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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

10,000 Birds

As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction. In training, the falconer must never think of rewards and punishments, Nancy Cowan (pictured below, with her Harris’s hawk, Scoter), tells her: “They don’t serve us.

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Listen Today on WALO Radio

Animal Person

Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! Let me know if you hear the show!

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Dogs as Smart as 2-yr-old Kids

Animal Person

Because when you compare two species, or rather a nonhuman animal species to the human animal, the humans almost always come out on top. One has just been bred and trained to be around people (socially), while the other hasn't.