The Huffington Post ran an editorial Monday from Ari Solomon, who in no uncertain terms challenges anyone who doesn’t understand that animals have feelings. His language might be a bit dicey for some readers at a couple of points, but he’s making a point – and a strong one. Solomon makes a great point here [...]
It really is long-past time to ban gas chambers as a means to euthanize animals. ALL of the excuses for using gas chambers have been wiped off the table. I’m not sure how any shelter operator at this point can really claim they have to use the gas chamber. So many communities have banned the [...]
Something that happened Tuesday morning, on the day we said our final goodbyes to our 13-year-old greyhound Dash, that shook the emotions for my wife and me. We made the final decision early in the day and with great sadness set an appointment for early afternoon. But I had interviews planned for late morning for [...]
A recent study at the Yale School of Medicine, indicates rhesus monkeys experience feelings of disappointment. The monkeys were taught to play a modified version of rock, paper, scissors and show regret when they lost a round and did not receive the rewards offer when they won a round the game. From a report on [...]
I found a guest blog post on the Scientific American website that seems to question the existence of animals experience emotion. Kristina Bjoran on the one hand seems to want to believe that animals have feelings, but near the beginning of her post, she makes the following declaration: “” The problem is, we can’t say [...]
I found a very interesting article in LiveScience.com, reporting on a study conducted on hens at England’s University of Bristol. It seems the mother hens reacted in a rather extreme way if they felt their chicks were in distress. It is believed the hens are showing empathy. The hens were separated from the chicks during [...]
