Posts from the ‘Old News’ category

Ringling Caves!

The elephants are packing their trunks. By any standard, today’s decision by the Ringling Circus to phase out its elephant acts represents a seismic shift in the use of…
Collapse of Antarctic Ice Sheet Irreversible

One of the six major glaciers being eroded from below by warm water What does it mean when two major studies this week tell us that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is…
2013 Game Changers

Two events share top prize as game changers for the year just ending: The Nonhuman Rights Project's lawsuits have started a whole new conversation about how we relate to other…
Mother Carries Shot Pit Bull to Safety

It started out as the same hike that Andi Davis does every day to the top of one of the mountains near where she lives in Phoenix, Arizona. But this time, close to the top,…
Liberators or Terrorists?

When 100 people, mostly women from various rescue groups, rescued 178 beagles from a research lab in Brazil last week, nobody called them terrorists. The five security officers…

The Right Music for Cats

Greyhound Shock Angers Australians

Holiday Gift for Elephant Music Lovers

The Yeti Bear

T-Rex Hunted Like Dogs

A new view says that Tyrannosaurus Rex was a smart pack animal with a relatively large brain, who hunted in packs like wolves.

Pets in the Biblical Rapture

If you’re a Christian who believes that the Rapture is coming this weekend, and you love your pets, you have a good news / bad news situation.

Hope for the Little Brown Bat

With bats facing disaster, and agriculture in danger as a result, some of the world’s top bat experts have been meeting this week to come up with a rescue plan.

Exploding Melons Are No Joke

It sounds almost comic: Fields full of watermelons blowing up … seeds flying like shrapnel. In fact, it’s just the latest serious example of dangerous farming in China.

Water Bears in Space

Can earthly life survive in the vacuum of outer space? At least one creature can: the tiny water bear, a microscopic creature whose scientific name is the tardigrade.

Is Your Cell Phone Killing Bees?

Scientists have been trying to figure out what is causing Colony Collapse Disorder. One theory that linked it to cell phone towers is back in the news today.

Facelifts for Dogs

You need an eyelift? Get those wrinkles out? If you’re a Shar Pei, it’s not because you’re showing your age. It’s not vanity, and you’re not Joan Rivers.

James Cromwell: Retire the Racehorses!

James Cromwell isn’t just the star of movies like Secretariat; he’s a superstar for the animals. His latest campaign is to ensure that racehorses get the retirement they deserve when they leave the track.

Staying Away from ‘Water for Elephants’

One movie I certainly won’t be going to see this weekend is Water for Elephants, more aptly named “Torture for Elephants.”

Smoke – No More Fire

Smoke the donkey, rescued by marines serving in Iraq, has finally arrived in the United States and is on his way to his new home, where he will work as a therapy animal.

Take a Bite Out of Biting

Last year, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)., nearly 5 million people were bitten by dogs. Half a million needed medical attention for them.

Elephants to Pack Their Trunks

After much debate, the board of the Toronto Zoo has voted to allow the three elephants being held there to move to a better home. It may not be a sanctuary, but it will be better than where they are.

Factory Farms to Ban Cameras

New laws in Iowa, Minnesota and Florida would treat whistle blowers as criminals and make it illegal to take undercover photos and video of animal abuse at factory farms.

Zoo Fights Elephant Retirement

The attitude of the zoo management has nothing to do with what’s best for the elephants, and everything to do with zoo politics and business.

Abused Dog Tug-of-War

When Patrick the pit bull was found starved and barely breathing, after being dropped down a garbage chute, everyone seemed united on his behalf. But now the dog is caught up in a custody battle.

Why SeaWorld ‘Helps’ Stranded Whales

It seems admirable, at first blush, that SeaWorld is helping stranded pilot whales. They have experience in treating captive whales and dolphins. The true picture, however, is a little darker.