Posts from the ‘Old News’ category

Ringling Caves!

The elephants are packing their trunks. By any standard, today’s decision by the Ringling Circus to phase out its elephant acts represents a seismic shift in the use of…
Collapse of Antarctic Ice Sheet Irreversible

One of the six major glaciers being eroded from below by warm water What does it mean when two major studies this week tell us that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is…
2013 Game Changers

Two events share top prize as game changers for the year just ending: The Nonhuman Rights Project's lawsuits have started a whole new conversation about how we relate to other…
Mother Carries Shot Pit Bull to Safety

It started out as the same hike that Andi Davis does every day to the top of one of the mountains near where she lives in Phoenix, Arizona. But this time, close to the top,…
Liberators or Terrorists?

When 100 people, mostly women from various rescue groups, rescued 178 beagles from a research lab in Brazil last week, nobody called them terrorists. The five security officers…

The Right Music for Cats

Greyhound Shock Angers Australians

Holiday Gift for Elephant Music Lovers

The Yeti Bear

Did Caged Bear Commit Suicide?

A mother bear reportedly strangled her cub and then killed herself by running head first into a wall. What would cause a mother to do this? What would cause any bear to do this?

When Helping Becomes Hoarding

It’s one of the largest cat hoarding cases in history. But not long ago it was celebrated as a haven for abandoned kitties. What happened?

Perry: No Man-Made Global Warming

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who just threw his hat in the ring as a GOP presidential candidate, told voters he does not believe in man-made global warming.

Huge Dog, Huge Welcome!

Emmit Thunderpaws doesn’t do anything by halves. The Great Dane gave a giant “Welcome home!” to his military dad who was returning from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

The Secret World of Life in the Forest

The Global Camera Trap Mammal Study took nearly 52,000 photos of 105 species from protected areas in Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Laos, Suriname, Tanzania and Uganda.

From the Shelter to the Jailhouse!

Nemo is the newest resident at the work release cell block at Nebraska’s Lincoln County Jail. He’s the second cat to be adopted there. Also roaming the cells is Sarge, who hangs out in minimum security.

Animal Hacktivist Goes After ‘Dog Wars’

There’s something quite satisfying about the idea of a virus called “Rabies” infecting the smart phones of people who subscribe to the infamous Dogwars app.

‘My Pit Bull for Your Python’

Among the more bizarre messages seen on Craig’s List, this one was posted on their Lansing, Michigan, page last Tuesday:

Stepford Wives and Gargoyle Pits

For the town, we were here to eliminate a threat to the children. For us, we were here to protect animals who were at risk of unfair persecution.

Jonah and the Whale Shark

Photographer Mauricio Handler was shooting photographs off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatan when another member of the team got close to a whale shark.

More Pet Food Recalls

Concerns are growing that pet food may be subject to even worse contamination than human food.

Just One Day a Week

If everyone in the U.S. ate no meat or cheese just one day a week, over a year, the effect on emissions would be the equivalent of taking 7.6 million cars off the road.

Feline Insurgents at Embassy in Kabul

They’ve been creeping into the U.S. Embassy and have established a beachhead – stray cats penetrated the diplomatic fortress.

Kisses from Wolves

You haven’t been kissed till you’ve been kissed by a wolf – the four-legged kind. I had the pleasure of experiencing this when I volunteered at Wolf Sanctuary in Colorado.

Another Shocking Food Recall

It’s become routine, food recalled from grocery stores for fear of contamination. This time, it’s 36 million pounds of turkey taken off the shelves.

Teaching Rodeo to Children

While playing rodeo-for-kids is not new in rural regions, it’s now joining the mainstream in the suburbs of upscale cities like Aurora, Colorado.

Remembering Queenie

How many lives does a dog have? In Queenie’s case, at least three – maybe even four. The pit bull mix was rescued from the Phoenix, Ariz., home of an abusive owner who had left her to starve without food or water for at least three weeks.

Chinese City Relents on Mass Dog Kill

A Chinese city that was planning to ban pet dogs has scrapped the idea after facing strong protests from animal lovers.
Authorities in Jiangmen city, in South China’s Guangdong province, had ordered all dogs in the three districts of the city to be removed or destroyed from August 26.