by Carol Kaesuk Yoon W.W. Norton & Co. (500 5th Ave., New York, NY 10110), 2009. 344 pages, hardcover. $27.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Though you may never have heard of either “taxonomy” or “cladistics,” the two central concepts in Carol Kaesuk Yoon’s 2009 opus Naming Nature, it remains a fascinating read for […]
Tangling with crabbers on behalf of whales, sea turtles––and crabs themselves
Lawsuit seeks to save them all SAN FRANCISCO, California––Saying “Dungeness crab dinners shouldn’t come with a side of whale,” Center for Biological Diversity attorney Kristen Monsell on October 3, 2017 sued the California Department of Fish & Wildlife for allegedly failing to protect whales and sea turtles from entanglements in crabbing gear. From a vegan […]
Hurricane Harvey hits hunters & fishers harder than wildlife
Shrimp, sea turtles, “sport fish,” teal & doves all get a break HOUSTON, Texas––As hard as Hurricane Harvey hit humans, pets, livestock, and some of the most vulnerable wildlife along the Gulf Coast of Texas and adjacent part of Louisiana, especially big birds who could not escape from the wind, early damage assessments indicate that […]
Former HSUS vp David Wills hit with federal child sex charges
Wills remains in custody facing state charges filed in 2015 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas––David K. Wills, former Humane Society of the U.S. vice president for investigations and former president of the Michigan Humane Society, was on Friday, July 14, 2017 arrested in Corpus Christi, Texas on a federal indictment issued on June 29, 2017 charging […]
Fish Feel––and even Donald Trump once said so
Concern for fish suffering rises worldwide SILVER SPRING, Maryland––Suddenly voices are rising on behalf of fish, including one of the most surprising of all. Yes, that was the voice of U.S. President Donald Trump, rarely known to express concern or compassion for anyone who doesn’t support him, discussing a People for the Ethical Treatment […]
Mary Tyler Moore, actress & animal advocate, dies at 80
Was among first celebrities to oppose fur Actress and longtime animal advocate Mary Tyler Moore, 80, died from cardiopulmonary arrest ascribed to pneumonia on January 25, 2017 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Moore lived almost her entire life in and around New York City, and rose to television stardom playing the role […]
Why Fish Feel?
Rediscovering long submerged origins ALEXANDRIA, Virginia––The Showing Animals Respect & Kindness booth in the main hallway at the late July/early August AR-2015 conference was a crowd-stopper. Featured were one of the SHARK drones, one of the most powerful lenses outside of top-secret military use mounted on a tripod, and SHARK founder Steve Hindi, with fellow […]
Invertebrates feel stress, says Science, but D.C. no longer has a bughouse
WASHINGTON, D.C.––The timing of the National Zoo’s June 22, 2014 closure of its 27-year-old invertebrate house could be called insensitive. The bughouse closure comes just a week after the journal Science boosted interest in invertebrates by publishing findings that crayfish not only feel pain, but feel stress when they anticipate that pain may occur. “Crayfish […]
EPA urges power plants to quit cooking fish & crustaceans alive
“You have to look at the impact on aquatic life” WASHINGTON D.C.––Acting on behalf of at least 2.1 billion sentient beings per year who are pureed or boiled alive, to little public notice, the Environmental Protection Agency on May 19, 2014 issued final rules for water use in the cooling systems of electrical generating […]
Scientists confirm: Hurt crabs feel pain
And try to avoid it BELFAST–Hermit crabs feel pain when injured and change their behavior to avoid the source of pain, reported Robert Elwood of the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on March 27, 2009. “With vertebrates we are asked to err on the side of caution and I believe this is the approach to take […]