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Water Worries—How We're Drugging Other Species

Animal Ethics

Here is an AP story highlighting the impact these pharmaceutical substances are having on aquatic and avian species. For example, exposure to these substances is negatively impacting the reproductive abilities of some fish species, threatening their extinction. Play it safe. Switch to a plant-based diet. Back to water.

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

10,000 Birds

Greater White-fronted Geese are one of many species that mate for life. We can’t very well ask these birds themselves or test this in a lab, but there is a large body of anecdotal evidence demonstrating that individuals of these species really can have feelings for one another.

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