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Virginia Fox Smuggler Gets Six Months

Critter News

pleaded guilty in March to five counts of trafficking in wild animals. Attorney Julia Dudley said Blevins had bought animals for several years from trappers in different states and brought them to Virginia to sell to the owners of "fox pens." Tags: wildlife trafficking blood sport fox hunting us. A statement from U.S.

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The Irony of The Girl Effect

Animal Person

The central message of the program was not about enslaving animals, of course. But each time Oprah or a guest mentioned a statistic, and the audience was appropriately surprised and disgusted by that statistic, a statistic about animals quickly popped into my mind. Our job, it seems to me, is to help them see it.

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