A proposed constitutional amendment that defines minimum welfare standards for Ohio’s farm animals, has been cleared by Attorney General Richard Cordray to move toward November’s ballot. The bill is sponsored by Ohioans for Humane Farms, a coalition of local and national humane societies, consumer safety groups, and others. The organization’s supporters have until June [...]
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Four Ways to Value a Goose: Animal Policy Lessons from Flight 1549
Posted in Editorial, News, tagged air strikes, bird strikes, Canada geese, CFM International, David Feld, David Weprin, ecological value, egg-addling, Feather Lab, Flight 1549, gassing, geese, GeesePeace, HSHS, hydrogen isotope analysis, instrinsic value, La Guardia, Laborador province, Maggie Brasted, Martin Lowney, MIchael Bloomberg, migratory, New York Wildlife Services, Peter Marra, recreational value, resident geese, Rikers Island, Smithsonian Institute, wildlife conflicts on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last January 15, the celebrated level heads of US Air Flight 1549’s captain and crew saved 155 lives, and brought Americans together around a rare event: heroism untainted by politics or villains. The plane had flown from New York’s La Guardia Airport into a flock of geese, lost the use of both engines, and [...]
Issue 2: What, Who, and Why?
Posted in News, tagged Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Bobby Moser, California Prop 2, College of Food, Fox News, HSHS, Humane Society of the United States, intensive animal farming, John Fitzpatrick, Land'O'Lakes, Livestock Care Standards Board, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Farm Bureau, Ohio Issue 2, Ohio Pork Producers Council, OSU, puppy mills, Robert Boggs, Sierra Club, Tony Forshey on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What does Issue 2 propose?
Issue 2 would amend Ohio’s constitution to place future decisions about the treatment of livestock animals, in the hands of a government-appointed “Livestock Care Standards Board.”
The resolution does not define “livestock,” so it is unclear whether dogs raised on large-scale intensive breeding facilities–known by detractors as “puppy mills”–would be affected [...]
An Episcopal Blessing of the Animals
Posted in News, tagged Blessing of the Animals, Bruce Freeman, Charlie Brumbaugh, Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal Blessing, Hyde Park, St. Francis of Assisi on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
St. Francis of Assisi, an Italian monk who died 783 years ago, may be the most celebrated Christian voice to embrace the moral relevance of animals. According to stories, he often spoke of humans’ sacred relationship with other animals, and addressed those around him as “brother hare” or “my sisters, the birds.”
In honor of his [...]
“When I got a dog I became a human again.”
Posted in News, tagged Amy Hoh, chronic pain, cincinnati, Circle Tail Inc., Cortez, degenerative disk disease, diabetes, disabled access, everything pet expo, fibromyalgia myofascial pain, German shepherd, homeless dogs, inmate, invisible disabled, Joni, ketoacidosis, Los Angeles, Pet Partnership Program, prison dog program, prisoner, runaway, service animal, service dog, Sister Pauline Quinn, wheelchair on April 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Amy Hoh, 51, is a Hamilton County employee with a strong voice, a glowing face, and degenerative disk disease that landed her in a wheelchair 5 years ago.
Cortez is a five-year-old German shepherd with bat ears that flicker constantly toward Hoh, waiting for a signal that she needs his help.
Seen at the Pet Expo: Fuchsia Femmes
Posted in News, tagged animals, dog shelter, duke energy center, everything pet expo, fashion show, feral cats, fluorescent light, foals, fuchsia, pets, pink, pink poodle, pit pulls, poodle, priscilla, regina, rescue groups, service dogs on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Under fluorescent lights reminiscent of an industrial animal farm, last weekend’s Everything Pet Expo nonetheless hummed with celebration. On display were died pom-poms, blurry terriers obstacle-coursing over astroturf pitches, prisoner-trained service dogs, and unsung heroes of several species. I interviewed a few handfuls of organizations that help humans and other animals assist each [...]
Sourcing the crowd: your input requested on Cincinnati’s meat-reduction initiative
Posted in News, tagged Bill Messer, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, climate change, Clough Valley Sweets, cow burps, crowd sourcing, DAAP, Daniel Oerther, Enquirer, Food Congress, global warming, Green Cincinnati Plan Food Task Force, greenhouse gases, Imago, IPCC, KT Rex, Kyoto Protocol, Larry Falkin, Mark Mallory, Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, meat reduction, methane, methane tax, new media revolution, Paradise Found, Rajendra Pachauri, Randall Ball, reader input, Slow Food Cincinnati, Table Talk, The Loving Café on March 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A new and terribly cutting-edge phase of this blog begins tonight, whereby. . . I will share the fruits of my reporting with you as I spot and gather them–before they have become steaming, fully-baked articles.
I am not usually enthusiastic about the information superhighway’s perpetual expansion, but there is an element of journalism’s “new media [...]
Former show dog lends her ear to young readers
Posted in News, tagged aat, animal assisted therapy, cincinnati public library, children's literacy, library dogs, stella, cavalier king charles spaniel, library programs, show dogs, blenheim on March 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday afternoon at downtown’s Main library, Jan McCollain, 51, volunteered the calm demeanor and ruffly ears of her dog Stella, 8, to kids in need of reading practice. In Stella’s youth, said McCollain, she was a prize-winner among Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, a breed known for its sociability and eagerness to please.
Across the country and [...]
Who wants hunting in Mariemont, and why?
Posted in News, tagged aerial count, bow hunting, cincinnati, coyote, deer, hunting, hunting license, Indian Hill, Little Miami River, Mariemont, ODNR, ten-point buck, trophy hunting on February 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Last week the Village of Mariemont’s council agreed on a plan to redesign the bow hunting program that began illegally last fall and was quickly suspended. But facts are vague and opinions divided, on why the program began without input from the town council or the public, and whether it should be revived.
