Human interaction has adverse effect on wild animals Most wild animals have a full complement of behaviors to avoid predators and stay alive, such as vigilance, freezing or fleeing. However, an international group of researchers found that contact with humans caused a rapid loss of “antipredator traits.” The initial change in behavior is likely a […]
Category: Animal Advocacy
If you wouldn’t do it to your child, don’t do it to your dog
If you wouldn’t do it to your child, don’t do it to your dog As an animal advocate, most familiar with dogs, I am often asked for advice about how to mitigate some unpleasant or puzzling dog behavior. Frequently, people are curious about what I would do in certain situations. Overtime, I have developed what […]
Puppy mills are hell on earth
Amazon deforestation accelerates loss of species
Amazon deforestation accelerates loss of species One of the first studies to map the impact of deforestation on biodiversity across entire regions of the Amazon has found a clear ‘threshold’ for forest cover below which species loss becomes more rapid and widespread. By measuring the loss of a portion of the dominant species of large […]