10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. But hedgehogs?

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Then there are pet toys that can give so much pleasure – these can be bought or made at home and it’s useful to rotate them, so boredom doesn’t become a problem and to use them in a variety of cat games, to improve health and fitness. Homemade accessories can include mirrors, cardboard and plastic boxes and climbing poles or shelves.

Cats 100

Cats Rights Chickens Pets 100

Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

The commentator says that part of her winnings will go to abolish animal cruelty (yes, abolish). I mean, I eat chicken and fish.". Interviewer: "Wait, so you want to abolish animal cruelty, except for chickens and fish, (pointing at the contestant) because she doesn't like them?". Interviewer: "Are you a vegetarian?".

Lions 100

Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Chickens 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

If not, be sure to set your DVR for Friday and watch, it’s a great show about an unlikely group of animal heroes. Check out this video from the premier episode: RESCUE INK UNLEASHED is a new weekly series that documents this unlikely group of animal activists on their crusade to save helpless, abandoned and abused animals.

Rescue 100

Rescue New York Animal Abuse New York Times 100

Animal Person

JULY 10, 2009

I was thinking about the Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary calendar of rescued animals photographed by Deb Durant that's on my refrigerator. It's on the refrigerator, but when you open the refrigerator door you'll see nothing that came from the animals in the calendar. People flock to photos and calendars on refrigerators.

Vegan 100

Vegan Greyhounds Sanctuary Animal Sanctuary 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

In a stroke of the surreal, my heart beat frantically as my eye was yanked from the cheery, colorful bears on the sticker, to a mammoth black bear, tethered to the back of a white pickup truck, and held down with chicken wire. Or as if the other team is even aware the game is being played and has agreed to participate.

Bears 100

Bears Vermont Laws Wounded 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

But the method she advocates for reaching those goals—raising grass-eating, pasture-foraging farm animals—would appear to be notoriously difficult to reproduce on a scale large enough to harvest enough meat, at a reasonable cost, for all the people wanting to eat meat in this country, let alone the world. Lois Bloom Easton, Conn.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40