Just in late last evening from Grapevine, TX: "A criminal investigation is under way after an audit of the Grapevine Animal Shelter and Adoption Center found thousands of dollars missing... audit found that not only was money missing, but policy and procedures were not properly followed. Investiga…
It appears that the Round Rock, TX, animal control officers coerced an owner into surrendering 13 animals on Thursday under threat of animal cruelty charges! Of course, with that comes the threat that you will be named, flamed, and defamed (NFD) worldwide via the internet before the hearing where t…
Chiggers! If you are in the eastern half of the US and especially if you are in the southeast US, you KNOW chiggers! Nasty little bugs that can leave you marked with hundreds of bites, itching like mad.. Did you know that chiggers are mites? They are and, other than being a HUGE annoyance, they’…
How clean is your house? Not nearly as clean as you think! There are miniscule creatures living with us, on us, in us. Ditto for our pets. If you have carpet, I promise you are colonizing and feeding all kinds of critters! Oh, no, you say because you have your carpet steam cleaned regularly. C…
Mahatma Gandhi said, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Joyce Tischler, ALDF founder and General Counsel, lifted these famous words and used them in 2008. I find it outrageous when an extreme activist lifts a selected phrase i…
The Gideon case is a case of bad law gone worse. The Gideons have had an incredibly good outcome but they and all other animal owners are still at risk from this and other lousy, poorly written laws, including federal, state, and local laws.
People get tickets all the time and sometimes they fight…
No doubt some of you have seen the headlines howling that Jasen Shaw is a FUGITIVE. This caught my eye immediately: "An arrest warrant was issued Feb. 10 but kept confidential until now." I almost fell out of my chair laughing!
It’s that time of year and Houston BARC (Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control) is overwhelmed by sick kittens who need fostering in isolation from other cats due to their respiratory ailments. BARC is “under new management” and it seems one has to attend a class to become a foster now and…
The 2 current SPCAT snatchings in Kaufman County are really very disturbing, especially for their lack of even minimal due process.
“The SPCA recently rescued three abandoned dogs from a filthy trailer in Kaufman County, northeast of Terrell.” Well now, that does indeed sound like a very good thi…
If Maura Davies’ lips are flapping, you can be pretty sure a lie is being told! Here’s a transcript of a bit of wfaa.com’s video:
I’m getting a bit sick of “non-profit” organizations (NPOs) who get a pass on the rules of life while simultaneously thieving other people’s property which is what I see in so many of these animal rights activists (ARAs) and their NPOs. Here’s some icing on that cake.
The Galveston Islan…
Apparently PSPCA does such a piss poor job of cleaning that it is having a "Garage Sale" of its shelter dogs so it can clean the shelter. Isn't that wonderful? They know they've got disease running rampant so they are discounting those dogs and getting them out in public as quickly as possible and…
I've been in a blue funk for days now and this one exemplifies why. This poor man lost 200+ animals in a seizure. The stories are so full of obvious lies that I won't even attempt to address them but I can't pass up this one single "photo lie". Pictures don't lie but activist newspapers DO.
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Whether you believe in the hygiene hypothesis or not, one this is certain. The world is “cleaner” now than it was 40 years ago. By “cleaner”, I mean we use all sorts of chemicals to kill off the natural things that bother us. We scrub and bleach and sweep and on and on. We’ve almost all become m…
Small town courts and judges are some of those teeny tiny courts I've mentioned here before. Today, the Hon. Phil Parker (who is NOT a licensed attorney, doubt he's been to law school even) ruled against Barbara Hoffmann and Fred Lulling. But everyone hang onto your hats because I'm not done messi…
Earlier this month, I read this in the Marshall News Messenger: “Don't mess with the Bill of Rights. It is patently dangerous and once one amendment is abridged then it lays the foundation to follow that example on the others.” Now, I would have said “Don’t mess with the U.S. Constitution, includ…
The appeal hearing on the late January seizure in Marion County, TX, will be at 9:00 A.M. tomorrow; Marion County Courthouse, District courtroom, Jefferson, TX. And, after all that bad mouthing by Marion County about Barbara Hoffman and Fred Lulling, would you looky here. They have a bona fide cor…
In early January, I asked: Humane Police or Armed Thugs? The answer appears to be in. It was bound to happen, it was down right invited: "Sham humane society shuttered - outed as front for staffers to score guns & badges" The answer is clearly ARMED THUGS!
"16 men with no interest in actuall…
As I write, the City of Dallas Animal Shelter Commission is getting ready to meet and ask: “Why can DAS staff not enter onto someone’s yard to investigate complaints of animal cruelty or animal code violations when utility workers… can enter yards without permission? Why is DAS not allowed to as …
“Based out of Jefferson, Texas, fourth-generation animal trainer Bob Steele has conducted the show since 1977… ‘Bears have always been my passion. I was playing with my first bear when I was 2 years old,’ he said.” Ah, yes, the good fortune and accident of birth; to be born into a well es…