Jun 4
Remember that 11-year old who shot and killed the thousand-pound pig about a week ago? Each time I saw a news segment about it, with the anchorperson all congratulatory, I had one thought: child abuse. In order for the prepubescent…
May 30
This weekend’s Palm Beach Post featured an article by Craig Dolch entitled, “Kennel Operator Enjoys Runaway Success” and glorifies the sport as a business, not revealing one negative aspect of it and even brushing over a potential negative and turning…
May 25
When I see a horse wearing some ridiculous retro get-up, tied to a carriage, in the middle of noisy traffic that’s full of exhaust, negotiating his way through the mayhem on pavement, “romantic” is not the word that comes to…
In Nicholas Kristof’s “Save the Darfur Puppy,” he writes of recent studies that might explain why good people aren’t moved by genocide. “Time and again, we’ve seen that the human conscience just isn’t pricked by mass suffering, while an individual…
May 8
A press release by the US Sportsmen’s Alliance dated yesterday regarding the Endangered Species Act (there’s an Oversight Hearing tomorrow) captures the purpose of “scientific wildlife management” in a way only a press release writer could. For those who think…
May 7
I always found it odd that once fall rolled around each year, so did the anti-fur campaigns. You know, naked people all around the world claiming they’d rather strip down than wear fur. Or something like that. But what about…
May 4
I asked Lee Hall, Legal Director for Friends of Animals and author of Capers in the Churchyard: Animal Rights Advocacy in the Age of Terror, to respond to On the “Eradication” of the European Mute Swan, and to specifically speak…
May 1
The Iditarod (Idiotarod/Ihurtadog) and the Yukon Quest are over for this year, but Terry Cumming, who took the photos I posted (More Yukon Quest Photos), wrote a comment that had some new (to me) information I’d like to share. Terry…
Apr 28
I haven’t had a Gray Matter in a long time. I have worked the welfare vs. rights debate, the kill vs. no kill debate, and the all important: what car to buy-decision. But yesterday I did something that I don’t…
I don’t watch much television, but I was alerted to a segment on the Today Show about vegan accessories. And pardon my surprise, but I guess I just didn’t realize exactly how far out of the mainstream I am. Though…
Apr 22
Veganism is a powerful vehicle for social, cultural and environmental change. Today is Earth Day, and if you are interested in making Earth more habitable for all creatures, now and in the future, the single most important action you can…
Listening to Slaughterhouse Shortage Hits Natural Beef Industry on NPR reminded me of Cognitive Dissonance at the Niman Ranch, wherein I deconstructed the word “sacrifice,” as in “We ask the ultimate sacrifice” of animals. Clearly, we ask nothing; we simply…
Apr 17
In a letter dated April 4, 2007, a citizen of Bayport NY wrote to Congress proposing a new law that would allow taxpayers to claim dogs as dependents. Read it. The letter writer and her husband do not have children…
As an abolitionist, my focus isn’t on working to reduce cruelty in industries that use and abuse animals. Instead, my focus is on eliminating the uses of animals. Naturally, I can do that in my personal life by being a…
Another element of the Menu Foods scandal has emerged (I like Pet Connection for updates). The company’s chief financial officer (CFO), Mark Wiens, relieved himself of half of his shares of Menu three weeks prior to the actual recall. Naturally,…
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