Canadians:
Yesterday’s Toronto Star, August 29, included a superb op-ed by Jessica Scott-Reid titled, “Animal Testing is Cruel and Unneeded” (page 15). It opens:
“Is the use of animal testing in science helping or hindering progress for humans? And can using animals in scientific testing ever be considered ethical?
Month: August 2025
Zoos killing baboons and pets, foie gras illegally sold, NFL dogfighting + more 8-5-’25
Today I share today’s front-page Toronto Star story on people forced to give up pets due to financial hardship (Canadians should respond), plus today’s New York Times story on the damage our pets do to the environment (page D3), and the awful news, also shared today by the New York Times, that former NFL player Leshon Johnson has just been convicted on dogfighting charges.
Also online today, recorded yesterday, is my chat on the Mark Thompson Show about last week’s killing of 12 baboons at a German Zoo, which also notes that a Danish Zoo asks folks to donate small pets to feed its carnivores.