Mar 16
This year, there were three reported dog deaths in the Iditarod, often called the “Ihurtadog” (there could’ve been more that were unreported, as has happened in the past). Last year there were four reported deaths, which is slightly above the…
I was always ambivalent about the horse slaughter ban, not because I think horses should be slaughtered or eaten by anybody, but because pro-ban people aren’t saying it’s wrong to slaughter and eat animals. The objection is that the slaughter-ees…
Mar 14
Let’s start with the teaser from The New York Times online: Pig Out By NICOLETTE HAHN NIMAN Because we ask the ultimate sacrifice of the animals we eat, it is incumbent on us to ensure that they have decent lives….
Mar 13
I finally dined at Sublime on Saturday night, which was recently re-opened after hurricane damage was repaired and Nanci Alexander (the President and Founder of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, among other things) re-assumed her spot at the helm….
Mar 12
I missed Fast Food Nation when it was in theaters here for all of two weeks, so pardon the late review. All of the themes were redundant for the three people I watched it with; I can’t say there was…
Mar 11
In today’s “Pet Drugs are Subject of Safety Fears” Associated Press Writer Jeff Donn unintentionally provides support for not using animals to test drugs for humans. Let’s deconstruct: The issue at hand is that pet owners are beginning to worry…
Mar 10
The more I think about An Inconvenient Truth’s egregious omission (that the most important action an individual can take to curb global warming is to stop eating animal products), the more confident I am that the omission was intentional. I’m…
I wasn’t going to reveal this because even I was sick of reading my writing about what to feed my greyhounds, but here it is, and I SWEAR I’m never mentioning it again. Both of my hounds are thriving as…
Mar 8
Ever since I saw An Inconvenient Truth, I’ve been profoundly underwhelmed by the way Al Gore, Laurie David, and the folks at stopglobalwarming.org deal with the global warming crisis. For instance, of the 30 ways you can help curb global…
Mar 7
Despite the fact that I’ve been told I wouldn’t know an emotion if I stepped on it, I have noticed, over two decades, a pattern in debates about vivisection: Those against it often lose the debate because they are emotional…
The paradox of veganism is that no one can be a pure vegan. There’s always something in your home, at work, when you travel, and when you attempt to eat at a regular restaurant, that will be suspect. And then…
In When Cutting Up in Class is Okay, Washington Post Staff Writer Valerie Strauss reports that more animals are being dissected in American schools than every before. If it’s true (Physicians Committee for Responsible medicine reported in 2006 that dissection…
The 21st Genesis Awards promises to be a star-studded gala at the Beverly Hilton, and I’m sure it will be. It is “The only event of its kind honoring the major news and entertainment media for showcasing animal-protection issues.” It…
Mar 3
ALTRUISTIC ARMADILLOS, ZENLIKE ZEBRAS: A Menagerie of 100 Favorite Animals (Ballantine, 2006), by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is a dream book for someone who already knows way more than the average per son about many animals, is interested in language and…
Mar 2
When I heard that Erik Marcus was going to debate Gary Francione, all I could think of was: Never, ever debate an attorney unless you absolutely have to. And because I’ve read Francione’s and Marcus’ books (and they haven’t read…
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