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.
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…
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.
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.
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?
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Sacred Activism in the Service of Animals
Of Humans and Persons
He’s everywhere! Like a tornado ripping through the Far East, from Japan to Thailand to the Solomon Islands to Singapore, Ric O’Barry is constantly on the move in his passion to save dolphins from cruelty and exploitation.
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.
Irish photographer and journalist Charlie Bird was on a special assignment in Antarctica when he sat down near some elephant seals.
In the city of St. Francis, dogs outnumber children. So it’s not surprising that San Francisco residents are looking to elect a dog-friendly mayor.
Some very distressing new video shows dogs in China being literally skinned alive to make imitations of the trendy footwear.
The Daily Beast has a detailed story by Wayne Barrett about a three-day hunting expedition celebrating Perry’s father Ray’s 81st birthday in 2006.
Last year, he donated a million dollars to World Wildlife Fund to save the endangered tigers. This year, he’s joining with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to protect the elephants.
The 27th annual Feast of St. Francis of Assisi at New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Sunday lived up to its reputation, according to everyone who was there.
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.
A scene at the end of the movie Contagion portrays the nightmare scenario for a pandemic flu. And it’s basically just waiting to happen so say doctors and scientists.
“We know it is against the rules,” said Sandy Vincent, secretary of the Standard Poodle Club of Great Britain. “But everyone has done it.”
Homeless dogs from a local rescue group are helping kids in Kansas City schools learn respect and empathy for each other. The classes are run by…
Not long ago, it was generally believed that humans were the only animals that use tools, and that this was one of the chief proofs of human exceptionalism compared to “the animals.”
Dr. Klaper is among the growing number of physicians who have found that simply giving the body what it needs to be healthy is the key to enabling a true and healthful transformation.
Buddy was one of the remarkable pooches at the sixth annual Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon in Del Mar, California. It’s all fun, but with the serious purpose of raising funds for the Helen Woodward Animal Center – a no-kill shelter, adoption center and clinic, outside of San Diego.
Even as abused pit bull Patrick was being nursed back to health at the Garden State Veterinary Specialists hospital, he found himself caught up in a custody battle.
Now West Hollywood something of a cat fight on its hands, having taken the side of animal protection groups against fashion boutiques that sell fur.
Paul Shapiro is director of the HSUS’s Farm Animal Protection Division, which has driven farm animal welfare laws such as Proposition 2 in California, and other laws in Arizona, Michigan, Maine, Colorado and Oregon.
German shepherd dog Berry played Padfoot, the dog who rescues Harry Potter in The Prisoner of Azkaban. Now, $795 million later, Berry has been abandoned at an animal shelter in England.
Remember the story about the hunter who shot a bear and whose partner, trying to distract the wounded, enraged bear away from his younger partner, was killed by the bear? The older hunter, it turns out, wasn’t killed by the bear. He was shot by his own partner.