[ad_1] Data released from State Farm pegs the odds of U.S. drivers hitting an animal at 1 in 128 this year, down slightly from 1 in 127 last year. As the largest insurer of cars in the U.S., State Farm estimates over 1.8 million auto insurance claims involving animal collisions were filed across the […]
News outlets are driving change by exposing systemic animal cruelty
[ad_1] By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Earlier this month, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof highlighted our society’s moral inconsistency when it comes to animals we keep as pets and love as family members, like dogs, and the animals kept and killed for food, like pigs. While Kristof is not the first to point […]
Alameda County evictions driving up animal shelter populations
[ad_1] Hook and Ladder, above, are two of the lucky kittens now off the streets. On April 29 Alameda County lifted its ban on evictions, and last week the city of Oakland followed suit (wp.me/p7ShJJ-FYwj). The result: a tsunami of dogs and cats being turned in to local animal shelters by frightened owners worried about […]