Born Free USA Blog
Please Just Leave the Bears Alone!
You all know the details because the Born Free USA team has shared them with you before: Bears are forced to perform in circuses; they are forced to live behind zoo bars; they are enticed with bait and shot like “sitting ducks”; they are chased with dogs to make the kill easier for the hunter; they are poached in the wild for their gallbladders and paws; and they are crammed into tiny cages in Asia to be milked for their bile.
Zoos Should Back Off on Elephant Rides
So now it’s not enough to see elephants in small, unnatural enclosures: A handful of zoos, including the Orange County Zoo in Southern California, want to offer elephant rides!
All Living Creatures Need a Reason To Be Thankful
I just happened across Thanksgivingworld.com. Rather than exploring things to be thankful for, the website glorifies the U.S. holiday’s traditional meal, offering turkey recipes, Thanksgiving jokes, how best to carve a turkey, and even Thanksgiving poetry, including “Mr. Turkey,” sung to the tune of the childhood classic “Are You Sleeping”:
Will Tigers Get Help They Desperately Need?
I’m riding in a big old bus full of delegates to the high-level segment of the Global Tiger Forum Summit.
Heavy snow. Police escort.
North Korea has just fired on a South Korean island. It’s all over the news.
Will it blow tigers off the agenda of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, our host, and the other international leaders and heads of state due to meet this afternoon?
Bad Ideas About Animals: They Breed Like Rabbits
Albert Einstein once said, “The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking. ... If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.”
Although not perhaps on Einstein’s level, each of us has done something with a positive result in mind, only to have the well-intentioned something explode in our faces. Some medicines, for example, can cause horrific side effects.
Go the Extra Mile for the Animals
One step at a time. That’s how Born Free USA achieves many of our victories for animals. We start down a path, we press firmly onward, we stay focused and we cross that finish line with heads held high.
Let’s Kick a Cruel Industry While It’s Down
In 2010, the fur fashion industry has taken some hard hits, and we at Born Free USA have no problem piling on.
Sea Turtles Are in the Dumps
Earlier this week the BBC reported that one-third of loggerhead turtles recovered recently from the Adriatic Sea had plastic in their intestines. The presence of such an undissolvable substance in the digestive system can be fatal, and probably was the primary cause of death for some of the shell-encased reptiles.
