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“Compassion is an action word with no boundaries” ~ Prince   Eight days left in April with United Poultry Concerns as CLAWtheory’s featured organization, but the advocacy continues all year.  This May 4, plan to do something for International Respect for Chicken Day.  Launched by UPC more than 10 years ago, International Respect for Chickens Day is […]

A proposed law in New York would prohibit declawing cats or other animals and effectively ban the majority of declawing, except in instances of special medical need.  Currently in Committee, if passed, Assembly Bill A1297 would become the first U.S. statewide ban of declawing, following several cities in California. Introduced by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, Senator Joseph Griffo introduced the […]

Once upon a time, wolves were hunted, trapped, poisoned and nearly eliminated across North America until they  finally gained the protections of the Endangered Species Act in 1973. “The original wild wolves in Yellowstone were deliberately killed by the federal government during the period when it was government policy to exterminate the wolf everywhere, even inside […]

Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced.  What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on. ~Ursula K. LeGuin In The Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall Krista Schyler begins by bringing the reader’s attention to a single moment with meticulous detail, as bison bulls […]

Depending on where you have adopted your dog friends, you may get differing details about their histories.  Shelters and rescue groups that primarily work with animals who have been surrendered may be able to provide details about special needs.  Though organizations that primarily work to re-home strays have less information available, most rescue groups dedicated […]