Sep 30
It’s very difficult for me to write this post. In yet another show of shameless malice, China has now topped its brutal slaughter of dogs, and has turned to torturing animals for no other reason than . . . fun….
Sep 29
Whenever I ask someone what exactly it is that makes humans the boss of everyone else, the most common responses I get are: we can build things (can you say beavers?) and we have language. The language response is hilarious…
First of several posts for today, and first Joke of the Day: A friend of mine is a social worker and the Executive Director of Turtle Nest Village, which provides housing, self-sufficiency skills, education, counseling, and work readiness to youth…
Sep 28
He looks so harmless, doesn’t he? As you may recall, Charles Hobson Booger, III likes to nip at other dogs, usually of the small variety, but no one is exempt. I got him the muzzle, which made him a very…
I do about half of my food shopping at Whole Foods, and the other half at my local grocery store, Publix. Though I could get everything at Whole Foods, not only is that a very expensive proposition, but Publix has…
Mid-term elections are quickly approaching, and it’s up to each individual to make sure their voice is heard by participating in our representative democracy. In other words–VOTE. Corporate America counts on low voter turnout, because it’s less of a hassle…
In Eat a Cockroach, Cut to Front of Line (AP, 09/22/06), we learn that at Six Flags Great America, in Gurnee, Illinois, from October 7-29, children can cut lines at the park if they eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach….
I’ve written several times about the abysmal treatment of alligators in Florida, and was contacted by the Associated Press to comment. At one point, readers wrote to me daily asking what they could do. Finally, The Florida Fish and Wildlife…
This could’ve been a really bad idea, but since no one in Palm Beach County is hosting a house party for the Humane Society Legislative Fund, I’ve decided to step up. If you’re a regular reader, you know I believe…
Sep 22
The following is a true story. Names haven’t been changed to protect the guilty. I went to dinner at Mark’s at City Place in West Palm Beach, which was my favorite restaurant when I lived there. I order a vegetable…
The E. coli breakout that was traced back to spinach is the worst thing to happen to vegetarians in a long time, but not for the obvious reason. Because non-vegetarians are walking around saying, “See what happens when you eat…
Sep 20
You may recall that the day after the death of Steve Irwin, I wrote: My experience as a viewer was that the terms “wildlife rehabilitation” and “conservation” were thin veiling for “entertainment” and “sport,” with a colossal dose of machismo….
Sep 20
You wouldn’t think anyone would have to be told not to kiss sharks. But South Florida, home of preposterous news stories, provides an apparently much-needed cautionary tale in “Shark Sinks Teeth Into Amorous Diver” (CBSNEWS, Miami, 09/18/06), in the form…
Sep 19
When any amendment makes it to the ballot for voters to decide on, you know two things: Someone stands to gain something Someone stands to lose something That makes decision making fairly easy, right? You decide whose side you’re on,…
Though I was writing about dissection in primary schools in Be Worried if Your Kid is Psyched for Dissection, K-6 isn’t the only place where there there are issues around dissection. The Blood and Guts class held each summer at…
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