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Orcas, Orangutans, Elephants: Legally human, non-human or something in between?

by Kim | Dec 31, 2014 | Nature, News and Events | 3 |

In 2011, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld. Citing the the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, PETA claimed that five wild-captured orcas were “enslaved”...

New Home for Retired Lab Chimps

by Kim | Mar 9, 2013 | Nature | 3 |

Here’s your “Feel Good, Cry Anyway” post for today: You’re...

Worth Reblogging: First Chimps Released onto New Island Home

by Kim | Nov 5, 2012 | Environment, Nature | 0 |

You need to watch this. Really. Watch as the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) team from the...

Scientists: Get Out There and Inspire!

by Kim | Nov 9, 2011 | Nature, People | 3 |

This is the story of how one passionate scientist, speaking live in front of an audience, can impact a life. My husband and I went to see the first of four National Geographic Live presentations in Toronto last week. It...

Me with a Lion Cub: Right or Wrong?

by Kim | Jul 19, 2011 | Books, Environment | 0 |

Here’s me with a baby lion, taken in 2009 during a behind-the-scenes tour with the director of Six Flags Great Adventure Safari in New Jersey. They were in the veterinary building because they had been rejected by their mother...