On October 17, yet another cow – a bull, actually – ran for his life from a slaughterhouse in New York City, injuring a child in his bid to live. The #BrooklynCow, so dubbed on social media, was eventually tranquilized by police and rescued by Skylands Animal Sanctuary in New Jersey. This is not the […]
Animal Love
Reading as Animal Activism
I like to read. There are old photos of me as a toddler, perusing the newspaper. When I started Kindergarten, I was quickly given the opportunity to go to the first grade reading class. When I moved to a new school later in the year, they skipped me completely into that grade, and soon after, […]
Captive by Jo-Anne McArthur
Current events have a lot of us thinking about privilege. How may of us stop and think about how lucky we are to wake up and go about our days without fear of being confined, hurt, or killed? It’s easy to take these things for granted until they aren’t available. I thought about this as […]
Handling a Pet Emergency
Do you know what to do if your pet is having an emergency? Recently, my husband and I had the misfortune of learning all about pet emergencies when our oldest cat, Dot started to have some problems. You can read more about her story over on my blog, but let me just say, having a […]
Animal Exploitation Hides in Plain Sight
I woke up on the morning of my 38th birthday to the news that Ringling Brothers is closing its tent flaps for the last time this year. It was a complete surprise, and the best birthday present I could ask for. I wonder what will become of the animals who have been forced to perform […]