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…
Exploring Consciousness with Jeff Warren
Jeff Warren calls ecology “the contemplative tradition of our time.” His Consciousness Explorers Club meets in Toronto each week for guided meditation and “collective wonderment.” In…
Nonhuman Rights Project on ‘Colbert Report’
Legal rights for animals?? Expect Stephen Colbert to be suitably shocked, horrified and appalled when, in character as the classic right-wing bloviator, he welcomes Steven…
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…
Martin Luther King on Cruelty to Animals
On this day, 50 years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, some of us wonder what one of the greatest champions of rights might have…
Zoo Owner: "Abolish All Zoos!"
Damian Aspinall wants to put himself and his two zoos out of business. Better yet, he wants to put all zoos out of business. The owner…
Raven Asks for Help with Quills
A young raven lands on a fence in Nova Scotia, and keeps squawking for over an hour. A girl, Collen Cleary, goes over to the fence…
James Cameron’s Vegan Epiphany
I’ve had an epiphany recently. I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and…
For the Love of Sloths
Monique Pool has up to 200 sloths at her sanctuary home in Paramaribo, Suriname. Outside of the city, the rain forest is being bulldozed for cattle…
Out of the Mouths of Babes …
Six-year-old Luiz Antonio struggles to understand how animals ended up in his dinner.
Orcas Race Boat
This may be the first ever video of orcas racing a boat for so long – an hour in this case. [readon] The boat was carrying…
Morrissey v. Jimmy Kimmel
Singer Morrissey turned down an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” after learning that the stars of “Duck Dynasty”, a hunting show, would be appearing, too. “I…
Pat Derby, Rest with the Elephants
She began as an animal trainer in Hollywood, but went on to campaign for their freedom from zoos and circuses and to establish one of the…
David Attenborough’s Swan Song?
The indefatigable David Attenborough is back on PBS’s Nature Tonight with the three-part series “Attenborough’s Life Stories“, which looks back over his 60 years of film…
From Albert Camus
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” From “The Rebel” by French novelist and philosopher Albert Camus.
On Picking Up Starfish (Starhorses?)
Last month, I wrote about my friend Tom, who, after doing much to bring an end to the killing of homeless pets, finds himself involved in horse rescue and rehab – one horse at a time. Last month, Spartacus, an 18-year-old Peruvian Paso who had had a horrible life, had just had a visit from the chiropractor. Here’s an update from Tom on how Spartacus is doing a month later:
Colbert Goes Veggie for a Day
In order to get rock star Morrissey to appear on his show, Stephen Colbert had to agree to his entire studio being free of animal products…
Olivia Munn Pans Groupon Circus Coupons
Actress Olivia Munn is asking her fans to stop using the coupon site Groupon as long as the company makes deals with circuses. Currently, Groupon is…
How Your Wishes May Come True
We are not humans as something separate from other species, says India’s former Environment Minister Maneka Gandhi. You can only love yourself if you love all the other kinds of animals. “I love them because all of them are me and it is the ultimate self-love to see myself in every blade of grass and therefore to be respectful of it.”