The thing that took my attention the most was that if these scientists saw this twice, and around different islands, how many other times is it likely to be going on? Quite probably hundreds of times. And what does that tell us?
It’s been a dry winter so far here in canyon country, but it snowed a bit a couple of days ago, so I drove over to Zion National Park for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
People were angered by a video of United States Marines desecrating the bodies of Taliban fighters they had killed during a firefight. But another video went almost completely unnoticed.
Check this out: An “unadoptable” pet gets gassed at the shelter, but survives and finds a home. So now they’re looking for better ways to kill the dogs and cats!
All life is inter-related, so whatever we’re doing to each other, to the other animals and to the Earth, we’re inevitably doing to ourselves.
It all began in the great old forests of Northern Europe, when people would bring a young tree indoors for the winter and then replant it in spring. Back then, the great spruce, oak, pine and redwood trees were venerated as representing every aspect of the divine life force.
There’s a lot of long, hard work to be done on behalf of these animals and others. But never before have there been so many lawsuits and government actions being leveled against the captivity industry.
If she really cares about the animals, she’ll tell her co-trustees at the L.A. Zoo to release Billy the elephant to a sanctuary.
At sunset, where I live at Angel Canyon, you can sometimes see the wild turkeys line up at the top of the cliffs overlooking the creek. They’ve spent most of the day foraging up top. But as evening cloaks the canyon, they seek out the comfort and safety of the trees…
There’s something a bit creepy about SeaWorld spokesman David Koontz telling us that Ikaika the pre-teen, troubled orca “will become a member of our family.”
This paranoid view of the grassroots wasn’t coming from some Middle East dictatorship in response to the Arab Spring. It was coming from the ASPCA in response to successful local no-kill programs.
While a pair of cells may be deemed to be a person, a 40-year-old elephant or orca, who carries the wisdom and culture of her community, is no more considered a person than is a computer or a pile of garbage.
The young beagle mix had been left in a drop box at the Florence, Alabama, pound. A few days later, along with other unwanted dogs, he’d been pushed into the gas chamber. And now, after emerging alive, he’s being hailed as a miracle.
Demanding constitutional rights won’t fly. But watch for another approach that will soon change everything.
Whenever there’s a potential danger to the animal captivity industry, you can bank on Jack Hanna showing up on TV in a funny hat, looking like he’s just back from saving animals in the jungles of Africa.
The idea that Winter, the dolphin in the new hit move “Dolphin Tale” has a happy new life simply doesn’t hold water. See for yourself …
Just before the Pope stepped forward to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and with security as tight as a drum, an intruder appeared out of the crowd and crossed in front of him.
The problem is that the aquarium has its own swim-with-the-dolphins program, and the movie cannot help but give the nod to other captive dolphin shows and swim programs.
The animals and nature no longer play a part in our modern belief systems. Beyond the occasional blessing of the animals, like on St. Francis Day, our mainstream modern religions ignore them almost entirely.
SeaWorld claims that its marine circus acts are an educational experience. Well, this week, in court, we got a real education.