2/4/12 ** PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS UPDATE: What you can do about animal cruelty in your community (whether you live in Gorham or not) * * * * * * * * When I posted this week about the plans for a large scale wholesale dog breeding facility in Gorham, NY, I had no idea it would spark the flame it has. I’m sure there are lots of other bloggers covering the story, but readers here at Heavenly... Read more
With the hot discussion this week about the wholesale dog breeding facility approved for Gorham, NY (or as it’s otherwise known, a puppy mill), I thought this quote might provide someting to ponder on this weekend regarding the different way we view animals we eat and animals we live with, and how that differs around the world. It’s from the preface to James Serpell’s very thought-provoking book, In the Company of Animals: A Study of Human-Animal Relationships: “Human attitudes to animals often appear... Read more
It happened today at 7:20 AM on Gobbler’s Knob, PA. Punxatawney Phil, the prognosticating groundhog, crawled from his burrow and made his annual prediction and the verdict is: six more weeks of winter. Where I live, in Western NY, we haven’t even had six weeks of winter yet. So I hope that we’re not going to get it all packed into the next month and a half! This was Phil’s 126th prediction – well, Phil or one of his family members. Although... Read more
** UPDATE 3/22/12: Moratorium passed! Read more here! ** ** PLEASE BE SURE YOU READ THE UPDATES TO THIS POST LISTED AT THE END FOR THE ENTIRE STORE ** According to the Messenger Post newspapers in Canandaigua, NY, plans for a new dog breeding facility have been approved by the Ontario County Planning Board. The facility “could house hundreds of dogs in a new building planned for 4446 Route 247, north of the intersection of Lake to Lake Road” in Gorham, NY. The Ontario County... Read more
Actress Kristen Bell shared the exciting (and emotional!) story of how her boyfriend Dax introduced her to a sloth for her birthday. To Bell is obsessed with sloths is an understatement. She says she’s been in love with them her whole life! Maybe she needs to meet Lucy Cooke, the documentary filmmaker who traveled to Costa Rica to visit the world’s only sloth orphanage. Cooke’s film, “Slothville”, appeared on the Animal Planet channel last year. If Bell had a panic attack over meeting one sloth, she’d... Read more
OK, Cesar Millan fans, enemies and cake bakers extraordinaire: What I am about to say is either going to make you very happy or make you so mad you’ll throw darts at my picture just because I shared this news*: Nat Geo Wild, the channel from National Geographic that is home to Cesar Millan’s the “Dog Whisperer,” is celebrating the show’s 150th episode with a cake contest. Between now and Friday, February 10th at midnight, bake a cake in honor... Read more
Back in December I did a story on how animal activists have been working to get malls across the country to sever ties with pet stores in favor of rescue group”stores”, in the hopes of putting a stop to puppy mills and helping more rescue animals find homes. I was surprised when readers started commenting that they ended up getting a dog at a pet store, knowing they were supporting puppy mills, because they’d been denied by rescue groups to adopt dogs. They... Read more
Princess is her name, and football is her game. Predicting football game winners, that is. Oh, and did I mention that Princess is a camel? Move over, Las Vegas oddsmakers. This prognosticating camel at the Popcorn Park Zoo, has been giving her pick for NFL games every week for years. According to the zoo’s website, every week, one of the hosts from radio station 107.5 FM visits the zoo and writes on his hand the names of two teams playing that week. He then holds Princess’ favorite snack,... Read more
Video: On Sept. 22 in Hollywood, California, Born Free USA hosted the second fffashion L.A., a one-of-a-kind fashion show celebrating designers who understand ethical and environmental benefits of forgoing fur fashion. Born Free USA is inviting independent fashion designers to submit their fur-free fashions for a chance to win prizes, significantly boost their fashion career, be featured in a national magazine, and help promote the ethical and environmental benefits of fur free fashion (also referred to as “fffashion”.) Designers should create a fur-free woman’s... Read more
“It’s better to be hurt by someone you know, accidentally, than by a stranger, on purpose.” – Dwight K Schrute, “The Office” Oh boy. Dog trainers are butting heads again over a post on Ruth Crisler’s blog, called “Undo Temperance.” Butting heads figuratively, of course. Because we don’t want to ever butt heads literally. That would be aversive. Although if I understand Crisler’s post, she’s not opposed to an occasional aversive head butt. But I could be misreading the whole thing.... Read more
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