Jun 30
When I use the term “abolitionist,” I’m referring to my belief that we shouldn’t use animals. Therefore, my efforts do not concentrate on “reducing suffering,” “protecting,” or, heaven forbid, “conserving.” But Erik Eckholm reminds me in “For Poor Families, an…
Jun 29
So you don’t like the large organizations that attempt to represent animal rights. You’ve got at least one serious issue with each of them. Serious enough that you don’t want to support them financially. Or at least not signicantly. Well,…
Jun 28
I’m not interested in the battle of the huge nonprofits: who’s abolitionist (um, none of them), who’s new welfarist, who’s welfarist. I give to organizations that are aligned with my beliefs, and criticizing “the movement” isn’t my job. Providing commentary…
Jun 27
In “Custody Battle Over Quints Questions Vegan Lifestyle,” by Emily Nipps, we learn about Gayle and Jeff Nelson-Folkersen of Tampa who are getting divorced, and Jeff is seeking primary custoday of their five 10-year olds. The only reason we know…
Jun 26
This is Mary Martin with the Animal Person Way-Longer-Than-a-Minute. Our photo today is of Violet Rays, my 7 1/2 year old greyhound who won someone tons of money, probably due to the fact that she was injected with steroids which…
Jun 25
I know Defenders of Wildlife have done some wonderful things for wildlife. I get e-mails from them about their campaigns, such as combatting the aerial gunning of wolves in Alaska, which is beyond barbaric. Today I received an e-mail about…
Jun 24
Today’s post is an e-mail I received from a South African reader/writer currently living in Scotland regarding “On the Feelings of Fish.” really enjoyed this article mary, so glad you are willing to stand up and be counted for the…
Either I watch too many movies, or some of my readers don’t watch enough. Then again, I could be the oldest person to read my blog (I’m forced to proof it several times because when I turned 40 I became…
In The Colour of Money, Jason at Taste Better writes about how veganism shouldn’t be perceived as a sacrifice. Now, we’ve heard that before, many times, but his angle is different: he’s talking about money. He writes: I honestly believe…
As I was on my daily run wearing my “Fishing Hurts” fishing hat, I saw a neighbor whose livelihood has something to do with fishing (he’s got at least 100 fishing rods in his garage, and one of those boats…
Jun 20
Back in February, in “Are We Getting the Message About Big Cats in Zoos?” I wrote about the mauling and death, by a jaguar (named Jorge), of Ashlee Pfaff, a zookeeper at the Denver Zoo. Naturally, Jorge was killed. The…
Jun 19
This is Mary Martin with the first ever Animal Person Minute. My intention is to do one of these each week and post a picture, as another intention I have is to hone my photography skills, if I can be…
I don’t know if I should officially call it a boycott, but I can say for certain that my tourism dollars won’t be going to Montauk this year. As a kid, I summered in Montauk a couple of times and…
Jun 17
Check out Horse Matters: Rags to Riches, Ruffian, Phar Lap, and Hidalgo, by Suki Falconberg, Ph.D. for my favorite phrase of sentence (next to Sam Harris’ “The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the…
Buffy’s comment on yesterday’s “Blood and Guts” course post asks about the origin of the over six million animals that are dissected in the classroom. I just happened to have received a letter about this very topic earlier this week…
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