10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

Not long after the move my friend and I were walking our dogs, early in the morning, when the dogs discovered something tiny lying in the middle of the sidewalk. Just to make sure, however, I shooed the dogs away and checked it out. The chickadee that I discovered on the sidewalk was suffering from dehydration and hypothermia.

Seattle 219

Seattle Wildlife Rehabilitation Rescue Dogs 219

Animal Person

JUNE 22, 2009

It's impersonal and hideously ugly and the animals suffer greatly. I wouldn't do it to a dog, and I shouldn't do it to a chicken/sheep/cow/pig. It's just not right. A violation of trust or confidence, an abandonment of something committed to one's charge. It's cruel. There's no "compassion" in the process.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Slaughter Slaughtered 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive. And you can’t drive on the Interstate without seeing signs telling you when to exit for the “Dog Track.”

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100