Referring to a particularly poor piece of journalism, a friend of mine suggested—recalling the irreverent moniker her late husband had given their own local paper—the newspaper in which it had appeared was perhaps best used for lining birdcages.
Twenty months into this blog, I’ve encountered my share of yellow journalism infecting both small-town weeklies and, with [...]
Browsing the blog archives for December, 2011
30 Dec 11
22 Dec 11
The holiday season offers us the opportunity (all too rare, it seems) for some much-needed reflection—to take stock of our lives and all that gives our lives meaning. It’s also a time to express our gratitude through generosity.
Among the organizations I’m supporting are FixNation and Save the Animals Foundation, each of which is making significant [...]
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Posted in Vox Felina
Tagged feral cats, FixNation, Save the Animals Foundation, Trap-Neuter-Return
Tagged feral cats, FixNation, Save the Animals Foundation, Trap-Neuter-Return
14 Dec 11
The H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, where the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is located. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and AgnosticPreachersKid.
More than seven months after she was charged with attempted animal cruelty—and six weeks after her eventual conviction—former Smithsonian researcher Nico Dauphine was sentenced today to a $100 fine and 120 hours [...]
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Posted in In the News, Legal Issues
Tagged Nico Dauphiné, poisoning, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Tagged Nico Dauphiné, poisoning, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
12 Dec 11
Song Sparrow, Whitby, Ontario. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons and Mdf.
New study attempts to demonstrate how the presence of predators alone can reduce songbird reproduction by bombarding birds with round-the-clock audio recordings of predator noises. One co-author of the study goes further, attempting to implicate cats.
The purpose of scientific inquiry (am I wrong about this?) [...]
6 Dec 11
Apparently, the video I embedded in yesterday’s post did not come through in the e-mail version—something I realized only too late. My apologies!
The video can be found either on the Vox Felina site here, or on the FixNation site here.
5 Dec 11
I’ve been a big fan of FixNation since contacting them, nearly a year ago, to clear up bogus allegations made in the Toronto Star by documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer, who’d visited the clinic while filming Cat Crazed. The response I received was prompt and professional. And, it turns out, the beginning of an ongoing conversation.
Last [...]
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Posted in The Cat Debate
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, California Environmental Quality Act, Endangered Habitats League, feral cats, FixNation, Los Angeles Audubon Society, Moderncat Studio, Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society, PetSmart Charities, Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, Urban Wildlands Group
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, California Environmental Quality Act, Endangered Habitats League, feral cats, FixNation, Los Angeles Audubon Society, Moderncat Studio, Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society, PetSmart Charities, Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society, TNR, Trap-Neuter-Return, Urban Wildlands Group
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