Oct 31
Due to TS Noel, there are already power outages in Palm Beach County and my meetings have been canceled so I get some unexpected time to gather much-needed data. Before my power goes, I’d like your help. At the near…
I was going to leave this as a comment, but in order to get broader readership, here it is, and it’s not just for Kim. Kim, I published your comment, but I’m going to assume you composed it because you…
Oct 31
First of all, may I just congratulate my father-in-law, Hamilton, for spending three weeks as our guest and eating only vegan meals in our home (except for some Chinese food he bought). I offered to buy and cook him whatever…
Oct 30
This has nothing to do with animals. It’s about the environment. 1. Go to www.catalogchoice.org and bookmark it. Register–it’s free–and starting today, when you get the three or four daily catalogs you get this time of year, add them to…
Oct 30
The now-infamous Clorox commercial has been changed. Not re-shot, just re-dubbed. Now the kids whisper: “I wipe my nose on my shirt.” “I play sneeze tag.” “Germs can’t hurt me.” And guess who’s still there? The baby pig. Clearly, Clorox…
As I’ve often written, I’m not a fan of using gruesome photos when it comes to animal rights. In fact, the photos in my pamphlet, which were taken by Deb Durant, are all close-ups of healthy individuals, looking directly at…
Tricia reminded me that Halloween is this week. I guess because I am child-free I don’t tend to think about holidays for kids. Check out this list of vegan candy if you haven’t yet bought your tasty morsels. On some…
Oct 28
In the AP’s “Agents Killed 1.6 Million Animals in ’06,” Matthew Brown reports that: Federal wildlife agents killed more than 1.6 million animals last year – including a record number of endangered wolves and more than 1 million birds -…
Oct 27
Of all the uses of animals, I believe the easiest to dispense with is entertainment, some of which is called “sport.” Using another sentient being for fun is the worst kind of exploitation, pursued by people who clearly desire to…
Oct 26
Ah, the rare opportunity when someone in the mainstream raises the topic of property rights. Mark Robison of Reno sent me an article he wrote about Bill Chamberlain, who rescued a dog named Oshata, who is probably a wolf hybrid,…
Oct 25
Earlier this year, Verlyn Klinkenborg of The New York Times advocated spaying and neutering for all pets as a way to deal with the pet overpopulation crisis. He didn’t mention property status or intentional breeding, but at least he got…
Oct 24
More than a decade ago, I remember telling a girlfriend we’d do anything she wanted for her birthday. (Here’s a tip: Never say that; you’re just asking for trouble.) We were living in Manhattan at the time and she wanted…
Oct 23
I’m going to attempt to make The Animal Person Minute into a real podcast, possibly today, and use the podcast for general issues that might attract people new to considering animal rights. Kind of like the pamphlet. In fact, I…
Oct 22
I was thrilled to see “X-ed Out: The Stark Reality of Animal Euthanasia,” by Janis Fontaine in yesterday’s Palm Beach Post, which explains why and how of the 2,438 animals taken in in August by Palm Beach County Animal Care…
Oct 22
Often, fantastic ideas get potentially buried in the comments and I post about them to prevent them from being neglected. This is one of the reasons I have comments, although you can e-mail me too, and a handful of people…
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