Alerts

We’ve suffered two heartbreaking losses over the last week – author John Robbins, and Fox rescuer Mikayla Raines, the latter under particularly distressing circumstances. I will share their obituaries below along with a stunning Dallas Morning News front-page story on egregious dairy farm cruelty, and newly released great news as SCOTUS turns down the opportunity to revisit California’s Prop 12, plus today’s joyous New York Post coverage of “Pilots to the Rescue.” And I will catch us up on other major media animal stories, including a strong and topical piece about fireworks, which I hope will inspire many letters. First let me thank all in the Bay Area and elsewhere who responded to a local alert I sent in response...

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Texans: The Dallas Morning News put dairy industry horrors on Sunday’s front page under the title, “Fairlife Accused Again of Cruelty.” The article opens with: “On labels in grocery stores and recently deleted pledges on its website, Coca-Cola has advertised the milk it sells comes from humanely treated cows, a promise in the product’s very name — Fairlife. “At Woodcrest Dairy in New Mexico, a member of the Dallas-based Select Milk Producers cooperative that supplies Fairlife, an undercover investigator filmed a different reality: workers kicking cows in the head and beating them with steel rods; breaking tails as discipline during milking; and attaching a chain to a fetus inside a cow in labor to force it out before the mother...

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Angelenos:   Today’s Los Angeles Times brings us two sickening animal cruelty stories, and a heartening animal rescue story, all in the B section.   On page B6 we have the story, “Trainer, girlfriend are arrested in dog deaths” written by Lila Seidman. It opens with:   “An Irvine animal trainer and his girlfriend were arrested Thursday night after police connected the couple to the death of at least 10 dogs — with nine believed to have perished on a single day.   “Kwong ‘Tony’ Chun Sit, 53, of Irvine, was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and destruction of evidence, according to the Irvine Police Department. Sit’s girlfriend, Tingfeng Liu, 23, of Vista, was arrested on suspicion of the...

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Georgia:   The Atlanta Journal-Constitution took such a beautiful stand for the environment and animals this weekend, covering the front page of Saturday’s paper with, “Our Yellowstone: A heroic deal keeps development and mining away from the Okefenokee.”   For those who missed it, I have it displayed in an X post and a Facebook post. I send thanks to Lew Regenstein for making sure we didn’t miss it!   The editorial opens with:   “Today is a great day for our children and our grandchildren. It is a great day for the American alligator, the Seminole bat, the Southern cricket frog, the black bear, the wood stork, the brown-headed nuthatch and over 1,000 different species of plants, reptiles, mammals...

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Bay Area Folks: Here’s a gift link to an article just released and sent out in the Morning Mix by the San Francisco Chronicle, with the online headline “San Francisco is euthanizing more stray dogs. Here’s why,” which I send in case some of you wish to respond.   Yours and all animals’, Karen Dawn of DawnWatch

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Angelenos: There’s a lead story, page B1, in today’s Los Angeles Times, “Peacocks stage a showy surge; residents ask for relief.” Here’s an MSN link without a paywall. Here’s a link for those who wish to respond. Animals need our voices.   Yours and all animals’, Karen Dawn of DawnWatch

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It’s been a few weeks since folks on this main list have heard from me. Life threw some curveballs, and I apologize for the silence.  I’ve also taken some time to reflect on effective advocacy and will soon share some exciting changes to DawnWatch. Meanwhile, I have sent out some local alerts over these weeks and will share gratifying results below. Plus, today the New York Times has two animal stories noted on its front page – looking at pigeons and pangolins – to which some of you may wish to respond. A new Washington Post op-ed rails against puppy mills.  And I will share a score of animal stories I have posted to social media over these weeks, for...

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Angelenos: Given this week’s events in Los Angeles, which naturally consume most of today’s front page, it is heartening that the story “Lethal algae bloom is now over, but marine wildlife not safe yet” also made it onto that front page. It’s a testament to the editors’ understanding of how deeply Angelenos care about wildlife and the natural environment. I hope you will take a moment to express that care and your appreciation. If you hit a paywall at the link shared above, please consider supporting our local animal-friendly paper with a supercheap digital subscription. Here’s a link to the article without a paywall for those who cannot. I send thanks to Elaine Livesay-Fassel for making sure we always know...

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Angelenos: The wonderful Los Angeles Times has animals on the front page this weekend again! Saturday’s front page, June 7, brings us the story, “Ranchers seeking permission to ‘remove’ problem wolves.” Sunday’s front page examined the shelter system, with the Los Angeles Times continuing its welcome devotion to that issue with a profile of Stacee Dains. Here’s that one without a paywall. Please know that the paper offers super cheap introductory subscription rates. Both stories offer great opportunities for us to be a voice for animals in major mainstream media, so why not write? I send thanks to Elaine Livesey Fassel for keeping on top of the LA Times for us! Yours and all animals’, Karen Dawn of DawnWatch

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Angelenos: You may have heard elsewhere what is on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Metro section (page B1) today: ” L.A.Zoo sends two elephants to Tulsa in an overnight move.” (As always, I thank Elaine Livesey-Fassel for keeping us up to date with that paper.) You can read that story on the LA Times website, or at this Yahoo link if you hit a paywall and are not ready to subscribe, though I highly recommend one of the super cheap online subscriptions ($1 for 4 months!) to a paper that does such a reliable job of covering animals. You might also find the local Tulsa Channel 6 news coverage helpful as it shows the elephants’ new digs. The Los...

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