Yesterday, National Geographic published a video and article on the ethics of managing barred owls, Shooting Owls to Save Other Owls. Written and produced by acclaimed environmental journalist Isabelle Groc,the story does the best job to date of explaining the … Continue reading
Today NPR release a story by reporter Elisabeth Shogren on the conflict between the endangered northern spotted and barred owls in the Pacific Northwest — “To Save Threatened Owl, Another Species Is Shot“. This is one in what is fast … Continue reading
Since the Supreme Court struck down DOMA (i.e., the Defense of Marriage Act), marriage equality and civil rights for the LGBT community in the US has advanced at a rapid pace. Illinois and Hawaii recently approved marriage equality, and the … Continue reading
My good colleague John Hadidian (Senior Scientist, HSUS) recently spoke about living with urban wildlife at the Biophilic Cities Project. Keynote speakers alongside John were Jennifer Wolch (Geography, Berkeley) and Stephen Kellert (Environmental Studies, Yale). Biophilic urbanism is a new … Continue reading
As the US careens towards yet another self imposed crisis over Obamacare, the government shutdown and the national debt, I am struck by the political cartoons. Some play on a false equivalence that views Democrats and Republicans as equally partisan, … Continue reading
Last week I gave a Marsh Institute lecture at Clark University on outdoor cats and biodiversity — “The End of Biodiversity: Ethical and Policy Issues Around the Super-Predator, Felis catus“. The large and engaging audience took some by surprise. At … Continue reading