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Birds of Visselhövede in Winter

10,000 Birds

This sounds like an exciting topic for a blog post, right? For a birdwatcher, it is rather nice to be at a place where – unlike my 13th floor Shanghai apartment – there are birds right outside the house. The garden benefits from benign neglect, and a variety of bird feed is on offer.

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New Hub for Animal Rights

Animal Person

Stephanie Ernst, formerly of Change.org , has started a new space called " Animal Rights and AntiOppression " and she has invited yours truly to post there! I am Mary Martin, and my first post is " On the Neglect of Animals by The Left." I'll be posting as Mary Martin, because. I welcome you to visit, look around, and chime in!

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Worried about my roommates pets

Reddit Animals

We have a few pets living with us but I'm concerned about my roommates pets and I'm worried if they're being neglected and mistreated. Is this neglect and abuse? So one of the roommates cleans the shared cat litter box about once every week or whenever he decides to. What should I do?

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New Laws to Start in California

Critter News

New legislation in California increases the misdemeanor penalty for animal neglect and makes it a crime to sell a live animal on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, or carnival. From Hometown Station AM 1220.

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Ontario Animal Welfare Law Goes Into Effect

Critter News

The legislation also imposes new rules on the province's dozens of roadside zoos, giving the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals the right to inspect them. Veterinarians are now required to report any instances of abuse or neglect.

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On Taxes, Veganism and "Pets"

Animal Person

Someone wrote me and, though the person clearly was trolling to insult someone, s/he accused me of not being a vegan because of greyhounds Violet Rays and Charles Hobson Booger, III (no mention of Emily, which made me feel terribly neglectful). Do you agree with that?

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After The Birds Of Summer Have Gone

10,000 Birds

It is the featureless nature of the sea of blue, spanning from horizon to horizon, its neglect of offering a foothold to the wandering eye that binds my thoughts. The sky has been haunting me for days now. They have gone. It isn’t their time of arrival here, as it coincides with the arrival of many an African migrant.

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