A Reprieve for Bela
We learned last week that Bela the German Shepherd was accepted by Best Friends Animal Society. Now we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief that he will not die before his time. Bela’s owner...
View ArticleI’ve Partnered with Best Friends Animal Society!
I need your help. You’ll help me help Best Friends Animal Society, right? OK, so really, you’d be helping Best Friends Animal Society, but you’d also be helping me. What? Huh? Let me back up. Best...
View ArticleDo You Hafta Have Money to be an Animal Welfare Advocate?
Last night I attended a grassroots meeting held about an hour from here; the meeting was sponsored by Grey2K and the Humane Society of the US. Both groups sent me an email about the meeting, and both...
View ArticleSo, Did They Listen?
I guess you’re wondering if I’ve heard anything from any of the players involved in the “meeting” I attended Wednesday night. I have. Grey2K is sorry, but had no control over the fundraiser that was...
View ArticleFlavored Crust? Leave My Pizza Bones Alone
Dear pizza restaurants: What have you got against dogs? Why are pizza restaurants anti-dog? It’s true that most humans don’t eat the crust ends of the pizza. But that’s because those pieces are...
View ArticleWhite People Documentary: Do White People Believe #WhitePrivilege is Real?
MTV recently broadcast a documentary called White People that spoke about white privilege in America. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch the entire documentary here. It runs approximately 40...
View ArticleHer Name was Kristen
Her name is Kristen, and last Tuesday she was murdered, allegedly by her estranged bigamist husband and his other wife. Kristen was 9 months pregnant when she was killed. Also killed were her...
View ArticleDivide and Conquer: How Animal Advocates Always Manage to Lose
Divide and Conquer. It’s one of the oldest and most effective strategies for getting and holding power. Divide and Conquer works by creating in-fighting within a group of people. Take animal advocates,...
View ArticleGiving is Giving, so What’s the Difference?
I just received notice that my employer’s annual charity campaign is about to gear up. Each employee is encouraged to help our fellow citizens by ponying up, and by doing so en masse at work, we help...
View ArticleHappy Labor Day!
Today is Labor Day in the US. It’s a day set aside to celebrate the American worker and how his or her work contributes to the American economy. Sadly, the meaning of the day has faded, and now most...
View ArticleYet Another ASPCA Animal Rescue Effort Underway in FL
It’s happened again. This time the ASPCA and Texas Humane Heroes worked with Hendry County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office, Clewiston Animal Control and the Humane Society of Broward County to rescue over...
View ArticleLive in the US? Love Big Cats? Read This.
Unless you have your head buried in the sand, you know that right now it’s legal to own a lion, tiger, or other big cat as a pet with little or no regulation or oversight. Hell, there are more laws...
View ArticleThe Importance of Using the Right Language
For those of us who want to help improve the plight of animals, we know that sometimes our language is used against us. clipart from cliparts.coFor example, when we write letters or sign petitions, we...
View ArticleYou Ungrateful Little Bastard!
I know! It’s the time of year we’re expected to be grateful. So we do more than just talk it up, we put our words into action by giving to others. We get all gassed up thinking of the gratitude we’ll...
View ArticleIntent vs. Impact in Cases of Workplace Harassment
This is a legal thing that means, in a nutshell, that the victim’s experience carries more weight than the intent of the harasser. Good intentions don’t make up for bad impact (diagram from...
View ArticleWait a Minute, I thought Jesus Said We Were All Precious
This is Barbara Dawson. She lived in Bristol, Florida, a town about an hour away from us. Barbara Dawson (Photo: Tallahassee Democrat) Ms. Dawson died yesterday at Calhoun Liberty Hospital in...
View ArticleWhat Was Once Considered Lawlessness is Now Called Patriotism
In 2001, Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son Steven Hammond set a fire that burned 130 acres to cover up their poaching activities. They were convicted by a jury of their peers and sentenced to 5 years in...
View ArticleFlorida’s Solution to its’ Python Problem? Let Tourists Kill ’em.
According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Florida has more nonnative reptile and amphibian species than anywhere else in the world.There are more non-native lizards breeding in Florida than native...
View ArticleWhat We Call Family?
Last Tuesday I wrote about why I consider my pets as members of my family. The BFFs at rest. The next day I received my weekly email from Faunalytics (formerly Humane Research Council) where they...
View ArticleDoes the Superbowl Increase Domestic Violence?
This morning as I perused the local news, I saw yet another letter by a ‘concerned citizen’ bemoaning the fact that on Superbowl Sunday there will be more incidents of domestic violence than at any...
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