POETRY: Mountain
Evening enfolds Her stillness
In a calm, dark mantle.
The Mystery is in my nostrils,
Thick in my mouth.
I can touch it.
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Browsing: Recent Stories
Seals, protests, and selchies
One day in November 1982, I went out in a powered boat to the Orkney Isles to protest against the annual Grey Seal Cull. On the way, an American photographer had asked me to tell her all about Selchies, seals that can change into humans (or humans that can change into seals) when the moon is full.
Intentional Animal Torture and Cruelty: Why India Must Rethink its Educational Policies
By giving importance to competition based education, people start forgetting humane elements like sympathy and compassion at a rather early age. At this juncture, Indian education should ACT to inculcate compassion for animals.
One Man’s Meat Is Another Man’s Taboo
The whole meat issue is trivialized when it becomes about which animals are appropriate for eating and which are taboo. The legitimate way to focus campaigns against the dog and cat meat trades in Asia and elsewhere is to point out the additional cruelty involved in handling and killing those species.
Cat Dissection in the Classroom – Teen Who Raises Awareness Wins National Prize for Humane Efforts
When Culpeper County, Virginia student Brynnan Grimes found out she had to skin and cut up a cat as part of a human anatomy class, she took her protest of the antiquated teaching method seriously.
Researching the Researchers
In the 1980s I did the background research for an anti-vivisection group in Glasgow. I am opposed to all experiments on live animals. I believe that they cost a fortune and that the results are misleading. But the main reason I oppose them is because animals matter.
POETRY: The Light
The light
Is most beautiful
In the early morning,
Quietly glistening
On dewdrops
And spiders’ webs…
The tragedy of a small dog catches my attention
A Maryland man was arrested on animal cruelty charges last week after he left his maggot-infested dog outside to die, reported The Washington Post. Events like this cry for an explanation, but no easy explanations are possible nor forthcoming. We are forced to dig deeper to reveal the diverse forces that made this poor animal’s fate a foregone conclusion.
RECIPE: Simple Vegan Oreo Banana Cream Pie
A simple light, airy, and refreshing vegan dessert to try.
End Animal Abuse in Egyptian Pet Shops
Please sign Egyptian Society for Animal Friends’ petition to close down the Al-Zahraa pet shop, where dogs, cats, mice, birds, tortoises, and other animals languish in horrid conditions.
Court Asked to Stop U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from Capturing and Killing Wild Red Wolves
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is capturing, killing, and authorizing private landowners to kill wild red wolves. Conservation groups are seeking court intervention to protect this severely endangered wolf population.
Stop buying dogs in Yulin, urge Chinese animal charities to animal lovers
With media coverage of the Yulin Dog Meat Festival growing, more and more animal lovers are travelling to Yulin with the intent of saving animals. Unfortunately, by buying dogs at inflated prices, they only end up supporting the same dog black market they are trying to end.