Why We Can’t Think Straight About Animals
Psychologist Hal Herzog explores the moral confusions and contradictions in our relationships with our fellow animals (not to mention with each other!).
Love Dogs but Eat Pigs? It’s a Paradox
One of his friends calls herself a vegetarian even though she eats fish and chicken. “Well,” she says, “I don’t eat anything with a face.”
True Heroes
In a war-torn region, three stories of people fostering life in the midst of death.
More Killing – Always the Answer
This week we’ve had the war on cats and the war on wild horses. Last week, it was wolves, and the week before, goats. Why are we always at war with the other animals?
Best in Shoes – 2016
The judge and the Lagotta Romagnolo’s handler both wore blue, knee-length skirts that really showed off the muscle tone of their legs.
Westminster Porn Show
One of the world’s few remaining pageants of objectification and commoditization.
The Right Music for Cats
In a lighter vein than usual on this blog (!): What kind of music do cats prefer: Jazz? Classical? Bluegrass? New Age? The answer: None of…
Greyhound Shock Angers Australians
“Make no mistake,” writes greyhound racer Kevin Pitstock. “Greyhound racing in Australia is teetering on the brink of destruction.” In the wake of an investigative report…
ASPCA Head Joins Pet Breeding Industry
Ed Sayres, the former President of the ASPCA, has accepted an invitation from the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC), the lobbying arm of the pet…
Pit Bulls Do It Best
Stealing the show at Western Oregon University softball game.
Catching the Bass
Intriguing video of a kitty trying to catch air waves coming out of a sub-woofer. (Maybe she’s assuming that a sub-woofer is some kind of sub-canine?)
The Dogs of Sochi
At least if you’re a human visiting the Sochi Olympics (and despite what we’ve heard about toothpaste bombs, toxic yellow water, and homophobia), you’ll probably make…
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…
Cats and the Zombie Apocalypse
Good news if you live in North Carolina: Thanks to cats, especially kittens, you are almost zombie-free. A study by the Wake County SPCA and the…
How Dogs Really Think and Feel
It seems obvious to most of us that dogs (and other animals) share the same kinds of emotions as we humans. But how do we really…
The Great Dachshund Dash
Ninety-six dachshunds made a run for it, last weekend, in Washington D.C.’s Federal Triangle, raising $2,000 for the Washington Humane Society. It was the 2nd Annual…
Where Homeless Dogs Are off the Charts
If you think homeless pets have it bad in some cities in the United States, you “ain’t seen nothin’.” In Bucharest, a relatively small city of…