article thumbnail

Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

Animal Person

When I started blogging in May of 2006 I was very snarky. Snark defined blogging back then. Riddle me this: Why would any human animal use as a default position that nonhuman animals do not have personalities as rich, distinct, obnoxious, obsequious and varied as human animals? We're all animals, aren't we?

Animal 100
article thumbnail

Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

One nice little story for my blog post lost. Other useful information in the Wikipedia article includes the factoid that it shows very rapid ingestion rates, taking on average 6 seconds for the prey to reach the stomach after capture (motto of this blog: We read Wikipedia for you so you do not have to).

Birds 215
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Smile and say “meow”!

4 The Love Of Animals

I could not wait to get the batteries in and start taking photos. And, Four Corners also donates part of their revenue to their local animal shelters! You can read all about what they have been able to do on their blog, Four Corners Dark. They have been able to do some great things for the animals with the proceeds they donated!

Battery 100
article thumbnail

Note to Those Wanting Promotion: Pay Attention

Animal Person

Having read your blogs I thought you might like to hear about Compassion in World Farming’s Bake with Compassion fundraising week. By encouraging people to bake with higher welfare eggs (as well as organic milk, butter and chocolate) vital funds will be raised to campaign against battery cages. But that was back in 2006. Eat More Veal?

article thumbnail

Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

Some examples of animal names working the other way around – with the Latin name sounding naughty – can be found here. .” At Tianmashan, one can almost always hear Grey-capped Greenfinches. In that spirit, I will not give you the English name of the species below but just its Latin name, Parus minor.

Birds 130
article thumbnail

Disaster Preparedness Plan May Save Your Pet’s Life

4 The Love Of Animals

Flashlight with batteries. In case you are not home when disaster strikes, pre-place stickers on your doors to notify emergency workers or neighbors where on your property your animals are located and where to find your emergency pet kit. Contact animal shelters and kennels in your evacuation area. Canned dog/cat food. -

Pit Bulls 100
article thumbnail

From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

The animal advocacy group Compassion Over Killing has created a new website to bring attention to the fact that Morningstar Farms continues to use "battery eggs" from caged birds in their products. I'll probably blog about it on my personal site in the near future to help you get the word out. Here is the link. Good stuff.