My God, What Have We Done?

Y’all are aware by now of the horrendous amount of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. What we don’t know is just how much damage this man-made disaster will do to ecosystems, wildlife, and even humans. But I can tell you this, it’s going to make the Exxon-Valdez spill look like a day in [...]

In Memory of Mina, A Fund Raiser At Barrel Oak Winery

Thank you Brian and Sharon and everyone at Barrel Oak Winery for sponsoring a fund raiser in Mina’s memory to benefit Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary. I could not have managed this without the kind people at BOW, my friends at the sanctuary, my friends at Masons Keepe where we live, my friend Deb who’s blogged [...]

TONIGHT: Farm Sanctuary Footage of Cruel Factory Farming Practices Spotlighted on Hit FOX TV Show “Bones”

Here’s an exciting press release from Farm Sanctuary about one of my favorite TV shows! NEW YORK, NY – November 5, 2009 – Tonight’s episode of the hit FOX television show “Bones” (airing at 8 p.m./7 p.m. Central), starring vegan actress and Farm Sanctuary supporter Emily Deschanel, will prominently feature factory farming footage secured by [...]

New Site Educates Consumers About Palm Oil

My friend and co-blogger, Kestrel, devotes her time to a new project, Palm Oil Consumers. The site is dedicated to informing the public about the consequences of our continued, and increasing, reliance on palm oil. You’ll find lists of palm oil derivatives and what products they’re used in, information about the rate of deforestation in [...]

Blog Action Day on Climate Change: Human Overpopulation

Blog Action Day! No one likes to talk about human overpopulation as the number one crisis facing our planet. Environmentalists and wildlife protectors don’t like to talk about it because they likely have children, and there’s the idea that having as many kids as you want is a God-given right and mentioning that “right” as [...]

WaPo: The Meat of the Problem

I first learned of this story yesterday morning via Twitter and have since read it and lots of the comments – there are A LOT of cattle industry people making misleading statements. I highly recommend that you read the entire story because it’s high time the media started reporting on factory farming as the major [...]

Tell the USDA “Naturally Raised” Isn’t Natural

I just got an update on an important Farm Sanctuary campaign. If you haven’t signed the petition, now’s your chance! Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, is extremely close to reaching our goal of collecting 10,000 signatures on our “Truth Behind Labels” petition to the USDA to tell them their “naturally raised” [...]

A Little Sabbatical

I’m going to take a break from this blog for a while, I don’t know how long, maybe a week, maybe two days, maybe not. I’m still keeping abreast of what’s going on in the world of AR/conservationism but I have to tend to a real life crisis that’s breaking my heart into tiny bits. [...]

Vegan Cheese is Just as Inhumane as Dairy Cheese

That’s right, vegans. If you’re going ga-ga over the new vegan cheeses such as Teese and others, you’re just as guilty of animal cruelty as if you were eating blocks of dairy cow cheese. Not to mention the negative effects on human health … Vegan cheeses are mostly oil, which makes them just as bad [...]

Sir, May I Recommend Our Special for Tonight? PCBs In a Brominated Flame Retardant Sauce?

Another outstanding guest post by kestrel. The Toronto Star published an article stating that the Governor General’s chowing down on a raw seal heart has given Inuit leaders hope that southern palates will take a shine to arctic meats such as seal, caribou and muskox. With 58 percent employment in the region (stated in the [...]

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