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What's the adage... Tradition will accustom one to any atrocity?
Category Humane Living
Despite good intentions, trapping and relocating wildlife is often a death sentence
Need an argument-ending argument on the contentious issue of whether or not #trapping and #relocating wildlife is humane? When Jack Murphy from Urban Wildlife Rescue Inc endorses an article on humane wildlife control, our ears prick up. And when we…
Nobody Cares! … or do they?
With our app we have solved the problem of finding the closest and most appropriate help for wildlife emergencies, but that doesn’t mean more help is available.
What to Do When You See an Opossum in Trouble on the Road
Help! There’s an injured or possibly dead opossum in the road. What should I do? If you can safely do so, it’s generally a good idea to stop when you find an animal in the road, whether the animal is…
With a Million Species at Risk of Extinction from Human Causes, What’s an Individual to Do?
Note: This piece was originally published in the Boulder Daily Camera on May 24, 2019. The recently released summary of the upcoming UN report on nature describes a biosphere rapidly degrading under the profoundly deleterious influences of Homo sapiens. (Yes,…
Careful What You Prune and Fell
With apologies to Mr. Kilmer: I know I must look hard to seeA squirrel’s nest in a leafy treeRaccoon dens, too, elude my sightAs tree trunks reach their tow’ring heights Most of us know by now that landscape and tree…
A fate worse than death, then death
I’ll not soon forget one of my heroes – Jon Stewart, then host of The Daily Show – giggling while airing a video of a skunk or raccoon with her head stuck in a jar of peanut butter or some…
Spiders!
Sorry. I mean, spiders. I’ve seen two in my bathtub now in the past several weeks. Both times were when I’d forgotten to put up their escape “ladder” – that is to say, the hand towel I keep draped over…