An Eye on 2014: Anti-Animal Politicians In the Mix
by Michael Markarian — Our thanks to Michael Markarian, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, for permission to republish this post, which originally appeared on his blog Animals &...
View ArticlePig Wrestling: Small Injustices Enable Larger Ones
by Kathleen Stachowski — Our thanks to Animal Blawg, where this post originally appeared on August 13, 2013. “So delighted to find you folks upon googling,” the message begins. It arrived at my webmail...
View ArticleAnimals in the News
by Gregory McNamee The so-called social media are the locus of a lot of downright antisocial behavior: trolling, name-calling, baiting, and mud-slinging. They also serve as unlikely confessionals, as...
View ArticleSheep Make Good CEOs
Sheep can learn how to solve puzzles, remember what they've learned, and adapt to changed circumstances---all much more quickly than monkeys.
View ArticleSip, Purr, Hoot? … Baa?
As originally conceived in Taiwan in 1998, the cat café was a place where people could relax with a hot drink and a snack amid a colony of house cats. The cafés often had rules for patrons for the sake...
View ArticleGovernment Pork: May the Farce Be With You
Here are some pretty painful examples of your government at work. Monkeys on a treadmill, sheep in microgravity, and a fight club for shrimp? All of that and more amounts to a smackdown of American...
View ArticleIn Cities and on Ranches, Planning is Key to Protect Animals During Disasters
The key issue is that communities need to plan ahead and create partnerships between disaster professionals, agricultural extension agents, veterinary health experts and animal welfare groups.
View ArticleThe Shame of Australia’s Live Sheep Trade
How much animal cruelty is too much animal cruelty? That's the debate in Australia as pressure builds to ban the export of live sheep.
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