Bunny Rescue Drama
The rescue of hundreds of rabbits from the grounds of the University of Victoria in Canada polarizes a community. Is there hope for the rabbits?
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Introducing the Whale Sanctuary Project
This blog is taking a break for the next few months so that I can devote my energies to the Whale Sanctuary Project. Here's why.
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Is the Sloth Sanctuary a Zoo?
The Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica was the first of its kind for these wonderfully engaging animals, and it was a model for others that followed. But questions have arisen. And…
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Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary
Tafi Atome looks like a typical forest in Ghana. The monkeys have been revered in this village for two centuries. But being “sacred” is no guarantee of survival.
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The Great Irony of Animal “Rights”
The great irony of the animal rights movement is there is still only one species that has any rights at all: humans. But the Nonhuman Rights Project is setting out to change that.
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Why Mass Extinction Is Part of Human Nature
Why would a supposedly “intelligent” species behave in a way that’s bringing about a mass extinction – one that will likely take us down along with so many other animals?
Is the Stock Market a Global Ponzi Scheme?
Sacred Activism in the Service of Animals
Of Humans and Persons
Froggie Goes a’Courtin’
More and more, conservationists are looking to school kids, retirees and just plain folks to help catalogue wildlife. Citizen scientists can count backyard butterflies, songbirds and…
Slow but Steady
It turns out that nine out of 156 tortoises living in captivity are directly related to the Chelonoidis elephantopus, a Galapagos tortoise species that whalers hunted…
Do Brits Love Animals More?
New poll suggests they’re more concerned about cruelty to animals than those in the United States and Canada.
Bear Haven
Polar bears are losing their homelands as the ice melts around them. But some of them are getting help. It’s not news that polar bear habitat…
The First Mail Mutt
Dogs and mail carriers sometimes have a tense relationship, at best. But here’s the story of a dog who went postal in a good way.
Monkey Helps Blind Pair
Two blind men at a temple in India are trying to get something to drink. But they can’t see to operate the tap. A monkey, who’s been watching them, jumps down to help.
Living at Peace with Pigeons
How pigeon lofts are good news for birds – and also for cities By Marleen Drijgers. (Photos by Regina Jockwer) (Editor’s Note: In her previous post,…
Walking with Chimps
On a visit to an island sanctuary, a woman feeds porridge to a baby chimp, holds a teenage chimp in her arms, and gets groomed.
How Loving Your Pet is Like a Virus – or a Song
A psychologist explains why the desire to keep pets is like a virus – the most adorable virus ever.
Five Things to Do When a Wild Animal Needs Help
Should you pick them up? Who should you call? What’s the best way to help? Some things you should always do, sometimes do, and never do.
Fending Off a Bear with a Zucchini
A Montana woman helped save her dog from a bear with the help of a zucchini, the Billings Gazette reports. It was bedtime in Missoula County,…
Bill Clinton Goes (Mostly) Vegan
Former President Bill Clinton says he’s switched to a mostly plant-based diet with no meat and no dairy. Occasionally, he admitted, he eats some fish. “I…
Nine Lives and 9,000 Miles
When a French couple set out from Miami two years ago on a trek to the tip of South America, they brought only backpacks, good shoes and idealism. And then along came an orphan kitten.
A Chime for Peter
There are many rituals to say goodbye to people we love, but almost none for beloved pets. At a windy Utah animal sanctuary, a psychotherapist learns to mourn for Peter, a dog who died too soon.
Appreciating Wildlife from a Distance
A scary encounter with squirrels gives a future veterinarian her first lesson in wildlife. Why people and animals should appreciate one another – from a distance.
A Life of True Surplus
Twelve thousand feet up in the Himalayas live a people who lack for nothing, grow a surplus of food, and have done this for hundreds of years. Their most impressive surplus is time. How they do it and what we can learn.
A True Aussie Love Story
An injured cockatoo finds a new home and true love By Robyne Le Brocque About eight years ago, a wild Australian Sulphur Crested cockatoo flew into…
Longest Tongue…Most Balloons…
Anastasia goes bananas over balloons. She can pop 100 in 45 seconds, which pops her right into the Guinness Book of World Records — along with Puggy, who has the longest tongue.
Animal Antibiotic Alert
Now, after decades of debate, the Food and Drug Administration is poised to stop factory farms from routinely pumping antibiotics into animals. Doctors are worried that this is making us sick and, worse, resistant to antibiotics.