POETRY: A Blue Dot
Perhaps Mars once did have “life”.
Perhaps there were once dragonflies and porcupines
Elephants and roses
And there had to be humans…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Red Cups & Scorched Earth: A Better Reason to Boycott Starbucks
Whatever you think of Starbucks’ “red cup controversy,” there’s a much more serious reason to boycott the company: for its role in palm oil deforestation and the deaths of countless millions of wild animals in Indonesia.
Vegan Punks of Yogyakarta: Archipelago Animal Adventures, Day 6
Animal People executive director Wolf Clifton recently traveled Indonesia visiting animal projects, prior to the Asia for Animals 2015 conference in Kuching, Malaysia. Highlights in this entry include: humane education through punk rock and puppetry, the battle to end dog eating in Indonesia, and the best vegan food in Yogyakarta!
Climate Change: Will the Elephant Come Out of the Closet in Paris?
We must ensure that policy makers take action now to support and encourage food consumption and production systems that minimise climate change impacts, deliver food security and good nutrition, and preserve the well‐being of the planet, future generations and the animals.
VIDEO: WHO’S THE ANIMAL?
Who’s The Animal? Check out this thought provoking film that was made for BBC RAW,…
Concerns with Plant-Based Diets
For many years as a meat eater, I knew my diet did not correspond with…
The Adventures of Lawan, Dog of a Thousand Names
A memorial tribute to an incredible little dog from Thailand, who survived history’s deadliest tsunami, crossed the Pacific, and defended her new human family from demons and swordsmen.
Are we making a difference?
New guidance from the ICAM Coalition to help us assess if our dog population management work is really making a difference.
Did Humans Plant the Amazon Rainforest?
New evidence suggests that human civilization predated rainforest in the Amazon, and may even have played a role in creating it. What does this mean for conservation efforts in the Amazon today?
Going, going, gone: Meditation on the banality of animal murder
What is it that drives a person to take pride in being the one who brought about the ultimate extinction of a species?
Wolf Country
(Crosspost with Cyrano’s Journal Today) his year marks the 20th anniversary of wolf reintroduction in…
Animal welfare in Liberia
Liberia is a post war country struggling to recover amidst overwhelming challenges including animal abuse, lack of electricity, high unemployment rate and the recent Ebola crisis that took over 3,000 lives in a country with a very small population of 3.4 millions.