POETRY: For Caesar
Empty chat of jobs and soaps
Like a dark cloud I watch
As we carelessly murder the earth.
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Browsing: Companion Animals
Nature’s Fury Unleashed in Chennai
If anybody doubts Nature’s fury, come to Chennai, India. I don’t know if this is Climate Change, but I have never seen such extreme weather. The last one month has been hell, and yesterday was the worst.
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!
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.
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.
Winds of Change Along the Java Sea: Archipelago Animal Adventures, Days 1-2
Animal People executive director Wolf Clifton is currently visiting animal projects in Indonesia, prior to the Asia for Animals 2015 conference in Kuching, Malaysia. Highlights so far include: the aftermath of the Eid al-Adha, dogs and monkeys in Jakarta, and big wins for animals in Indonesian politics!
POETRY: The Animals’ Prayer
Blessed are the animals
For they shall lead us back
To our lost innocence…
For the Love of Dog Biscuits Breaks Ground With Healthy, Vegan Dog Treat Recipes
Would you believe dog treat sales in the U.S. were $2.6 billion a year in 2013? Unfortunately, today most American dogs are overweight, likely due to too little exercise and copious amounts of high calorie food. It doesn’t have to be that way. My two dogs compel us to take more walks and move around. Of course they get fired up over food and frequent dog treats. But by making a variety of healthy, delectable biscuits you can spare dogs the troubling ingredients found in most commercial treats, and the icing on the biscuit…you can also save money.
POETRY: Looking for a Place to Die
He arrived one day
And claimed a corner of the yard.
The whirling dervish tomcat bully
Tried his usual tricks
But he just wearily hissed
And stayed
Curled up tight
On his bed of leaves
For over a day…
Trap-Neuter-Return Projects May Bring Conflicts Over Euthanasia
What does it take to implement a successful TNR program, and when if ever is it more humane to euthanize animals than return them to their habitats?
THE MARKET TO SELL DOGS and its sad wrecks
An item in our Ernest Bell Library. French postcard – anti-vivisection It is quite unusual…