10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

If you’re feeling fearful or ignorant, well, I can recommend vox.com’s coverage (as in most things), but you could also do worse that picking up Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen. My photo of the cave was bad, sorry.

Humane 161

Humane Animal Africa Ukraine 161

Critter News

JULY 24, 2009

Bushmeat is horrific, especially the trade in apes. To me, eating apes of any kind is akin to human cannibalism. The Last Great Ape Organization in Cameroon is only one of them, but it's the only law enforcement nongovernmental organization in Africa.

Gorillas 100

Gorillas Cameroon Apes Congo 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. Any buffalo bones from prior to that transition were obviously scavenged.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

Animal Ethics

MARCH 27, 2009

The chimp would examine it and quickly slam the meat right back at him. Then Dr. Kellogg would offer a banana, which the ape munched with evident enjoyment. Is he assuming that man’s meat eating is a perversion of his natural instincts, which are inherited from monkeys?

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Monkeys Meat 40