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Blackfish: The Tragic Lives of Captive Orcas
When I was 10 years old I saw the movie Free Willy. I LOVED it. I wanted to be a whale trainer/marine biologist when I grew up. I “adopted” a wild whale (who came with the name of Ralph) and got info mailed to me every few months about where his pod was, etc. I was into […]
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Bella & Beavis
May 23, 2013
Poor Bella. She’s just a dog who loved a beaver. This video was taken in July 2012, where apparently this family had an eclectic group of animals in their household. There are several dogs in the video but Bella is the one who’s mourning her friend. It’s really heartbreaking. The family made a note on […]
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PETA Buys Shares In SeaWorld
May 23, 2013
I’m not a fan of PETA, but I gotta say this is kind of awesome. I don’t appreciate the enflamed language such as “enslaved” but Corky deserves to retire as do the other orcas and hopefully dolphins. My question is – where to?? Marine sanctuaries are not as easy to create as other wildlife refuges. […]
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The Reindeer People
May 23, 2013
The Reindeer People. Have you heard of them? It’s an overarching term for a few nomadic groups of people in Siberia and Mongolia whose cultures are centered around reindeer. I’ve only read snippets about them in a variety of texts, so I did some research. This article from the NY Times talks about the anthropologist Pier […]
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Good Samaritans
February 14, 2013
I LOVE this video. It exemplifies people being good samaritans toward animals. I also love bears.
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Jessica The Hippo
February 13, 2013
There are many examples of human-animal relationships, most commonly including our domestic friends; dogs, cats and horses. There are exotic pet owners with animals ranging from parrots and ferrets which can be bought in pet stores, to capybaras, anteaters, lions and tigers. Then there are the “fluke” relationships, where circumstance brings together a human and […]
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Slander Journalism and Elephant Controversy
February 13, 2013
Today I want to discuss The Daily Beast article about Lily the elephant calf born at the Oregon Zoo. There are many angles I could write about the controversy surrounding Lily, but I’m going to talk about how appalling this piece of journalism is. Let me break it down. The article is written in the 3rd […]
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Frans de Waal: Moral Behavior in Animals
February 6, 2013
I love this talk! “If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of fairness, and the other one is empathy and compassion.” Highlights: Dr. de Waal’s subtle humor bonobos do everything with sex shout out to wolves: a very cooperative […]
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When Cat Acts Turn Deadly
February 5, 2013
I suppose it’s as an appropriate way as any to launch this blog. Get right into the grit of it. On Saturday February 2nd 2013 at 10:30PM in Etchojoa, Sonora, Mexico the circus trainer Alexander Crispin* was severely injured by one of his bengal tigers. He was later pronounced dead from hypervolemic shock. *Some are […]
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Humans Are Animals 
August 26, 2013
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