The Future of Wild Cats and Dogs
Why 80 percent of their species are on the edge A new report today by a coalition of the world’s leading wildlife conservation organizations, shows in…
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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
‘Naïve’ Students Hold Record Adoption
Blow away previous 25-pet record with 131 adoptions Lauren Gray (left) and Patty Dingman with two freshly neutered foster kittens. Since black kittens frequently get overlooked…
No Bang, No Whimper, No Vote
Seven years later, climate bill collapses in U.S. Senate It took seven years for a fairly straightforward, not-very-demanding energy conservation bill to die in the Senate…
Top 10 Animals Most Likely to Kill You
(They’re not sharks, pit bulls or mountain lions.) Elsewhere on this site, we just reported on Thor, the pit bull who rescued his family from a…
Red Cross Calls Pit Bull a Hero
Dog who would have been banned, saves family. It’s a good thing Elkhart County, Indiana, didn’t go ahead with its plan to ban pit bulls. Thor…
Julia Roberts: ‘I Wanted to Be a Vet’
Actress prefers animals Julia Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian when she was growing up. “I wanted to be a vet,” she told New Zealand’s TVNZ.…
Long Island Town Repeals Dog Ban
Dog lovers turnout impresses lawmakers The Board of Trustees in the incorporated village of Rockville Centre, NY unanimously voted on July 20 to repeal the law…
Tortoise’s Not-So-Long Journey
Two years and a mile and a half later Lottie the tortoise is home safely — two years later and a mile and a half down the…
Hospitals Shun Factory Farm Meat
Food laced with antibiotics dangerous to humans Two weeks ago, we reported that the Food and Drug Administration is once again trying to limit the use…
Dog Takes Communion (Gasp)
Just a storm in a wineglass, say churchgoers St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Toronto, Canada, doesn’t like turning people away. So when Donald Keith was told…
House Crushes Crush Videos
Bans sale and distribution of videos depicting cruelty to animals. (Senate yet to agree) What brings a deeply divided Congress together? A small act of kindness…
A Walk on the Wild Side
Wildlife gets a home and a haven at WildCare in California’s Bay Area By Leda Marritz It is extraordinary to see a turkey vulture really close…
Pudgie Would Be Barking
Where it’s illegal to surgically de-bark dogs Pudgie never liked Keith Olbermann. Whenever Olbermann’s news show, Countdown, came on on MSNBC, he would race back and forth between the…
Wild Horse Roundup Goes Awry
What to do with thousands of mustangs roaming the great American West Thirteen wild horses were dead; hundreds more in shock and panic; all of them…
New Life, Love for Rescued Monkeys and Beagles
More than 170 animals freed from bankrupt laboratory For years, they had no names; only numbers. But on July Fourth they became known Liberty and Star…
‘Massive’ loss in life-sustaining eco-systems
United Nations warns loss of natural environments is close to irreversible The world is moving closer to several “tipping points” beyond which some ecosystems that play a part…
Extinctions Faster than at Dinosaur Time
Veteran broadcaster David Attenborough says human population is pushing plants and animals into extinction faster than at any point in the history of the planet. Scientists…
‘Most Ambitious’ Relocation Ever
Photo by the Frankfurt Zoological Society Five black rhinos have been airlifted to the Serengeti National Reserve. Twenty-seven more will follow in bid to save this…
New Concerns about Rising Sea Levels
Sea levels are rising in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java.…
The Great African Die-Off
In 35 years, populations of lions, elephants, buffalo, leopards and rhinos have declined almost 60 percent on average. Why?