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From Today's Los Angeles Times

Animal Ethics

It is estimated that due to conflicts with humans, the bushmeat and body parts trade, disease and habitat destruction, large mammals in Africa may be extinct by the end of this century. Michelle Nadon, Aurora, Canada To the editor: Bars? Have op-ed article writers Peter Singer and Karen Dawn not seen the beautiful natural habitat at the L.A.

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On Dolphins as a Gateway to Animal Rights

Animal Person

I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. Many dolphin brains are larger than our own and second in mass only to the human brain when corrected for body size." What does that say? (I

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