Born Free USA Blog:
Why condone hurting the babies of other Mothers?
My Mom gave me the coolest reason for her becoming a vegetarian that I had ever heard.
When is an elephant like a fish?
When is an elephant like a fish? I was wondering about this today ... why?
Once more elephants are top of the bill
Will China get to bid for 110 tonnes of ivory?
A highly critical report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a member of the Species Survival Network (SSN) indicates that any move to approve ivory trade with China is dangerously premature.
Catch and Release
The boat in my driveway was pulled away last night by its happy purchasers, who plan to use it at their cottage on Rice Lake, Ontario. It belonged to all of us at Cormorant Defenders International, some of whom had used it to monitor and film the culling of cormorants by Parks Canada staff in Lake Erie, last spring. While we opposed the culling, it went ahead anyway, although of the 4,000 they planned to kill, they managed to kill only 211.
Fur is for Losers
One of my favorite quotes by U.S. essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson is one that sets out the requisites for "success" in life.
By Emerson's standards designers who use fur are failures on several counts.
Fur trade deals aboriginal card
Three cheers for Delaware for signing into law, on July 3rd, a new law that says that garments made from animal fur must be so labeled. The law goes into effect on June 1, 2010. New York State has a similar law. But oh, I wish those laws had gone one step farther. Let me explain.
Politics is too serious to be left to the politicians
It’s official. I am in mourning.
Today, I testified against legislation that will harm wildlife, and family dogs and cats. The legislation is vague, poorly worded and will have broad ramifications, some of which we can’t anticipate. My testimony was relevant and succinct. But my points were not truly heard by the committee members — because they were in a hurry.
Keeping primates as “pets”
Like many of you I watched with dismay ABC’s Primetime last night which covered the widespread practice of keeping nonhuman primates as “pets” and the shameful defense of this practice.
