Australia: the new Canada

Two of Britain’s former colonies appear to have bashing baby animals to death as a hobby in common.
The Aussies are going to club thousands of baby kangaroos after a decision to “cull” by the regional government of New South Wales. The Daily Mail has covered this story. You can read it here.
The article also covers [...]

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A pinch of plastic, a dash of disease, a marinade of waste runoff

My last post was about the evolution of antibiotic resistant superbugs through feeding drugs to farm animals.  I’d like to stay on the topic of health related issues around factory farming for a bit more so first check out the link below from the Union of Concerned Scientists about what farm animals are fed.
“They [...]

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Serving up disaster: Antibiotic use on farm animals

I’ve been following the factory farm superbug story mostly in relation to MRSA and pig confinement operations but did you know that according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, roughly 70 percent of the antibiotics used in the U.S. are fed to farm animals. That is estimated to be more than four times the amount [...]

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What Stockwell Day calls humane

The latest news on the seal massacre is that Canada plans to launch trade reprisals if the EU votes to ban seal products. Here is the article.
Note these words from Stockwell Day, the International Trade Minister:
“International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said a proposed European ban on the trade in seal products doesn’t contain “acceptable” [...]

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The Big Ask’s campaign for strong climate laws

More than 6,000 people gathered at Ostende on the Belgian coast to participate in the production of this powerful video clip.

After you’ve watched the clip, do something, ACT NOW! Send the clip to politicians in your own country, and send the clip to friends, family, and colleagues.
More information can be found [...]

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The Crow: highly social bird is also a toolmaker and problem solver

It’s time the truth about the amazing crow hit the mainstream. This big black loud bird deserves your attention, respect and definitely your admiration.
Crows, among other species like elephants and some primates, have demonstrated that humans are not the only toolmakers and problem solvers on the planet. According to  The Crow Society, crows rank as [...]

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In Canada eh? What a tremendous pity!

Regarding the seal hunt, I am fairly sure that if more Canadians would take the time to learn the true reality of what goes on in Newfoundland every March/April, they would do something to stop it.
But people in this country cannot count on a courageous media interested in revealing the truth of the seal pup [...]

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Focus on Food: Why eating like an average American isn’t a good plan

This is an excellent article from the Christian Science Monitor analyzing the current food commodities crisis and offering evidence that meat guzzling isn’t going to work to feed the planet.
But reaching the average North American with this message continues to be challenging. Worrying about how one’s lifestyle might affect the poor in other countries, or [...]

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Poison Fire: Gas and oil abuse in the Niger Delta

Please take the time to watch this video and absorb what Shell (and Shell’s customers) have done to Nigeria.
Volunteers from Environmental Rights Action, Friends of the Earth Nigeria made this astonishing film to tell the world what is happening and to pressure Shell to stop gas flaring and cease operations in the Niger Delta.
The film [...]

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