Archive for March, 2009
« Previous EntriesOn Objections to Slaughterhouses Not Sandwich Shops
Submitted by Animal Person
I think I’m going to start a contest for the most absurd/ironic/bizarre sentence to come out of the mouth of a human each week. I’d have to narrow it down to published sentences, just to be fair; I wouldn’t want to get into any he said/she said situations.
The inaugural winner would be [...]
That’s all they’re good for (on shooting roosters)
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
These are words spoken by Al Carter, director of animal operations at Moore County animal control in Eagle Springs, North Carolina.
He’s talking about 74 roosters “rescued” from a cockfighting bust. In lieu of contacting sanctuaries or rescue agencies to try and save even a couple of these roosters, animal control officers [...]
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Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
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Listen Today on WALO Radio
Submitted by Animal Person
Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends!
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!
Susan e-mailed after receiving RPA’s [...]
Publish Your Own AR Book or Magazine
Submitted by Animal Person
As you may know, I’m a writer/ghostwriter/editor. That’s how I’ve made my living for over 20 years.
My clients have always been a combination of experts who already have book deals with large publishers, and entrepreneurs who say Why on Earth would I let them take so much of my potential profits? The [...]
On the Psychological Continuum
Submitted by Animal Person
There is a general consensus that vegetarianism and veganism are different philosophically. And when I spoke about a continuum over a year ago as a result of a workshop with Rae Sikora, who demonstrated that there was a continuum, there was some discontent.
How about this? There is no philosophical continuum, but there [...]
On “Animal Rights Conferences”
Submitted by Animal Person
“Two Animal Rights Conferences: Will you be there?” by Drew Wilson at Care2’s animal welfare blog has yet to have any comments about rights and welfare. I don’t know how big the readership of that blog is, but it is international if that matters.
The post itself doesn’t actually intentionally differentiate between the [...]
On Project Treadstone and Welfare, OED-Style
Submitted by Animal Person
Project Treadstone
If anyone in Palm Beach County wants to get involved in the Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) of feral cats, now is the time, as the county’s Spay Shuttle is back in business (but for a whopping $40/cat rather than the original $15), and Pahokee ($25/cat) is open as well. Appointments must be made, [...]
I spy: The importance of observation
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
I’m Abby, the sanctuary supervisor at Animal Place. Believe it our not, this is my first blog entry ever. I hope to give you insight into what happens at the sanctuary. Please enjoy! I’m looking forward to sharing with you different aspects of working with the animals at the sanctuary.
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It’s noon [...]
People Who Want to Ban Circus Animals are Bozos?
Submitted by Animal Person
In “Council Bozos Want to Ban Circus Animals in City” Ellis Henican ridicules the New York City Council for introducing a bill to ban the “display of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment or amusement.” Henican writes:
The truth of the matter, of course, is that most city kids will never have the [...]
Heart shaped rooster
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Last Friday, I drove down to Salinas to meet up with an animal control officer and 18 roosters. Yes, eighteen. The roosters had been living in rabbit cages for the past 1.5 years. It was a hard sell, but I found homes for all the roosters including at Animal Place.
Roosters are [...]
On Bestiality
Submitted by Animal Person
A reader from Alaska sent the following e-mail, with his name, a nickname and phone number, and this is indeed a serious comment.
Dear Ma’am,
There is nothing wrong with bestiality unless the animal is being bound or forced, in relation to bondage, where the animal can not bite or flee. I can get [...]
On Exploitation, OED-Style
Submitted by Animal Person
Ian asked about the history of exploit and exploitation according to the Oxford English Dictionary a couple of days ago. I have another post in the works for today as well, but for now, here they are:
I won’t get into exploit as a noun (e.g., “1755 SMOLLETT Quix. (1803) II. 24 The glory [...]
Study: Red meat contributes to risk of early death
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
A large, federally funded study points to red meat as a potential risk elevator of an early death. The study consisted of more than 500,000 Americans aged 50-71. During the ten year trial period, approximately 70,000 participants died. Researchers eliminated confounding variables and found that those who consumed the most red [...]
Maple Farm Sanctuary Needs Your Help!
Submitted by Animal Person
Late last night I received this message from Jenny Stein . . .
I’m concerned about Maple Farm Sanctuary, whose founders are two of the seven subjects in our new film, and I was wondering if you’d be willing to reach out through your blog to let people know that the sanctuary is [...]
Melange Monday
Submitted by Animal Person
So many things to say today.
First, check out “The Vegan Solution: An Ideal Whose Time Has Come” over at Care2. And what do you think about the word “ideal”? But more important, commenter Daniel Manahan could use some gentle education. And former vegan, Chuck Roomi, who says veganism isn’t practical “For people [...]
Yet More Good News for Project Treadstone
Submitted by Animal Person
This one’s more like Good News for Mary Martin.
I received a call yesterday from a woman who started a coalition for homeless cats. She said her Trapper Man could go to the Project Treadstone site–last night and this morning–and trap up to 10 cats that she would bring to Pahokee. Pahokee will [...]
Updates and Corrections
Submitted by Animal Person
First, Little Black and Big Tom, one more time . . .
Big Tom was the guest most anxious to leave my humble abode and was returned this morning, to a ghost town of a colony, with few cats in sight. Little Black is in a large dog kennel, curled up in [...]
Pahokee Opens for Project Treadstone
Submitted by Animal Person
What the heck is Pahokee, you ask? If you click on this map, you’ll see. It’s a city in Florida on our largest lake, Lake Okeechobee. And if you click on a few minus signs to move out, and look all the way east to the ocean and a little bit north [...]
BOCA to stop using eggs
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
BOCA has agreed to stop using eggs in their products by the end of 2009 thanks to the efforts of Compassion Over Killing, Animal Protection and Rescue League and Mercy for Animals. Animal Place was proud to support and promote this campaign and is happy to see it’s success actualized.
A company [...]
Newsweek Editor Goes Vegan
Submitted by Animal Person
Did you see that Newsweek editor David Noonan went vegan (see “I Can’t Believe I’m Still a Vegan“)? He clearly needs a bit of encouragement as he finds it “sort of a pain in the ass. And kind of boring, too.” But congratulations to Noonan for doing it and writing about it [...]
California legislation to protect dairy cows
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
There is a little known practice in the dairy industry that we hope will be eliminated from California dairy farms soon - tail docking.
The amputation of a cow’s tail is a painful and unnecessary procedure done without the benefit of analgesics or anesthesia.
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Canadian Veterinary Medical [...]
NYT Equine Thought Experiment
Submitted by Animal Person
Forgot to hit “publish now” on this . . .
The New York Times presents us, this morning, with “Equine Alternative” regarding the recent discovery that horses decided to allow themselves be domesticated by humans for our mutual benefit, earlier than we had thought (3500 BC, and we preciously thought it was more [...]
Downer Loophole Finally Closed
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
The US government closed a loophole that permitted slaughtered downed cows into the human food chain.
The loophole allowed cows who went down after inspection to be dragged unceremoniously to the kill floor. There is no kind way to move a recumbent 1,300 lb cow so that she is conscious and close [...]
HBO Special on Factory Farming
Submitted by Creature Talk
Last night HBO premiered a show called Death on a Factory Farm. This is a small segment. I haven’t seen the whole thing yet, and am not sure if I’ll be able to stomach it, but I do have a friend recording it for me. Has anyone else seen it? What were [...]
