Archive for August, 2009
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Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Most of the animals at the sanctuary are very heat sensitive. We don’t blame them, not when the temperature gauge exceeds the 100 F mark (we’re heat sensitive too!)
Some of the species are particularly unhappy in the hot sun. The larger pigs, for example, lack most of the sweat glands that [...]
Last Call for Greyhound Calendar Photos
Submitted by Animal Person
Today at 5pm EST is the deadline for entries for the 14-month calendar “dedicated to the thousands of greyhounds who have been rescued from racetracks nationwide” according to GREY2K USA.
Submission Rules:
One photo entry per dog
Include your greyhound’s name, tattoo numbers, adoption group and history of 150 words or less
Photo must be in [...]
Kofa Mountain Lion Update
Submitted by Animal Person
Though I wrote about the mountain lions of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge a couple of times, it was never with the breadth and depth that Deb Durant of Invisible Voices has. She posted an important update that those of you who participated in the commenting period (regarding the killing of the [...]
Vegan chocolate cupcakes
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
I am a firm believer cupcakes have the power to heal. Especially these cupcakes. These were made in honor of my mom’s birthday and were also eaten in honor of my mom’s birthday. Yes to the cupcakes, people!
The recipe is from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and hopefully Isa will [...]
In the now
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Losing an animal at the sanctuary is always hard, always sad. It’s easy to get bogged down in the memory, the past that gets foggier by the minute. We get told or it is suggested that the toughest part of sanctuary work is the euthanasia. It isn’t. These animals have wonderful [...]
Animal Person on Animal Voices
Submitted by Animal Person
Animal Person reader stevetshirt wrote to say that my interview is available on Animal Voices.
Here’s to shameless self-promotion! Check it out at http://www.animalvoices.ca/shows/mary_martin and thanks to Karol Orzechowski for interviewing me.
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In Memory: Flo
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Once there was a goat, a special creature who you wanted to curl up with and share all your secrets. She had forgiven humans for milking her and for sending her babies off to slaughter. In her heart, there was a giant ball of compassion, of wanting to share and receive [...]
On the Land Grant University Meat Problem
Submitted by Animal Person
Just like property status isn’t something I write about often and I would never have thought of, the same is true for the relationship between land-grant-universities and why some of us eat what/whom we eat. Today’s message and call to action is from David Cantor of Responsible Policies for Animals (thanks, Mike!).
Responsible [...]
Wool is not as natural as you might think
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
More than 10,000 years ago, the ancestor of domestic sheep did not have wool. Not in the traditional sense, anyways. The mouflon sheep at your right is considered the ancestor of “wool” sheep. Their hair/wool is soft and sheds annually in the spring and summer. The soay sheep (below left) is [...]
Benign predators?
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Last week, a veterinarian was out to look at one of the goats. While she was here, we got to talking about end-of-life situations. The goat in question, Flo, is elderly with renal failure. She has weeks, maybe months left. While we try to gauge how content and comfortable she is [...]
On Food for the Soul
Submitted by Animal Person
The New York Times‘ Nicholas D. Kristof frustrates me. His passion and compassion for humans is immense, but he appears to have some kind of mental block with nonhuman animals. He comes so close to grasping the concept of justice based on sentience, but his thinking is all muddled by tradition and [...]
On Helping Individuals and Utilitarianism
Submitted by Animal Person
I’m not a utilitarian.
And when it comes to doing the math regarding the way I help individuals, though I never regret the decision to help, I understand that some might say, for instance, that for the amount of money I spent on Violet in one year (I think $15,000 was her most [...]
The Function of Art is to Disturb
Submitted by Animal Person
Modest Mouse’s “King Rat,” directed by Heath Ledger
“The function of art is to disturb.”
–George Braque
What do you think?
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Nevadas Wild Horses an Endangered Species
Update: Nevadas Ely District BLM is planning on zeroing out 11 wild horse herds with a total population of over 600 horses, and are taking another million acres from their rangelands. The herds slated for removal are the Golden Gate-Seaman Combined, the White River & Caliente.
The final decision and approval for these plans came down [...]
Reality is worse than the movies
Seeing as how halloween is coming up in the next couple months, I thought I would write a comparison- or lack thereof- between factory farming and horror movies- singling out the horror movie series: Saw. I also cover how and why animal cruelty isn’t that big of an issue yet later in the article.
To Our Dear Pets
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ~ Anatole France
“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans” ~ James Herriot
I am an animal lover. Sometimes I think I should have been a veterinarian, but my [...]
The sanctuary denizens are not alone and a small GV update
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Yesterday, while out getting an awesome picture of Patty, I heard quite the ground squirrel ruckus and immediately gazed upwards to see what was what. About a 100′ away from me, a juvenile hawk sat in a tree, trying to figure out the best way to hunt ground squirrels. I’m pretty [...]
On Teaching Children
Submitted by Animal Person
It just so happens that after I read Bea’s comment from yesterday about reaching kids with our message I saw a New York Times article from today called “Where Little Chefs Learn the Art of Slicing and Dicing,” by Ann Farmer. Farmer writes about the Creative Cooks Culinary Center in Brooklyn, where [...]
New York Assembly Bill 8163 & Factory Farm Reform
New York Assembly Bill 8163 would ban hen battery cages, veal crates and pig gestation cages by 2015. The Bill is sitting in the New York Assembly Agriculture Committee and may never see the light of day without vocal public support.
Help protect feral cats
Dear Animal Advocates,
We need some support on Long Island RIGHT NOW, on behalf of a small, 8 year old colony of kitties who have called “Mercy” Hospital in Rockville Center, HOME for all of their 8 years.
Administration has
recently been harassing and threatening the JOBS of the loyal and compassionate employees who care for these innocent [...]
Patty can too take a good picture
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Last Friday, I claimed Patty did not take a good picture. She said “Liar!” but in a really nice way, because she is a really nice pig.
Today, I caught her in the mud-hole taking a little bath. And well, the picture did not turn out as bad as I thought. I [...]
On Betrayal and Abolition
Submitted by Animal Person
First let me say that if you are a regular reader, thank you, and I apologize for not posting regularly for the past couple of weeks. I . . . . (gasp) . . . . have a job outside of my home for the first time in a long, long time. [...]
On Google, HSUS and Fur
Submitted by Animal Person
Many bloggers who are pro-animal rights have either not used Google’s AdSense or stopped because they discovered that, for instance, their anti-fur post was surrounded by ads for fur. We all know that the ads are generated by computer based on the content. It’s not as if the people at Google intentionally [...]
A lesson on friendship
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
You’re not supposed to have favorites, I know. Every animal at the sanctuary holds a special place in my heart, but (you knew it was coming) there are specific animals who I really adore. Patty is one. I’m so embarrassed to admit this, but I don’t have any great photos of [...]
Rescue Ranch Manager Position Open
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Rescue Ranch Manager Job Description
Organization Description: Animal Place is a sanctuary for farmed animals and an advocacy organization. The 600-acre sanctuary in Grass Valley serves as a permanent safe haven for farmed animals as well as education center. The 60-acre Rescue Ranch facility in Vacaville provides a temporary home for adoptable [...]
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