What do you imagine when you think of fireworks? The warmth of the bonfire! Beautiful colours. Lots of sounds expressing how amazed the onlookers are. Generally happy thoughts. I don’t think the same way anymore! A couple of years ago I was speaking to the head at the school I Read more…
Yesterday Suraj and I tried calling June in the hope of seeing how she and Biggie are. We’ve not seen her since she’s been re-homed. At first we backed off to give Bigs a chance to settle. Then we got busy with work etc. After that we went abroad for Read more…
A few days a go I wrote a post called Re-homing my gorgeous cat. The post ends with… Suraj called her and we’ll be introducing Biggie with her knew companion very soon. This has been a very difficult decision and I’m quite sure it’s not ‘hit home’ yet. Nevertheless, it is the best thing Read more…
I rescued Biggie from the The Mayhew Animal Home & Humane Education Centre a few years ago. She is gorgeous and it sounds weird but she’s been a stable friend in difficult times, as well as, being around in better times. I have heard some people say “…but she’s only an Read more…
This article is not my own. However, it is so worth reading, I asked the author if I could post it on my blog. Thus with his permission…here it is. 🙂 This article was first published on Internet (Jain-list) in August 1997.  Later on more information was added to this article. Dairy Read more…
A couple days ago, I received a message from someone named Tony Carr, telling me, in part, “I used to perform animal research – my background is in behavioral neuroscience. Â I was recently working in a lab studying rat models of drug abuse when I realized that animal research was Read more…
or Animals in Laboratories Please join In Defense of Animals during World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL) to speak out against the abhorrent use of animals in testing and research. This year, there is more hope than ever, as technology moves us beyond antiquated animal experiments and government reports, Read more…
