Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report:
FVAU02 at 02:58 UTC, 13/01/26 from ADRM VA ADVISORY DTG: 20260113/0300Z VAAC: DARWIN VOLCANO: SEMERU 263300 PSN: S0806 E11255 AREA: INDONESIA SOURCE ELEV: 3657M AMSL ADVISORY NR: 2026/50 INFO SOURCE: CVGHM, HIMAWARI-9 ERUPTION DETAILS: VA ERUPTION REPORTED AT 13/0240Z EST VA DTG: 13/0240Z EST VA CLD: SFC/FL150 S0808 E11252 – S0802 E11254 – S0806 E11327 – S0830 E11316 MOV SE 10KT FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 13/0840Z SFC/FL150 S0808 E11252 – S0802 E11254 – S0802 E11328 – S0828 E11320 FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 13/1440Z SFC/FL150 S0808 E11252 – S0802 E11254 – S0802 E11328 – S0828 E11320 FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 13/2040Z SFC/FL150 S0808 E11252 – S0802 E11254 – S0802 E11328 – S0828 E11320 RMK: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE ON CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY DUE TO MET CLOUD, HOWEVER GROUND REPORTS CONFIRM INTERMITTENT ERUPTIONS CONTINUING. VA HEIGHT AND MOVEMENT BASED ON GROUND REPORTS AND MODEL GUIDANCE. NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20260113/0900Z=
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report:
FVAU02 at 20:57 UTC, 12/01/26 from ADRM VA ADVISORY DTG: 20260112/2100Z VAAC: DARWIN VOLCANO: SEMERU 263300 PSN: S0806 E11255 AREA: INDONESIA SOURCE ELEV: 3657M AMSL ADVISORY NR: 2026/49 INFO SOURCE: CVGHM, HIMAWARI-9 ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION LAST REPORTED AT 12/1454Z EST VA DTG: 12/2040Z EST VA CLD: SFC/FL150 S0808 E11252 – S0802 E11254 – S0806 E11327 – S0830 E11316 MOV SE 10KT FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 13/0240Z SFC/FL150 S0808 E11252 – S0802 E11254 – S0806 E11327 – S0830 E11316 FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 13/0840Z SFC/FL150 S0808 E11252 – S0802 E11254 – S0802 E11328 – S0828 E11320 FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 13/1440Z SFC/FL150 S0808 E11252 – S0802 E11254 – S0802 E11328 – S0828 E11320 RMK: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE ON CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY DUE TO MET CLOUD, HOWEVER GROUND REPORTS CONFIRM INTERMITTENT ERUPTIONS CONTINUING. VA HEIGHT AND MOVEMENT BASED ON GROUND REPORTS AND MODEL GUIDANCE. NXT ADVISORY: NO LATER THAN 20260113/0300Z=
Lava fountaining from the south vent of Kilauea’s Halema’uma’u crater in the morning of 12 Jan 2026 (image: HVO webcam)
The 40th episode of lava fountaining in the volcano’s summit crater Halemaʻumaʻu began a short time ago, at 8:22 a.m. HST local time on January 12. The activity can be followed on live webcams maintained by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), such as youtube.com/watch?v=gXKuUyKt8mc.
When a whistleblower who worked at Grand Barr Dairy—an Oregon farm that uses approximately 250 goats for milk—contacted PETA to report that mothers and babies were confined in filth, emaciated, deprived of veterinary care for pneumonia and other infections, and dying in large numbers, we (and the whistleblower) reported this neglect to Malheur County Sheriff Travis Johnson. The sheriff and a deputy visited the farm in July but took no action to help the animals and just gave the owners a few “recommendations” meant to improve conditions.
Determined to expose the awful conditions at the dairy, PETA sent an undercover investigator to work at Grand Barr. The investigator confirmed the whistleblower’s horrific findings and more, including that the dairy owners left lame and crippled goats to limp in pain or crawl through waste, denied goats veterinary care for rupturing abscesses an owner attributed to a highly contagious bacterial infection, and left weak and coughing goats to die. On top of this egregious neglect, the owners were filmed punching and slapping goats as well as pulling their legs and tails.
PETA went back to Sheriff Johnson with the investigator’s fresh evidence of neglect in October. But his office has still taken no real action to help the animals suffering at Grand Barr.
Update: Just days after we submitted our investigator’s evidence to Sheriff Johnson, a second PETA investigator began working at the dairy. For two months, the new investigator documented that nothing had changed—even after the sheriff’s office cited one of the farm owners for neglect. Grand Barr is apparently under investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice; however, despite the sheriff’s promises, no charges have been formally filed and goats continue to suffer from painful and debilitating conditions with no veterinary care.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Johnson simply says he “personally didn’t feel it was necessary” to remove a single animal from this farm.
Oregon law is clear—it’s illegal to deny animals care and to physically abuse them. Law-enforcement officers have “the duty … to arrest and prosecute” anyone who violates the state’s cruelty-to-animals statute and the power to remove suffering animals from those responsible for mistreating them.
Please urge Sheriff Johnson to take action for these suffering animals at long last and to secure the removal of and appropriate care for every last goat from the farm.
Update (February 10, 2026): Thanks to the guidance of the Oregon Department of Justice, the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office finally executed a search warrant at Grand Barr Dairy and seized all the goats. Several goats were so bad off that they apparently had to be euthanized, and approximately 35 sick goats were apparently moved to a safe place where they could receive the veterinary care they so desperately needed. Malheur County Sheriff Travis Johnson has indicated that, once recovered, those goats will be sent to a reputable sanctuary.
But despite sanctuaries standing by to receive goats, Sheriff Johnson elected to cram more than 200 of these animals onto a triple-decker livestock trailer and haul them to another dairy, 10 hours away, PETA is told.
Johnson—who grew up on a cattle ranch and dairy farm, and whose family also operated a feedlot for cattle slaughtered for beef—is apparently blinded by agricultural bias. Sending hundreds of goats seized from one farm to another, even larger farm—when placement is available for them at sanctuaries—is like “rescuing” dogs from a puppy mill only to hand them over to another commercial breeder. These goats have endured chronic neglect and abuse, and they should enjoy a peaceful retirement—but at another dairy, they’ll continue to be impregnated, separated from their babies, and slaughtered when their milk production wanes.
Please take action below and urge Sheriff Johnson to do the right thing at last by taking up PETA’s and sanctuaries’ offers to place goats and give them the lifelong care and respect they deserve.
Original Post:
When a whistleblower who worked at Grand Barr Dairy—an Oregon farm that uses approximately 250 goats for milk—contacted PETA to report that mothers and babies were confined in filth, emaciated, deprived of veterinary care for pneumonia and other infections, and dying in large numbers, we (and the whistleblower) reported this neglect to Malheur County Sheriff Travis Johnson. The sheriff and a deputy visited the farm in July but took no action to help the animals and just gave the owners a few “recommendations” meant to improve conditions.
Determined to expose the awful conditions at the dairy, PETA sent an undercover investigator to work at Grand Barr. The investigator confirmed the whistleblower’s horrific findings and more, including that the dairy owners left lame and crippled goats to limp in pain or crawl through waste, denied goats veterinary care for rupturing abscesses an owner attributed to a highly contagious bacterial infection, and left weak and coughing goats to die. On top of this egregious neglect, the owners were filmed punching and slapping goats as well as pulling their legs and tails.
PETA went back to Sheriff Johnson with the investigator’s fresh evidence of neglect in October. But his office took no real action to help the animals suffering at Grand Barr.
Just days after we submitted our investigator’s evidence to Sheriff Johnson, a second PETA investigator began working at the dairy. For two months, the new investigator documented that nothing had changed—even after the sheriff’s office cited one of the farm owners for neglect.
