Summer is a great time to take our canine companions to the dog park, the beach, and other fun places. But when the mercury rises, we must be extra careful never to leave dogs in cars, even “just for a minute.” Every summer, PETA receives dozens of reports of animals who have suffered and died […]
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The Environmental Impact of Meat
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: We’ve been hearing for years how producing red meat is bad for the environment while consuming it is bad for our health. How do other types of meat, fish, dairy and vegetable proteins stack up in terms of environmental and health impacts? –– Julia Saperstein, via e-mail […]
PLANEAT – DEBUTING JULY 3rd!
I feel very lucky to have been sent a complimentary copy of the wonderful documentary PLANEAT. If you were a fan of Forks Over Knives, you will absolutely eat-up PLANEAT. Although both films feature Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, PLANEAT holds its own in that it focuses on the entire spectrum […]
To Declaw or Not to Declaw?
I’m pretty amazed by how little people know about declawing cats. Maybe it’s the description – declawing. That sounds to me like the claws are removed, like removing fingernails, which actually would be pretty barbaric. Unfortunately, cat declawing is a bit more intense than that. First though, let’s think about why cats claw objects. Cats […]
ARCTIC DRILLING
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean. What’s going on? — Vera Bailey, New Hope, PA In November 2011 the Obama administration began lifting the moratorium on off-shore drilling […]