By Rob Wallace, PhD A new deadly coronavirus 2019-nCoV, related to SARS and MERS and apparently originating in live animal markets in Wuhan, China, is starting to spread worldwide. Chinese authorities have reported 5974 cases nationwide, 1000 of them severe. With infections ...
Weird cities continues with Paris, TN, home of the World’s Biggest Fish Fry. We attend the redneck arts and crafts festival, interview a one eyed owl and a snake and the wee Eiffel Tower as I sing to our holy catfish and take out a payday loan.
La Boucherie Éthique est la première boucherie en France à proposer de la « viande éthique », un commerce qui a vocation à réconcilier l’homme et l’animal, sans souffrance pour ce dernier. Les Parasites [1] vous présentent ce nouveau concept où honneur et dignité sont rendus à ces cochons de payeur et autres vaches à lait. De leurs propres mots :
A Russian surveillance system recently released harrowing footage of a tiny kitten crossing a busy highway and dodging traffic for several minutes before being scooped up by a benevolent stranger.
The kitten, who comes from Kaliningrad, Russia, was shown on camera attempting to cross a busy highway. He was miraculously able to dodge traffic for three and a half minutes in a breath-taking video. After several near misses in which drivers swerve around him or drive over him so they don’t injure him, a man stops and puts on his hazard lights. [1]
SeaWorld has long been criticized for its program of breeding killer whales and holding them in captivity. However, a new law signed by California Governor Jerry Brown will now ban the birth of further killer whales in captivity. Whales already in captivity may remain there, but will no longer be allowed to perform “on command.” Instead, so-called educational experiences will replace the live shows. [1]
by Jonathan Latham, PhD For the benefit of those parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public relations blitz is at full tilt. It concerns an emerging set of methods for altering the DNA of living organisms. “Easy DNA Editing Will Remake the World. Buckle ...
I saw the flicker, the glimmering haze shooting and then hitting the jeep broken, illuminating a strong beam that lit the hill opposite. It was a few minutes after the sunset, almost dark at that late summer day. I knew …
This story is of a Canadian woman who prefers to stay anonymous: ……………………………………………….. My story: First, let me explain the whole matter from a personal viewpoint simply because my awareness of Palestine and the …
There is no doubt that humans can experience wide-ranging emotions from listening to music. In fact, music has been shown to bolster overall immunity, fending off illness and disease. But how does music affect animals? Or do different types of music have different impacts? Some researchers are trying to find the answers to these questions.
After being changed by the neck and fed a diet consisting of ‘junk food and fizzy drinks’, Pingky the orangutan was rescued and set free by the International Animal Rescue Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. And now, after rehabilitation that lasted years within the center, Pingky was determined to be suitable for release into the wild.
In the photos below, which millions have been touched by on social media, you can see Pingky’s transition from a chained slave surrounded by plastic bottles and kept on a diet of pure junk to his ultimate release into the wild once more:
