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Tree-dwelling mammals climb to the heights of longevity

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:01:35 +0000

Submitted by Animal Science Blog The squirrels littering your lawn with acorns as they bound overhead will live to plague your yard longer than the ones that aerate it with their burrows, as per a University of Illinois study. Researchers know from prior studies that flying birds and bats live longer than earthbound animals of the same [...]

On Animal Abuse Registries and Anthropolatry

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:52:53 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person This morning I posted “On California’s Animal Abuse Registry Proposal” over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression and welcome any discussion about it. I should be able to watch the press conference about the bill this afternoon if a conference call doesn’t take too long, and I’ll update if there’s anything new and [...]

Goat and Sheep: Play Fighting, Interesting Behavior

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:48:48 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary If you have an interest in inter-species play/fight behavior, then watch this video I took yesterday. Otherwise, it might be rather boring. You have been warned. Animal Place is home to 11 goats and 8 sheep. The sheep have learned goats are more aggressive than they and many have horns. Every now [...]

On “Knockout Animals”

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:54:05 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person Today’s New York Times gives us Adam Shriver’s Op-Ed “Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free,” which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. It would be [...]

Meet the Potbellied Pigs!

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:50:03 +0000

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Meet the Animal Place Chickens!

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:50:55 +0000

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Sophie Sheep

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:51:39 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary Sophie is a 6-yr-old sheep and proud of it. Rescued as a bummer lamb from a farm, along with two other lambkins, Sophie has lived her whole life at the sanctuary. Lucky sheep! Here are a couple shots of Miss Sophie. Visit 1800blogger to see all of our industry leading blogs.

Meet Some of the Animal Place Crew!

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:26:40 +0000

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Photo Art for Animal Place

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:25:29 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary Photos of Sanctuary Animals Every animal at the sanctuary is precious and for visitors, it’s hard not to want to bring them home! Well, now you can! Welcome one of the Animal Place residents into your home with a matted photo. Even if you haven’t visited the sanctuary, welcome a bit of [...]

On Cannibalism

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:24:25 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person When we left off, the New York Times’ Roger Cohen had eaten dog while in China, and wasn’t thrilled about it emotionally. Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. He writes: There is a rational, and for some people a spiritual, case for [...]

Roger Cohen Realizes Dogs=Pigs, Sort Of

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:23:23 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person “Dog Days in China” is a small piece with no gruesome slideshow. But it’s also remarkable in that Roger Cohen, a 50-something man who writes for the New York Times, wonders: But do pigs have any more or less of a soul than dogs? Are they any more or less sentient? Do they [...]

Miss Sadie

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:48:46 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary Sadie seems to feeling a bit better. Not perfect, but better. Here are some shots from today: Visit 1800blogger to see all of our industry leading blogs.

On Wearable “Roadkill”

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:55:09 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person Angus sent me a link to “Animal Parts: High Style of Just Plain Beastly” wherein Zosia Bielski reports that “hipsters are going whole hog, donning road kill as accessories and cow hooves on their feet.” Several designers, one of whom is a vegetarian, are using parts of dead animals they found on the [...]

On “Cheating” and Cookbook Authors

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:03:11 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person There was nothing surprising about Oprah’s most recent show about food. It was full of Michael Pollan, Food Inc., the way we treat animals, and the way we turn food into food facsimiles with unusually long shelf lives. Recommendations included: know the people who produced your food, get out of the supermarket [...]

The Stare of Sadie

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:28:24 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary On a cool, foggy morning I crouch next to her, scratching her neck as she stretches, and angles for the optimal position. The emerging sun glints off her hair, reflects back. She looks into my eyes. I gaze back into brown-black pools of what? Intelligence? Thought? Emotions? That and more? We [...]

New York Dairy Investigation - not limited to factory farms

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:25:59 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary Mercy for Animals recently investigated a large, New York dairy farm. ABC News and Nightline both covered the story. Follows is video footage. Please be warned, some of the content may be difficult to watch. The video is not easy to view. I love cows, they are my favorite of the large [...]

On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:24:32 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person I’ve been blogging here less partly because I’ve been blogging at Animal Rights & AntiOppression (check out my latest post “On Corporate Personhood and Animal Rights” and the better-than-the-post comments) but also because I’ve been feeling like a broken record and I don’t want to bore anyone. It seems like the answer to [...]

On Indigenous People and Animals

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:06:38 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person A couple of years ago I catalogued the dozens of excuses/rationalizations from well-meaning, compassionate people about why they eat animals, and all fell into one of six categories: It’s what god wanted (and other versions, such as: That’s why they were put on the earth. . . . By god.) God thinks vegetarians are [...]

On Talking With Veterinarians About Vegan Food

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:28:37 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person We have a request, and it’s an issue I’ve written about a handful of times but never had this particular question answered by readers: How do you talk with your vet–who is against feeding your dog vegan food–about your choice to do so? What do you say? I’m fortunate to have a regular [...]

Vegan Bake Sales

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:21:15 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary If you want to help with the relief efforts in Haiti while also eating tasty, vegan goods, then check out the list below and see if any vegan bake sales are going on near you. Animal Place staff will be baking and tabling at the Sugar Plum Vegan Cafe in Sacramento - [...]

On Food/Lifestyle Disputes At Home

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:10:45 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person In “Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes” in the Environment section of today’s New York Times, Leslie Kaufman reports that American households have become a battleground for beliefs about the environment. While no study has documented how frequent these clashes have become, therapists agree that the green issue can quickly become poisonous because [...]

Peas in a Pod

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:27:33 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary Well, more like mirroring cows! Summer and Freedom are six-months old and like to copy whatever the adults are doing. So when they saw Nicholas (2) and Elsa (15) bonding through some head pushing, they had to be just like them! Pretty cute stuff, huh? Freedom is on the left - he’s a bit [...]

Volunteer Orientations

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:42:44 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary If you are in the Grass Valley/Sacramento/Auburn/Nevada City region and want to help farmed animals, consider joining us at one of our volunteer orientations. If you are a brave Bay Area farmed animal lover, we welcome you too! Below are the three upcoming orientations. They will be held in Grass Valley, California. [...]

On Atheism and Veganism, Part Deux

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:06:39 +0000

Submitted by Animal Person “On Atheism and Veganism” created what was for the most part a respectful, interesting discussion that brought up a couple of items I’d like to clarify or explore. First off, I began the post with, “For me, atheism and veganism go hand-in-hand.” I went on to explain why that is and my penultimate [...]

System Failure

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:31:13 +0000

Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary In May of 2008, Santa Cruz County Animal Services confiscated dozens of animals from a live market slaughterhouse. A live-market slaughterhouse is both feedlot and slaughterhouse. They serve a small market, and because the animals are often in poor health, they provide an affordable “product”. There were hundreds of animals at the [...]