La Voix du Nord...
View ArticleHomeless man in Paris gets his dog back
Amid a police investigation and a public outcry, animal rights activists have returned the puppy they seized from a homeless man in Paris last month, according to news reports. Activists from Cause...
View ArticleYou might not love “The Dog Lover”
What if, in the interest of fair play, ads for movies were required to present an equal number of negative snippets to go along with all the positive ones they highlight? It would go something like...
View ArticleIndonesian province cracks down on brutal fights that pit dogs against wild boar
Under pressure from animal activists, authorities in Indonesia’s West Java province have called a halt to brutal contests pitting dogs against wild boars. “Not all traditions that we have are good,”...
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Happy Birthday, Bob Barker
Bob Barker — game show host, outspoken proponent of animal rights and a man who has been putting his money where his mouth is — turned 98 yesterday. And he was back on TV for the occasion. Barker, who...
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