Leonardo's cats

and a little dragon !

Early Italian Animal Compassion: Da Vinci

 Leonardo's study of a dog's paws.

Off to Italy for two weeks.  Will be back with new energy :)

Pork, swine and agro-terror: words that might get you hacked by Homeland Security

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html

Honey Badger Don't Care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

I stumbled across the above video while looking up "honey badgers" for my daughter. She had just watched a show that illuminated why baby cheetahs have that white fur on their backs:  to look like honey badgers, a protective camouflage  Because honey badgers are Super Bad Ass.  Nobody messes with them in the animal kingdom.  Apparently their skin is super thick, unbite-able.  

The video is hilarious.  The guy has taken a national geographic program and inserted his own "honey badger don't care/ honey badger is nasty ass" narration.

Another heritage pig. This one looks like a cross between a pig and a wolf.

Interesting post from the Thinking Vegan site

http://thethinkingvegan.com/news/top-10-animal-rights-news-stories-of-2011/

Heritage pigs

http://www.saltspringnews.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=22341

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a half century later

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/27/rachel-carson-silent-spring-anniversary

Note the how the U.S. Dept of Agriculture came out against her.  The vitriol and ad hominem attacks....
the pesticides everywhere.

I love dogs!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/video/video-stray-dogs-incredible-journey/article2445021/

Agri 007: Sow comfort.... Last repost from this guy. I don't need to read any more cliches like "activists forcing their agendas on farmers". What a crock. I'm cutting him from my blog roll. As if locking pigs in crates isn't a fucking agenda.

Agri 007: Sow comfort: With all of the pressure on hog farmers to get sows out of gestation crates, perhaps they could learn something from dairy farmers. Many d...