Clean Your Boat but Save the Ocean
People cleaning their boatsinvolves chemical products that drain off into the ocean and are highly toxic to the fish and other animals.
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Introducing the Whale Sanctuary Project
This blog is taking a break for the next few months so that I can devote my energies to the Whale Sanctuary Project. Here's why.
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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. But questions have arisen. And…
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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.
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The Great Irony of Animal “Rights”
The great irony of the animal rights movement is there is still only one species that has any rights at all: humans. But the Nonhuman Rights Project is setting out to change that.
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Why Mass Extinction Is Part of Human Nature
Why would a supposedly “intelligent” species behave in a way that’s bringing about a mass extinction – one that will likely take us down along with so many other animals?
Is the Stock Market a Global Ponzi Scheme?
Sacred Activism in the Service of Animals
Of Humans and Persons
Japanese ‘Nuclear Rabbit’ Fears
The latest nuclear disaster to hit Japan may have actually spawned a real mutated animal – a rabbit without ears. Skeptics, among them prominent scientists, believe that may be too much of a leap.
Why Do Most Vegetarians Backslide?
According to a survey, three times as many American adults admit to being “ex-vegetarians” than describe themselves as current vegetarians.
Where Snow Leopards Meet Tourists
In areas like Ladakh, whose intact ecology makes them habitable for animals such as snow leopards, a lot of wildlife conservation work is occurring.
Who Trains Whom?
“What is it about my personality that allows the dogs to dictate my behaviors?” asks Dr. Ruby Benjamin. How dogs seem to have a way of training us.
Scary and Strange Top New Species List
From giant lizards to microscopic leeches: see the top 10 new species recognized by the International Institute for Species Exploration.
Having Your Dog and Eating It Too?
Hal Herzog, Ph.D investigates the psychology of our interactions with other animals. We don’t eat creatures we love and we don’t eat creatures we loathe.
Better than Soda Cans & Plastic Bottles
We’ve all seen the photos of birds caught up in plastic trash in the ocean. Over 80 percent of plastic water and soda bottles in the US are still not recycled.
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Animals in War When Animals Are Drafted For 5,000 years they’ve been fighting our wars with us War Horses – the Engines of Battle A brief…
When a New Baby Arrives
A dog who’s properly introduced to an infant can gain a new sense of responsibility. But negative situations can lead a dog like Linus to despair.
Our Top 10 List for Children’s Book Day
With thousands of new children’s book being published every year, there’s no shortage of wonderful books about animals and/or the environment.
The Emotional Lives of Animals – Part 2
Here are some more anecdotes that are consistent with research on the emotional lives of animals, showing friendship, grief and gratitude.
Should I Feed My Raccoon Visitors?
Veterinarian answers a question about whether it is a good idea to feed your neighborhood wildlife. What are the risks to your own pets?
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Animals in Japan Face Gangsters and Radiation A new phase in the rescue operation Kinship Circle Rescues Animals in Japan Evacuations by radiation zone leave more…
40 Years of Dumping Nets $9 Billion Fine
Texaco dumped over 18 billion gallons of toxic materials into directly into Amazon basin rivers. Animals died, people got cancer, and crops were damaged.
The Iditarod — And the Bigger Conversation it Leads To
The 2011 Iditarod, Alaska’s most famous sled dog race, began this past Saturday outside Anchorage. Each year, the event stirs up controversy among those most passionate about man and woman’s best friend.
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Where do you draw the line on animal experimentation? Vivisection: The Moral Dilemma We Face Would you mind someone else’s pet going under the knife for…
The Emotional Lives of Animals
Research shows that animals are very intelligent and have sensory abilities that dwarf ours. Here are some amazing stories of friendship, grief, gratitude and wonder.
Canine Companions and the Co-Op
When our board said no new dogs in apartments, I was outraged. Research and experience say dogs have a big effect on our mental and physical health
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Dolphins & People. A four-part feature Part Four: The Dolphin Blog Family of Killer Whale Victim Breaks Their Silence Dawn Brancheau’s family trusts SeaWorld to do…