We live our lives surrounded by euphemisms. People don’t die, they leave us or pass on. People aren’t fired they are let go or RIF’d. Animals are also surrounded by euphemisms, usually when it comes to humans doing something bad to them. Like killing them. You don’t have to look far to see these euphemisms,…
More than 80 billion chickens are killed each year. And in the US, more than 200 million turkeys die each year, along with 26 million ducks. These are horrific numbers. And yet it’s hard to see any end to the endless ads for chicken wings and chicken patties on TV ads. So how do you…
Sharks get little love from the mainstream media. Whenever the media reports on a shark it is usually due to a shark “attack.” The New York Times is no exception. It recently reported on a human/shark encounter in waters about a hundred miles south of Costa Rica. The headline reads ‘She Could Have Killed Me’:…
I’ve long believed that some of the most effective forms of writing are letters to the editor. People love to read letters, particularly from a shared neighborhood, city or passion. In this case, we recently saw a letter in one of our most popular local magazines penned by Tom Cat (via Writing for Animals alum…
