For years, I was too scared to rescue animals. I believed the “experts” who told me it was impossible. I was frightened by the state’s threats of punishment. So I blindly obeyed, even when my own reading of the law told me otherwise. I was stupid. And the animals suffered as a result. We are now changing that. Over 1,000 people showed up at Ridglan to fight a stupid system. And it collapsed. And that’s the thing about stupid systems: if enough people push against them, they always fall. WAYNE HSIUNG: “Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than […]
September 12-26, 2026: The March to Abolish Animal Testing
September 12-26, 2026: The March to Abolish Animal Testing
The March to Abolish Animal Testing (September 12-26, 2026) will take people on a 200-mile trek from the State Capitol in New York to the epicenter of dog experiments: Marshall BioResources, a fortress where nearly 20,000 beagles are trapped and awaiting abuse in cages. Echoing marches through history, from the Salt March to Selma, whose toll and toil inspired people across the world, our aim is to have 1,000 people join us as we push for the dogs to be freed. SAVE THE DOGS: The March to Abolish Animal Testing (MAAT) will take people on a 200-mile trek from the State […]
NO ORDINARY LOVE: ‘Living with Freddie: How a Dog Taught Me to Be Human’
NO ORDINARY LOVE: ‘Living with Freddie: How a Dog Taught Me to Be Human’
‘Living with Freddie’ is a meditation on what it means to be bad or good, on how much we can—or should—try to alter another being’s behavior, and what is possible to know about another mind. But at its heart, this is a beautiful, heart-wrenching portrait of the relationship between a human and a dog. And at the end of Freddie’s story, you, too, may find yourself changed. ANNA HEYWARD: When Anna Heyward adopted Freddie, a rescued Italian greyhound, she was thrilled to bring a dog into her life. But Freddie, she quickly realized, had severe separation anxiety, unable to be left […]
