For years I’ve been visiting the site Cuteoverload.com to view pics of adorable animals. I mean, working in AR, I look at so much sadness each day, I need some snuggling puppies and mouse/cat friendships. But after what I saw today, I’ll never be going back there. What made me so annoyed? Well, they posted [...]
A few days ago a killer whale named Tilikum took the life of a trainer at SeaWorld in front of a live audience during a show. He grabbed her, pulled her in the water where she drowned. It’s, of course, a tragedy. Much like it was a tragedy when the chimp mauled that poor woman. [...]
According to an article in the UK’s Times Online, Dolphins are second to humans in intelligence, putting primates in third place for the smartest species. The specifics of their brains – size and folds and other anatomy stuff I don’t really know a thing about – combined with their complex social structures and self awareness [...]
The Washington Post published a fantastic article last week on a trainer named Sammy Haddock, a retired elephant trainer who worked with elephants in the circus since the mid seventies. In 1997 Mr Haddock was hired to work as a handler at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Center for Elephant Conservation. What’s so special [...]
I woke up this morning, opened my laptop and saw some fantastic hopeful news! Seriously, I’m still groggy but typing with enthusiasm. Here is the deal. The film The Cove revealed to the world what’s happening in Taiji, Japan. Every year in that small town 23,000 dolphins are captured, slaughtered and sold for meat. The [...]
If you guessed that they are considered disposable by the people who use them, then you’re right. In this country there is no system in place that requires the people who make money off the backs of animals to care for them in their retirement years. Basically, animals need a pension plan. The hard fact [...]
PETA has just filed charges against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for violating Connecticut’s cruelty-to-animals statute. What did Ringling Bros. do? …trainers and other employees routinely struck elephants with bullhooks, dug the weapons’ sharp metal hooks into the sensitive skin behind elephants’ knees and under their trunks, and whipped both elephants and tigers. [...]
Update: Click here to see the Governor’s response to this story. He emphatically denies that any animals will be euthanized. Original Post: People are definitely not the only victims of this recession. Animals (being one of the first expendable “items” in the minds of people) are pushed to the side when money gets tight. The [...]
Watching this short trailer made me feel anxiety and anger. It’s about the Japanese whaling industry, dolphins who are killed, or kept in captivity. It was a 2009 Sundance winner. Rolling Stone describes it as, “Sundance is known for documentaries. But this baby, a cross between Flipper and The Bourne Identity, packed the heat…An intrepid [...]
The other day I mentioned my dislike of zoos, even the good ones like the Bronx Zoo. I’m curious about other people’s opinions. So tell me, do you think zoos are beneficial to animal welfare, or do you think they exploit animals? Leave a comment… My problem with zoos is that exhibits can’t possibly give [...]
