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Animal Diseases Poised to Spread to Humans

Critter News

The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming and the progressive urbanisation of the planet, scientists have warned. Tags: global warming disease climate change environment.

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On Compassionate Bullets

Animal Person

In the Washington metro area, we have a BIG deer problem. It's difficult for me to understand how the act of thanking a god, who likely doesn't even exist, would matter to the nonhuman animal who is killed for the crime of being a nuisance to a human animal. Tags: Activism Ethics Language Cayuga deer hunting.

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The Power of Pets Initiative

4 The Love Of Animals

For it’s first year the program will premiere in YMCA locations in Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C. – Mars Petcare and Human-Animal Interaction. The Power of Pets Initiative originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 1, 2010. Tags: events. New York City; Nashville, Tenn.; Portland, Ore.

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