Animal Person

MARCH 24, 2010

Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner's association, and though I wasn't on the agenda there's always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring "BBQ" ( here 's part one of this story). And there's not much from the health angle for pony rides.

Zoos 100

Zoos Ponies Pets Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2013

Name-calling and charges of agenda-promoting ensued. No buying invasive fish from the pet store and tossing them into a pond, where they will grow into behemoths and devour the native species. It’s over; the balloons all went up between 4:15 and 4:30 on a Monday. No one knows how many. No balloons.

Wildlife 254

Wildlife Agenda North Carolina Raised 254

Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

But his real agenda comes out later in the graph: "However it is imperative that we allow the most up-to-date scientific data on animal agriculture practices to drive the policy decisions we make, and extract emotion from the equation as much as possible. We have a tendency as a society to anthropomorphize our animals, especially our pets.

Emotional 100

Emotional Farm Animal Farmed Animals Agenda 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

On a local level we need to consider if we really do need to let our pets chase shorebirds and whether we really do need to drive along our shoreline. If the food is not available to enable them to refuel and continue to migrate then they will not be able to breed and their populations will decline and then there is the risk of extinction.

Species 175

Species Australia Birds Parrots 175