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The Horsemeat Taboo
The horsemeat scandal that's eating away at Europe isn't about bad food or labeling or criminal black markets. It's about the violation of - More - →
Inside the World of Zoo Elephants
Zoos love baby elephants. When baby Packy was born at the Portland Zoo in 1962, people lined up for half a mile to see him. Life magazine - More - →
Will Religion Finally Kill Off the Elephants?
In Kenya, Christian, Muslim and Hindu leaders stand around a pile of ivory captured from elephant poachers and pray that religion will help - More - →
Barnum and Belugas
The captivity industry's assault on the world's cutest whales The Georgia Aquarium has applied for a permit to import 18 beluga whales from - More - →
‘I Am Not an Animal!’
For thousands of years, we humans have sought to separate ourselves from the rest of nature, to see ourselves as superior and - More - →
How You and I Can Save the World
Most climate scientists and environmental organizations continue to skip over the one critical thing that any and all of us can do to save - More - →
So beauteous, brings tears to my eyes. It's heartening to know they are out there in such numbers and with such joie de vivre. That they are still interested in having anything to do with our species, remarkable. Thank you.