From the category archives:
As I mentioned in my post about Prop 2, big meat producers are spending tons of money trying to convince Californians that the initiative will do horrible things. These ads are full of misinformation, and some of them even contain outright lies. They also use scare tactics to scare us into voting no on Prop [...]
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As I’ve mentioned several times before, we have five adopted animals, two cats and three dogs. Lucky, the youngest of the bunch, is a four-foot long mutt who spends his days lounging in the sun and saying what’s up to all of his friends in the neighborhood during our walks. Now, imagine Lucky as I [...]
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Yesterday one of the blogs I read daily pointed me to this UPI article that relates the story of two Girl Scouts from Ann Arbor, Michigan. The two girls decided to stop selling Girl Scout cookies when they learned that the cookies contain palm oil, notorious for being harvested on large plantations that cause harm [...]
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When the Humane Society of the United States posted video of shocking cruelty at Westland/Hallmark Meat, a slaughterhouse in Chino, California, it really started something. In the video, slaughterhouse employees were shown using forklifts, high-pressure water hoses, and other abusive means to get cows otherwise unable to walk on their feet for slaughter. One cow [...]
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This morning Ted sent me a link to a post on the Humane Society blog about greyhound legislation. That sounds boring, but we adopted an ex-racing greyhound a few years ago, so we follow most greyhound stories in the media. Apparently, on January 29th, the people of Miami-Dade County in Florida will be voting on [...]
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During my weekend ritual of reading the BBC and other news online, I read the Russia has sent ten gerbils to Mars. Equipped with plenty of food and a special machine for cleaning up gerbil poo, the rodents are due to spend twelve days in space to observe the potential effect of travel to Mars [...]
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When thinking about animal welfare, I tend to get caught up in the the more visible problems in our society - companion animals and factory farming. However, this week, I got a cold dose of reality while researching this post about animals used in research and testing. Take for example this quote from [...]
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In my family, we’ve all rescued dogs. Some of us have shelter dogs, and some of us have privately rescued dogs. There’s even one street dog in the mix, an energetic Rottweiler/Shepherd who lives for kicking ass and taking names. But one thing all these dogs have in common is their immense need for exercise.
Ted [...]
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When I was a kid, I grew up in Weaverville, California. It was about 5 hours from San Francisco, and it consisted of a wonderful mix of people ranging from P.h.D.s who couldn’t handle the rat race to mountaineers that were descendants of the gold miners. I grew up fishing, and camping, and [...]
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The other day I was driving down the highway and talking on the phone with my mom when I nearly drove off the road. “You bastard — what, oh sorry, Mom. Let me call you back.”As I slowed down and blinked my eyes to make sure I was indeed present in the situation, [...]
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*Kerry’s note: This week’s post in Ted’s series about animals contains some links to some pretty graphic stuff, particularly those related to the fur industry (the graphic links have warnings). Personally, I try to stay away from such things, because they’re disturbing to me and I feel like I’m already walking the talk, so to [...]
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Some of you may remember a while back when Kerry wrote a bit about my contribution to the Humane Society - you can refresh yourself here. While this was a funny moment, and the story of the blind dog did wrench my heartstrings and pocketbook, it was also a major turning point in my life. [...]
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While I’m on the topic of animals, I want to address a big problem I see too frequently. As a self-confessed Craigslist whore, I visit the site all the time, and I particularly like the Free Stuff section because you never know what people are going to give away. If somebody’s giving away a bright [...]
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