Lost among the very cool news of local director Louie Psihoyos' The Cove nabbing an Oscar nomination for best documentary was the plight of an attempt to create a new holiday: Prairie Dog Day.
I am no Punxsutawney Phil, but I did see my shadow today and, I hate to tell you, it is human! We, animals, are often said to be like humans in our bodies, but very unlike them in our minds -- is that so?
My question deals with our human authority to implement such invasive changes in our so-called pets. In other words, do we humans have the right, in the name of birth control, to impose a eunuch's life on a pet.
You don't have to give up dairy, but you can start buying dairy from local farms that treat their animals humanely.
Obama has improved some of the areas that the past administration left in decay. He has made steps to better the natural world, but we are still falling short of seeing the big picture.
Haiti's animal population is estimated to be around 5 million, including strays, livestock and wildlife. They are crucial to the country and its citizens, and action is being taken to help them.
Instead of claiming human empathy as unique, a recent product of evolution, it may be much more deeply ingrained. This is an optimistic message.
My attic was now a bat nursery, and I had to think of the mothers, all plump and expectant, all warm and safe, hanging by their toes from the ceiling.
In NYC alone, an average of 110 animals a day are dumped at the city's municipal shelters. Approximately half of them are euthanized daily.
Like millions of other pet owners, I have bought my spoiled pet a special Christmas present. This year, 52% of pet owners plan to buy gifts for their pets. In spite of the economy, our beloved animals are living large.
At the start of the decade, most of us believed that only chimpanzees might come anywhere near our wonderful human intellect, but by 2010 we realize that dogs, birds, monkeys, and elephants also challenge the human-animal divide.
How many more people need to get mutilated or die before we learn that apes don't make good pets? Even the strongest pro-wrestler will cry like a baby within seconds when faced with a chimp half his size.
When we last left off, I'd dropped Lucy, the 8 week old Australian Cattledog with my parents after taking a week to train her through the puppy Learn ...
The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...
To set the record straight, the majority of pit bulls make great family pets. However, because of the myths that surround them, they are often deemed unadoptable and euthanized.
One of the many problems with Michiko Kakutani's lame and flamboyantly irrational New York Times review of Eating Animals is that it suggests her own irrelevancy.
If there is a Loch Ness monster, she's feeling pretty good about herself right now. Robert H. Rines, the man who came closer than anyone to proving the existence of the fabled serpent, died last week at 87.
They enjoy the simple things: sleeping, eating, and meowing, so you will be surprised to discover that we can learn a lot from cats!
We humans are learning that our pets are pretty smart creatures. Not only have they managed to negotiate free room and board for life, they also help people heal and have learned how to communicate with us using our own language.
For all the joy pets bring into our lives, they can be very expensive I want to share ways to save money and keep your four-legged family members.
The fight to stamp out animal fighting marches on, and with renewed vigor. The HSUS and HSLF will not rest until holdout cockfighters in every state are delivered nothing but long felony prison sentences.
