At face value, this website is about animal rights and animal welfare. I’ve often blogged about dogs–both my own and the benefits of having pets to the everyday person. But an animal welfare blog will, on occasion, touch on some other pertinent issues around us. So...
Companionship is a centerpiece of life; millions of our planet’s species thrive on the strength of social bonds. Humans are no different; our social senses are so attuned that we notice faces even in inanimate objects. All humankind craves some degree of connection,...
Life is a journey best experienced with a companion or two. That’s exactly why in the many years I’ve been on this planet (I’ll withhold exactly how many it’s been), I could count the times I’ve gone without a pet on one hand, and I suspect I’m not alone in this fact....
I’ll give a short warning before I dive into this topic, and in particular, this story. The information I am about to relay to you is graphic, but it’s true. There is no hiding from it, there is no avoiding it–it’s real life, and it happens. On...
