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Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Jul 1st, 2010
Zocalo recently posted a chat in the weekly updates and announcements they send out, called What is the Cruelest Food You’ve Ever Eaten?
I haven’t been to Zocalo in a couple of years, but they do have some good events and free food, (which isn’t cruel at all). Their lectures are free, and they tackle a [...]
Posted in Creatures on Mar 16th, 2010
Found on CNN:
Prosecutors charged Typhoon Restaurant Inc., the parent company of Santa Monica’s The Hump, and chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, with the illegal sale of a marine mammal product for an unauthorized purpose.
Although it is considered a delicacy in Japan and some other countries, meat from whales — an endangered species — [...]
Posted in Creatures on Mar 15th, 2010
Got an interesting comment today to a post I made on mountain lions 2 years ago:
A good friend (we’re both ultra runners) spotted a mtn lion at the hub (5-way) junction up above the east side of the park in ‘09. I’m emailing him to get more information.
I run at least 60 [...]
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Dec 17th, 2009
Mike McBride kills a boar. Well, he didn’t do the actual knifing, or shooting, of course, but he likes to take all the credit at California Fish and Game, the biggest killing operation in California. In fact, he likes to claim all the animals Fish and Game kills each year. National Guard, take note of [...]
Posted in Creatures, Forest Fire on Nov 9th, 2009
I was very sad about the 2nd column I wrote for the LA Weekly about animals killed in the horrific Angeles Station Fire. (I mean, the topic: the column itself came out fine.)
The L.A. Times wrote that a huge number of big animals had died in the fire. I was going to call about this [...]
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Sep 25th, 2009
I think I have the answer. Animal Services of Los Angeles did it.
The Times says (my bolds):
“When he woke up, the coyote was sitting there,” said Capt. Wendell Bowers of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services. “Coyotes nip at each other when they want to be fed. This one was waiting for something to [...]
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