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On the Personalities of Ocean Dwellers and Human Intervention

Eric Marcus, a stellar animal rights activist, just shared an article he found in the Vancouver Sun: “Nothing Fishy about Personality Traits in Animals, Study Finds.” Scientists at the University of Guelph find that even “ordinary” Canadian brook trout demonstrate distinct personalities.
The idea of personalities is starting to spread across our views of the whole […]


On the Benefits of Blogging, Bird Flu, and Protein Nutrition

I’ve been listening to a lot of great podcast episodes lately, wow! What with the return of the Vegan Freak Radio, as well as the continuing high quality work done by Animal Voices and Vegetarian Food for Thought, I am always keeping up with vegan news and well-researched information. I’ve also been regularly […]


Dan Piraro of Bizarro Comics: Why Vegan?

I’ve been much more social lately than normal, really enjoying getting to know amazing people through the vegan community. Sometimes I just want to stay at home, so it’s great that I’m being pushed to meet new people, which is always a worthwhile experience. Last night there was yet another potluck (so help […]


Recipe Follow-up and Much Needed Monday ZZZs

Well the evening was a success! Hurrah! Much fibrous plant-based nourishment was had by all. We started off with the Curried Split Pea Soup from Real Food Daily, which I think was my favourite out of all three recipes. I added some collard greens to it since I had them on […]


Follow up and Random Thursday Bits

Today’s delicious green smoothie: spinach + 2 pears (very ripe) + 1 banana. Delicious! I love ripe pears so much - the smoothie ended up very creamy and sweet, but mild.
Via Noscope:
Ta daa! A logo for Fauna. Since “fauna” means “a living organism characterized by voluntary movement”, the logo takes the shape of a swedish […]


Spoiler Alert: Reacting to Bee Movie - and weighing in on the big honey debate

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SPOILER ALERT. Please do not read past this point if you plan on watching Bee Movie and/or care about having the plot revealed to you.
Premise of this movie in a nutshell: a bee decides he is not happy with the status quo of bee-dom, working his whole life for honey production. He […]


Sculpture that moves + News about Hayden Panettiere

Sculpture is one of my favourite art mediums - since it is three dimensional, having a sort of embodiment or presence that rivals our own in our space, it has the ability to be extremely engaging and moving. Unfortunately I don’t get to see much sculpture in person - the digital image of a […]


Barbara Kingsolver: Talking about Animals

About 2,000 pounds of grain must be supplied to livestock in order to produce enough meat and other livestock products to support a person for a year, whereas 400 pounds of grain eaten directly will support a person for a year.
M.E. Ensminger, Ph.D. Internationally recognized animal agriculture specialist, former Department of Animal Science Chairman at […]


Much Needed Vids for a chilly Autumn Sunday Night

These are the best ‘amateur’ animal videos I have seen on the web. They demonstrate some complexities in the animal kingdom that many people overlook - animals have bonds/relationships with each other, animals communicate, and animals have feelings. These may sound obvious, but I have encountered several people that perceive animals as being […]


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