
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?

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…