Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Bored and lonely dogs, cats and goldfish. What’s the ethics of keeping pets?

May 10, 2016

https://jessicapierce.net/ A new book by ethicist Jessica Pierce, released over the weekend, explores the morally ambiguous problem of keeping pets. In a Sunday op-ed…

Meatless Monday: Disturbing graphic shows the pain of sheep, ducks and geese to keep us warm

May 9, 2016

It’s summer here in North America but Down Under, they’re preparing for the winter months and Animals Australia has come up with a timely,…

Weasel shuts down Hadron Collider, world’s most powerful particle collider

May 4, 2016

The Hadron Collider was shut down this week after a weasel snuck into the world’s most powerful atom smasher and chewed through some wires….

Meatless (Catless) Monday: Livecam captures bald eagle parents feeding cat to eaglets

May 2, 2016

The circle of life isn’t always fair to prey who become food for a more predatory master. Also true: life isn’t always fair for predators…

Black cat runs onto ice during Stanley Cup playoffs, cursing Nashville Predators

April 30, 2016

Superstitious folks don’t like the idea of a black cat crossing their path. But what about one sliding across the hockey rink during the Stanley Cup…

Your dog doesn’t like or want your hugs so stop hugging dogs

April 27, 2016

Dr. Stanley Coren may be one of the world’s the most well-known dog expert. He lives in Vancouver and first came to the attention…

Forget ski bunnies, they have ski grizzlies in Alberta

April 26, 2016

You know ski season is really over when there are more bears on the slopes than people. And, in recent days at two Rocky Mountain…

Man seen on live feed camera kicking cat so hard he allegedly broke her jaw

April 22, 2016

This is a photograph of a man facing animal cruelty charges. Shane Hescox, a former resident of Niagara in New York, was arrested by…

California surfers capture video of great white shark going airborne

April 20, 2016

More evidence that sharks are the true athletes of the seas. Drew Palumbo was out surfing with his friend Ben Slaybeck around noon on…

Meatless Monday: ‘Bloodbath’ in Perth angers some as anglers grab excessive fish

April 18, 2016

Hundreds of fish caught and left out in the sun at a popular jetty in Perth has angered some fishermen who called the excessive…