Dec 17
Macy’s has been accused of selling real fur labeled as “imitation.” Here are the facts of the case: Macy’s website had a Sean John hooded jacket, for $237, with an “imitation rabbit fur collar.” It’s “currently unavailable.” Hmmmmm. It was…
Yesterday’s Live Science reported that Kids with High IQs Grow Up to Be Vegetarians. British researchers found that high childhood IQ is a predictor of vegetarianism by the age of 30. Vegetarians were likely to be female, of higher social…
In what is perhaps the most misleading headline of all time, “South Africa to Ban Hunting of Animals” (AP) tells us that South Africa has passed legislation that will make it illegal to hunt lions and other big cats who…
Each time you make a purchase, you are voting with your dollars. For example, you say, “Ralph Lauren, I support you and am so enamored with you and your products that I’ll happily pay a premium to advertise to the…
Did you know that because human animals and nonhuman animals do not react the same way to chemicals, 90+ percent of drugs that test as safe in nonhuman animals later fail in trials with humans? Recently the Food and Drug…
A couple of days ago, I wrote about the NBAs balls: the switch from leather to a synthetic ball. The players have been in a snit, complaining about how the ball handles, and much to my dismay (and I’m sure…
How could so many intelligent people miss the boat on this one? In “‘Charlotte’s Web’ is a tangled labor of love” (Reuters), Larry Fine, like most people, comes up short by neglecting (or being unaware of) the web of issues…
Dec 10
Animals Count is the name of a new political party in the UK, launched to “protect animal rights.” (I didn’t know they had any rights.) They won’t be using violent tactics, they want a total ban on hunting, and they…
Once again, I’ve come across an article that’s so chock full of high linguistic comedy that I feel like it’s Christmas in . . . well, you know what I mean. In this morning’s New York Times, Randal C. Archibold,…
You may recall that a while back I had a beef with the folks at stopglobalwarming.org, in addition to Al Gore, Laurie David, and everyone else involved with An Inconvenient Truth (and the people at www.climatecrisis.net). My beef is that…
I’ve decided I have a new goal in life: I want to change the way journalists cover stories about animals. This morning, in Woman Helps Rescue Pig on Interstate, we learn that a 500-lb. pig fell out of the back…
Earlier this year, I was ecstatic when PETA announced that the NBA was switching to cruelty-free synthetic basketballs (like the NCAA uses, and many other leagues in the world use). It takes the skin of an entire cow to make…
As we all know, George Clooney’s pig, Max, really did die this time (there were reports, two years ago, that he died). Now, I like Clooney as much as anyone, mostly because he is willing to take a stand politically…
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has written a statement on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. You may recall that the Act passed unanimously in the Senate earlier this year, and that his was the only voice of dissent in the House…
The poor California condors. All 135 of them. First, they’re driven to the brink of extinction by, well, us (via pesticides, hunting, and development). And now, the colossal birds, with wingspans of up to 9 feet, are dying from lead…
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