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.…
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.
How We “View” Other Animals
How we “view” other animals (from a position of privilege and exploitation), and how our behavior toward them and toward the planet has led to an irreversible, mass extinction.
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?
Sacred Cows and Sacrificial Wolves
What goes wrong when well-meaning animal advocates make deals with businesses and agencies that don’t have the interests of the animals at heart.
The Crystal Catastrophe Cruise
What do you call a luxury ship with 1,070 people paying up to $120,000 each for a cruise through the once-impenetrable Northwest Passage?
Dingoes Armed with Suicide Time Bombs
Dingoes are being released onto an island in Australia to kill the feral goats. The dingoes have been implanted with poison “time-bombs” that will then kill them.
Meanwhile, on the South China Sea . . .
A classic case of international greed in the name of economic “progress” that’s destroying vast numbers of animals and their homes.
Life and Death in the Parks
On a summer Sunday afternoon, Highway 12 in Southern Utah is busy with cars and luxury coaches ferrying vacationers from all over the world to Bryce…
Aussie Plan to Kill Wild Cats Will Hurt More Animals
The Australian government has announced a new plan to protect wildlife by killing two million feral cats by the year 2020. The plan calls for baiting,…
Cecil Is the Least of It
At least Walter Mitty didn’t harm anyone in his fantasies of a heroic life. The same can’t be said for Walter Palmer, a nonentity who imagined…
How to Find Your Own True Mission
In this second part of our interview with Andrew Harvey, he talks about how you can discover your own true mission and about what can happen…
Sacred Activism in the Service of Animals
It’s unusual to find someone who combines a deep, mystical love of the Divine with a stark realism about how we humans are bringing on a…
How Ebola Is Killing Our Cousins
If chimpanzees and gorillas had their own version of the Internet, they’d probably be posting headlines like: Gorillas Face Extinction as Invasive Species Rampages through ForestsHumans…
Half the World’s Wildlife Destroyed in the Last 40 Years
In a sane world, it would be headline news. Everything else would immediately come to a screeching halt to make way for a massive, worldwide attempt…
Ebola, Chimpanzees and Fear of the ‘Other’
What does this August 29th Newsweek cover say to you, with its rather menacing-looking chimpanzee and a caption suggesting that these animals and the people from…
Happy Birthday, Daphne Sheldrick
The original photo bomb? A baby elephant joins Daphne Sheldrick for tea in the early days of the Elephant Orphanage. At the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage…
Surprise: Elephants Are Really Intelligent (Really!)
Why are we humans always surprised to learn that other animals (aka “animals”) are “also” intelligent? Perhaps it’s because we’re not so bright ourselves when it…
Elephant Destroys House, Rescues Baby
On Monday night in India, an angry elephant walked into the village of Olgara from the forest and smashed a house to pieces. This kind of…
Lion Photobombs Park Visitor
Lina Jek simply wanted her husband, Chris, to take a photo of her with the African savannah in the background. But Chris, a wildlife photographer, got…