Study: Humans love dogs more than other people
DAVID K. LI: ‘Humans love dogs more than their fellow man. Two major studies showed that mankind has more empathy for pooches in dire circumstances…
It’s time for veterinarians to stop mutilating cats’ feet
ROBIN DOWNING, DVM: ‘I applaud the American Association of Feline Practitioners and the fact that it has (finally) taken an appropriate stand against…
Mice Sewn Together in $300,000 Experiment That NIH Knows Is Bad Science
ZACHARY TOLIVER: ‘What could we possibly gain from experiments at the University of Virginia (UVA) in which pairs of animals are sewn together and…
Animal Welfare Fails Many Millions of Sentient Individuals
MARC BEKOFF: ‘The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), other animal welfare societies, and iconic animal welfarist, Dr. Temple Grandin, have…
Kevin Johnson: ‘I released 2,000 minks from a fur farm. Now I’m a convicted terrorist’
KEVIN JOHNSON: ‘People usually laugh when I tell them I am a convicted terrorist. I try not to open with that – it seems a little bit forward. First,…
Utah to pay animal welfare groups $349,000 to settle ‘ag-gag’ lawsuit
TIFFANY CALDWELL: ‘The Utah Attorney General’s Office has agreed to pay animal welfare groups $349,000 to settle a lawsuit over the state’s “ag-gag”…
Yale scientist defends research on birds after PETA protests
ED STANNARD: ‘Christine Lattin, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, studies how wild house sparrows react to stress. Her work involves scanning…
Insecto-Theology: A Wake for Our Planetary Commons
JACOB J. ERICKSON: ‘My attention turns these days more to those cases of insects… When you consider how little and mystified our knowledge of the…
Pythagoras, the philosophical source of vegans
THE SHERBROOKE TIMES: ‘Veganism… Is it a simple diet popular for hipstero-green-bobos? A new fashion and transient?… The past, especially classical…
The Radical Compassion of St. Francis
V.R. MARYANNE ZHAN: ‘There are those who say compassion for animals is nice, but we ought to have compassion on our fellow humans first… Just looking…