10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2021
In front of us, the swaying green sea of rolling grassland with reed-overgrown depressions, an occasional herd of sheep and shepherds’ cottages, a tall-grass hillock (often an ancient burial mound), miniature Black Locust groves with their rookeries, a sunny sky… and the two of us with our eyes open wide.
Animal Person
MARCH 30, 2009
Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! The interview is scheduled for 10-15 minutes of Monday's one-hour show.
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Animal Person
JUNE 22, 2009
However, the solution they have created, which harkens back to before industrialized agriculture, is simply to still raise animals for their flesh and secretions, and for profit, but to do it the old-fashioned way. I wouldn't do it to a dog, and I shouldn't do it to a chicken/sheep/cow/pig. There's no "compassion" in the process.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. California Quail are familiar birds to West Coast birders of North America, and Kiwis too now.
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. Andrew from Good Honest Dollar had an excellent question. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask.
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 29, 2012
Middle class adoption of dog ownership required affordable collars, just like today’s mass marketed collar industry. A sheep dog or other herding animal’s primary duty is to guard the flock against the designs of other carnivores. Dogs owned by royalty or other elites tended to be ornate and decorative.
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2010
But, as is typical with many large industries, there is a resistance to change unless there is a clear and immediate profit windfall. Tags: australia sheep mulesing. Such an awful practice. Why change for welfare purposes if there is no clear economic benefit? From the Sydney Morning Herald.
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