Animal Rights

Saving Valentina

From The Great Whale Conservancy Michael Fishbach narrates his encounter with a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net. Gershon Cohen and he have founded The Great Whale Conservancy to help and protect whales. Visit The Great Whale Conservancy website and The Great Whale Conservancy FaceBook page, and join them in helping to save these [...]

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An Unexpected End

by Shoot 4 Change

Click here to see, large screen, the photogallery If the real estate and debt disaster in Ireland have filled the front pages of the most important news papers around the world, another unexpected consequence of the economic recession is the abandonment of horses. During Ireland’s boom years, indeed, thousands of people bought horses as a [...]

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Why Shark Week is irresponsible

by Chris Palmer

“Teeth of death,” “Shark feeding frenzy,” “The Worst Shark Attack Ever.” It is that time of year again, when the Discovery Channel brings out shows like these as part of its annual “Shark Week” programming. This week of bloody feeding frenzies and vicious shark attacks is part of a larger trend in nature programming. Instead [...]

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Sex and violence in wildlife films

by Chris Palmer

Below are some excerpts on sex and violence in wildlife films from my book “Shooting in the Wild.” I hope you enjoy them. “Shooting in the Wild” has received extensive coverage in the press, including the Washington Post, ABC Nightline, Good Morning America, and NPR Weekend Edition. While one critic, who rents out wild animals [...]

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The White Tailed Deer

by Mark Fraser

The White Tailed Deer is a beautiful animal and a great success story. When my father was a boy during the great depression, White tailed were actually very hard to find in the forest because of unregulated hunting. Thanks to successful conservation efforts, we can now admire this amazing animal in many areas around the [...]

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A “Wild” bond we all share

by Mark Fraser

During my life I have been fortunate enough to have had the ability to travel. Nothing crazy mind you, but certainly enough to greatly expand the areas where I could take some time to observe and study the local wildlife and fauna. I remember long ago being in Central America in the Panamanian jungle for [...]

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Living with Carnivores: The Coy Wolf

by Mark Fraser

Wildlife comes in all shapes and sizes and I truly love them all, but let’s face it some species have a bad rap. Carnivores for example seem to suffer from a skewed public image. Let’s talk about that for a moment. Cats are carnivores, and very serious ones at that. When domestic cats are left [...]

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Testimony of an ex-whaler

by Greenpeace

By John Burton for Greenpeace In 1949 I became a boy whaler. In the three ‘seasons’ I spent whaling in the Antarctic, I felt no disgust at being a participant in the killing of many Blue, Fin, Sperm and Humpback whale. Nor did any of my fellow crew members, to my recollection, ever question or [...]

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