4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 9, 2009

On July 23, ASPCA Supervisory Special Investigator Annemarie Lucas and Special Agent Kristi Adams arrested Brooklyn resident Andrea Stewart, age 39, after the woman attacked the two Agents. It was determined that Stewart had failed to get medical attention for her cat.

ASPCA 100

ASPCA Kittens Animal Cruelty Neglecting 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. The lake consists of a large body of open water, a belt of tall yellow grass (where a big orange cat can blend and disappear if it chooses so) and, all around it, thick forests of predominantly teak, interspersed with thickets of bamboo.

Tigers 255

Tigers India Killing 2012 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

An estimated one billion birds collide with glass each year in the United States* and most of them die; window collisions are considered the second highest cause of death of birds after cats (putting aside the big overall causes, like habitat loss and climate change).* Did the model work?

New York City 263

New York City Birds Illinois Science 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. But that’s another story. Just eat the food. 1208724109.

Abandon 246

Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 246

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2009

Better yet, HSUS could start a campaign targeting at Google's DOG AND CAT SKIN Trade. All the evidence you need is on [link] -- there is no investigation required. Google is selling dog and cat skin -- HSUS has known about this for almost six months now and done nothing. 99% of those photos are from Google's own paying clients.

HSUS 100

HSUS Fur Ethics China 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

A bit beyond the basics but still fundamental are chapters on bird feeding consequences and problems (squirrels and raccoons, too many blackbirds, hawks and cats, woodpecker damage, window strikes, extreme weather, and bird feeding in special situations, including retirement centers, condos, and apartments.

Birds 185

Birds New York City Squirrels New York 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. That’s right – birds eating clay. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

In fact, the Dodo belonged to a clade (sometimes called Raphini) of 15 remarkable, bizarre, intriguing island-adapted pigeons, some of which are still alive today, but eight of which have been hacked from the tree of life, driven to extinction by humans. The painting above is by 17th-century Flemish artist Roelant Savery.

Solomon Islands 279

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 279

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I imagine that we agree in our rejection of slavery, eternal damnation, genocide, and uncritical patriotic self-abnegation; so we shall agree that Huck Finn , Jonathan Edwards , Heinrich Himmler , and the poet Horace would all have done well to bring certain of their principles under severe pressure from ordinary human sympathies.

Morals 40

Morals Factory Farm Factory Farming Neglecting 40