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?
Browsing: Current Events
Wolf Country
(Crosspost with Cyrano’s Journal Today) his year marks the 20th anniversary of wolf reintroduction in…
Night of the Fire Face: Archipelago Animal Adventures, Days 4-5
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: rescued wildlife, the absence of wilderness, dilemmas of predator and prey, and poisonous red-eyed primates!
VIDEO: Cows drowned at sea, victims of live export
A Lebanese ship carrying 5,000 cows capsized and sunk pier side at Vila do Conde…
Markets of the Damned: Wildlife For Sale in Indonesia
Indonesia presently faces an epidemic of wild animals being captured and sold on the black market. This photo gallery exposes the suffering of captive animals in the Jatinegara and Pasty markets of Jakarta and Yogyakarta, as seen September 2015.
Escape From Raptor Island: Archipelago Animal Adventures, Day 3
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 in this entry include: street dogs betrayed in Bali, birds of prey and giant monitor lizards, and an all-vegan Indonesian feast!
Moon bear rescue, Vietnam
Animals Asia returns to Quang Ninh province, Vietnam to rescue seven more bears. Every rescue brings challenges with aggressive or nervous animals and often dangerous and unpredictable conditions.
The American wild horse – native or feral? Does it matter? part two
…populations of wild horses are much needed to restore the health of ecosystems. Because they are semi-nomatic, they do not wear down the vegetation and the soil in the same way that cows do.
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!
The American wild horse – native or feral? Does it matter? part one
Are the American horses of the west, sometimes called mustangs, really a native wild species or are they instead, a once-domesticated, feral species?
Charlotte Laws: Rebel with a Cause
By Denise Fleck n her tell-all memoir, Rebel in High Heels, long-time animal activist, Charlotte…
Amazing Amazon Rainforest Realities
During a January 1999 visit to the Tambopata-Candama Reserved Area in southeastern Peru, we were struck by the contrast between the Amazonian rainforest as it is and the image most people have of it.