Forever Young: How Six Great Individuals Have Drawn upon the Powers of Childhood and How We Can Follow Their Lead by William Crain, cofounder of Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary Turning Stone Press Reviewed by Karen Davis, PhD, president, United Poultry Concerns Our society’s children seldom experience nature anymore. They move between poles of a cold-blooded […]
Vultures: canaries in the pharmaceutical waste coal mine?
Diclofenac-related vulture death in Spain may point toward a much bigger problem Should the end times be near, whether through global warming, loss of fish from the oceans, nuclear war, or any of myriad other calamities, vanishing vultures might be among the early harbingers of the apocalypse. Vultures might be expected to descend on the […]
Who killed 2.9 billion birds since 1970? Not cats, says a look through the glass!
Who killed cock robin? Clues are transparent. CORNELL, N.Y.––The Southern Tier city of Corning, New York, noted for glassmaking since 1868, may hold one of the key clues to the loss of 2.9 billion birds from U.S. and Canadian habitat in just under 50 years. Corning lies at one end of the Finger Lakes, […]
Will birds sing or will they be silent? Our choice is their fate
By Karen Davis, PhD., president, United Poultry Concerns In “How chicken became the rich world’s most popular meat,” The Economist reported on January 19, 2019 that “the total mass of farmed chickens exceeds that of all other birds on the planet combined.” This startling news comprises 1) The unimaginable number and size of chickens suffering […]
How an ant doctor came to be driving public policy
Who is E.O. Wilson? (Part 2 of a four-part series. See also The animal issue that made Donald Trump a presidential candidate; How the Twin Towers fell on animals too; and Questioning the claims of “crisis.”) Perhaps the most influential author and thinker from the rise of the late 20th century environmental movement to today, and certainly […]