Nov 16
The Backstory I was invited (read: invited to pay $95) to a luncheon on Wednesday about TNR by an organization on Palm Beach that’s not exactly friendly to outsiders. (I used to live there, and few people and fewer organizations…
As I’m sure you know, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Navy, lifting restrictions that would have saved whales from mass strandings, hemorrhaging around their brains and ears, and lesions in their vital organs. At least the New…
Dear friend of Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary, We’re so close…but we still need more help to make it to the finish line! We’ve been working feverishly behind the scenes on acquiring this property for several months now. Thanks to your overwhelming…
Nov 14
In my outreach, I use single issues such as dog racing and breeding, horse usage, sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation, and now TNR, as entrees into vegan education. And guess what I’ve found, 100% of the time? Not a vegan…
Nov 13
I signed the Presidential Pooch Pardon, and I think we all should. But I’ve been getting asked why I haven’t started a campaign for a greyhound in the White House, and I wanted to address that. (Greyhounds are hypoallergenic.) I’m…
Nov 12
After phone calls to 11 individuals and organizations, and then re-phone calls to follow up, this evening Project Treadstone (The Bourne Supremacy, anyone?) shall commence under cover of darkness. A person I haven’t met and who is an experienced trapper,…
Nov 11
“Great Apes Debate Leads to EU Testing Ban Proposal” (Reuters) begins with: “Europe’s environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind’s closest relatives — chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans — in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs…
Nov 10
I was going to challenge myself this morning and not look first to the New York Times for an article or opinion piece to deconstruct, but I was feeling lazy (drank some wine last night after a crazy day). Never…
Nov 9
Reuters’ “Steep Food Price Increases on Way: Experts” (yes, that really is the title) does something I haven’t seen before, and I wonder if the reporter, Charles Abbott, even realized he was doing it. He equates animals with food, but…
Nov 8
I watched “Whale Wars” early this morning and when I heard the theme song, “Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage” (Smashing Pumpkins–you can listen/watch free here), I figured the program would be geared…
Nov 7
(From materials I was sent by the PR Company for Animal Planet–though Patty told us about it over a week ago . . .) Whale Wars Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT (Tonight) During the 2007-2008 campaign, Animal Planet captured…
Nov 6
It’s official. “Kids Mimic Parents’ Diets From an Early Age. In a study of 120 young children who were allowed to “buy” food from a play grocery store, researchers found that even 2-year-olds tended to mirror their parents’ usual food…
Nov 5
I’m thrilled to announce that Question 3 on the Massachusetts ballot was passed and greyhound racing will end at the state’s two tracks by January 1, 2010. Thanks to Christine and everyone else at Grey2KUSA and the Committee to Protect…
Steve Best has the gift of rant. I thought I was an expert ranter until I started reading his writing. But he also has the gift of not ranting, and presenting incisive arguments against violence. In “The Killing Fields of…
Nov 4
Sunday morning, Monday morning, and today, at 4:30, I heard a breathing sound frightfully close to my face, and it wasn’t coming from my husband. I slowly opened my eyes and saw six eyes staring back at me. Charles, Violet…
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