Understanding how disability functions, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
“Understanding how disability functions along with other systems of representation clarifies how all the systems intersect and mutually constitute oneContinue Reading
Category: Articles/journals
Changing bodies. African elephants are evolving to be tuskless because of poaching
African elephants have been killed relentlessly for centuries for their ivory tusks, giving elephants that do not grow tusks aContinue Reading
Framing animal rights activists and animal abusers as ‘crazy’: the exploitation of disability
Media reports are sometimes eager to portray animal rights activists as ‘crazy’, ‘nuts’, or ‘loonies’. On the other hand, animalContinue Reading
Peanut the six-pack turtle
Peanut is red-eared slider turtle, who became a ‘mascot’ for raising awareness about plastic pollution among wildlife. No, not becauseContinue Reading
Two veterinarians refuse to treat a steer because he lives on a farm sanctuary
Pete is a Hereford steer, who was bottle-fed and now lives on Spring Farm Sanctuary (Minnesota, US). The farm sanctuaryContinue Reading
Orangutan blinded after being shot multiple times
An orangutan with a young baby on Indonesia’s Sumatra island was blinded after being shot at least 74 times withContinue Reading
Taking care of an injured grasshopper
In September 2018 Chelsea Euliano found an injured grasshopper, who was missing a hind leg, on the ground, while walking aroundContinue Reading
