Archive for January 16th, 2008

Busy 2008 so far, but always time for dinner!

Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
I’ve been spread thinner than a layer of Vegenaise lately, which explains the pitiful lack of posts in recent days. Among all the proposals I am trying to finish up (for a variety of non-AAFL but definitely vegan/animal-positive projects), I have been very busy with Boston Vegan Association stuff, mainly getting [...]

Computer Learns Dogspeak

Submitted by For The Love of the Dog
Computer programs may be the most accurate tool for studying acoustic communications amongst animals, according to Csaba Molnár from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary and his research team. Their research shows that a new piece of software is able to classify dog barks according to different situations and [...]

Fort Worth to Enact Anti-Tethering Ban?

Submitted by For The Love of the Dog
Austin and Irving, Texas have already passed anti-tethering bans and now Fort Worth may be next to pass this much needed ban against chaining and tethering dogs.
Studies have proven that chained dogs are almost three time more likely than unchained dogs to bite. Dogs are social animals who [...]

Benton County Citizen Want Mayor Out After Shelter Condition Come to Light

Submitted by For The Love of the Dog
Last Friday after 12 dead dogs and many more sick and hungry dogs were found at the Benton County Animal Shelter, many Benton County citizens got angry and placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of its mayor, Jimmy Wiseman.
The police received a call from a [...]

On hunting and prejudice

Submitted by ANIMAL RIGHTS MALTA’S BLOG
Today’s The Times has published my reply to Aldo E. Azzopardi’s pro-hunting letter of January 11. You will find a longer version in my entry entitled “More on that hunting questionnaire and the eradication of a neanderthal mentality“, so I won’t repeat myself here.
However, in the same edition [...]