10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

His work is the foundation of the Macaulay Library video collection. In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. There were 23 cows killed; some had to be shot up in trees where they were stuck. But this also struck me in other ways. Chaos and insulation.

South Dakota 266

South Dakota Nebraska Missouri Killing 266

Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in " Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering." Isn't the mere existence of violence and suffering sufficient?

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Cruelty Vivisection Open Rescue 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Of course, less suffering is always better than more, but when you are taking someone's life, I'm pretty sure it's the life-taking that's most important to them. Riddle me this: What's the difference between a cow and someone on death row? For one thing, the cow has not been convicted of some heinous crime.

Humane 100

Humane District of Columbia Cows Morals 100