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On Taxes, Veganism and "Pets"

Animal Person

But then I wasn't able to put that theory into practice once weighed against, say, the millions of dogs and cats who are going to be killed for the brutal crime of homelessness. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language. Do you agree with that?

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Yet More Good News for Project Treadstone

Animal Person

I received a call yesterday from a woman who started a coalition for homeless cats. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. This one's more like Good News for Mary Martin. She said her Trapper Man could go to the Project Treadstone site--last night and this morning--and trap up to 10 cats that she would bring to Pahokee.

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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

And perhaps my favorite: "[I]f healthy, homeless humans were rounded up and killed, no one would call the killing facilities 'shelters'" (55). Tags: Books Ethics Language. Stay tuned for Part Deux, and more sentiments I could never have crafted better.

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On "High in the Clouds"

Animal Person

From Barnes and Noble : "Wirral the Squirrel is homeless. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language. High in the Clouds , by Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Philip Ardagh is supposed to be for Grades 2-4, but its themes, vocabulary and syntax are more advanced. But probably with plenty of commentary throughout. .

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Want to Help Feed Homeless Animals?

Animal Ethics

The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on the purple box "Click here to give" to fund food for animals for free. It doesn't cost you a thing.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

Hello, I am a volunteer for 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com, which is North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website , and I'm trying to get the word out about homeless pet adoption. I am looking at your site and thought you might like to add a link somewhere to 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com.

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On the Keeping of Endangered Fishes

Animal Person

Is keeping animals because they're endangered any different from keeping them because they are homeless? . Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Can we ever meet the needs of fishes by keeping them in our homes? What do you think? -- Photo of 72 gallon african cichlid tank from Flickr Erica_Marshall's photostream.

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