The world, he writes in The Life You Can Save, “would be a much simpler place if one could bring about social change merely by making a logically consistent moral argument.” Have his views on the power of argument changed … Continue reading
Remember, Susi? Susi, the only elephant at the Barcelona zoo, lives in a small pen, has lost her best friend, and is said to be depressed. But now someone has come to her aid — not a fairy godmother or … Continue reading
CIWF have published an informative and comprehensive report titled “The Role of Factory Farming in the Cause and Spread of Swine Influenza.” Recommended.
The Grumpy Vegan moans about The Graun and their treatment of animals … but they did a great thing yesterday. The centre spread in the paper’s main section usually includes a dramatic photograph. Yesterday, it consisted of a series of … Continue reading
Health officials have found no connection between the pig farms, owned and operated by Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, and the flu virus that paralyzed Mexico for much of the past two weeks. But the crisis, which appears to be abating, has … Continue reading
Remember Santino who collected stones to throw at gawking visitors from her prison at the Furuvik zoo in Sweden? Now there’s Karta. An Australian zoo was evacuated after an “ingenious” orang-utan escaped from her enclosure by short-circuiting an electric fence … Continue reading
