US Activist admits setting fire to Colorado sheepskin store A self-described animal-rights activist known on the Internet as “Lone Wolf” pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to arson in a fire that destroyed a local sheepskin business. Walter Edmund Bond, 34, admitted in U.S. District Court to setting the fire that burned the Sheepskin Factory to the ground on April 30, 2010. The store sold sheepskin blankets, rugs and related products. Authorities were led to Bond after an informant told them Bond — who called himself “Lone Wolf” on the Internet and has the word “Vegan” tattooed in his neck in large letters — bragged on an animal rights web site that he “torched” the business. Richardson asks USDA about New Mexico chimps Gov. Bill Richardson has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate whether a decision to move 186 chimpanzees from a southern New Mexico facility to a Texas center violates the Animal Welfare Act. Richardson filed a complaint Thursday in Washington, D.C., urging federal officials to examine the issue. The chimps have spent the past decade undisturbed by medical researchers at the Alamogordo Primate Facility, where an agreement prohibits testing on the chimps. New Zealand schechitah ban to go to court The case against New Zealand's ban on kosher animal slaughter will be heard in the High Court in Wellington later this month. New Zealand Jewish Council President Stephen Goodman said the case on Nov. 29 would be watched closely around the Jewish world. “We believe that this is, or will be interpreted as, a worldwide test case,” he said. “The animal rights lobby will be applying pressure to governments around the world. We have heard rumors of the issue being raised in France, Ireland and even Australia. Manila: Cyber activists attack Araneta Center dolphin show ad Araneta Center, for many years the site of many crowd-drawing Christmas events, is now under fire from animal rights and conservation activists for its plan to include a dolphin show among this year's holiday activities. Dubbed as a “Grand Dolphin and Sea Lion Show” and included in the suite of Christmas festivities which Araneta Center advertised early November, the planned dolphin show has since come under attack from various groups alleging it promotes animal cruelty and helps support the practice of capturing of dolphins from the wild. PETA Questions Turlock Police Decision In Pig Mauling Turlock police officers are coming under fire from animal rights group PETA for failing to kill a pig that had been mauled by a pit bull. The mauling happened November 8th at Alfredo Valencia's North Orange Street home. One of Valencia's un-neutered pit bulls smelled another dog in heat and enraged by hormones mauled his pig, named Carnitas. While the 250-pound pig may have been named after food, Carnitas was a pet. After getting the pit bull off of the pig, Turlock officers left and told Valencia to call a veternarian. BM
