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Out of Sight and Out of Mind: ALEC’s ‘Ag-Gag’ Bills
By Geo Ong Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all. —Aristotle You were a bit easy on commodity farming, but only because you can’t get into … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Geo, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged activism, activists, ag-gag, ag-gag bills, ag-gag laws, agriculture, agriculture gag order, al jazeera, alec, american legislative exchance council, animal agricultural alliance, animal cruelty, animal rights, animal rights activism, animal welfare, bill haslam, bills, democracy now!, eco-terrorism, emily meredith, environmental activism, factory farms, farming, farms, government, Green is the New Red, laws, the animal and ecological terrorism act, undercover activism, vegan, veganism, Will Potter
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Art for the Animals
By Margaret Hedderman Behind the hot topic du jour lies the ever present threat to our endangered species. Whether it’s polar bears losing ground (or should I say ice?) or red-crowned cranes struggling to make a comeback after our wars, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art & Money, Environment, Fine Arts
Tagged Cicadas by Zel Stoltzfus, Contemplation by Pollyanna Pickering, Dance of the Cranes by Renso Tamse, Dining at Asbury Park by Tricia Zimic, Red-Crowned Cranes by Solveig Karina Nordwall, Snow Leopard by Renata Bruynzeel, The Druids by Virginie Baude
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Congressional Vote Imminent to Protect Great Apes from Research
By Sarah Jost Over a year ago, I wrote about the more than 900 chimpanzees, and over 211,350 primates total, being held and tested on in laboratories across the United States, the only developed country in the world where this … Continue reading
The Weekly Urchin Recap
By Sarah Jost I am not ashamed to admit that I recently became engrossed in a game called My Little Pony, wherein you build a little village full of ponies and essentially govern them. And by govern, I mean dictate. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Sarah, Travel
Tagged Chumly, my little pony, road trip, Shetland pony, Vermont
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The Weekly Urchin Recap
By Geo Ong This weekend marks yet another annual anniversary of one of my favourite books, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, which was first published in 1851. Three independent bookstores in the Brooklyn/Manhattan area are hosting marathon readings of the behemoth book, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Geo, Literature
Tagged anniversary, books, bookstores, brooklyn, herman melville, manhattan, moby-dick, novels, readings, whales
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It Came from Planet Earth
By Marguerite Preston [Marguerite Preston is a baker with writerly ambitions and a fascination for weird science. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.] It’s Halloween. The streets are filled with ghosts and ghouls and monsters of all kinds. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Guest Urchins
Tagged african spiny mouse, ashley seifert, biology, creepy animals, fish, marguerite preston, science, tongue-eating louse, zombie ants, zombie fungus
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Camping with the Urchins
As you may have deduced from some of our articles and pictures, the Urchins are an outdoorsy trio. Margaret loves to run, climb, bike, swim, and travel at wild speeds on boards of various design. Sarah finds any excuse to … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Collaborative, Travel
Tagged ambury regional park, campgrounds, camping, caprock state park, dentists, manukau harbour, New Zealand, safari, sheep, skunks, snakes, texas
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A Runaway Pup and his Vigilant Saviors
[Nancy Parker-Simons is the manager at the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch in Medina, TX. For the last several years, Nancy, her husband Tony, and Kinky Friedman have helped rescue over 2,000 abandoned animals. She has a wonderful blog where she … Continue reading
A Few of My Favourite Substitutes, Part II
By Sarah Jost As I mentioned last week, the discovery of natural, unprocessed, non-soy-based substitutes for dairy and eggs has been one of the most important developments in my diet over the past three years. While it can be tempting … Continue reading
