I’m a day late in posting this, but the winning caption was written by Jessi. Thanks for everyone’s wonderful comments on this comic! Wow! And the humans complain about a little probing … Don’t forget to check out the archive of past 10% Wool comic strips here. Get more information on the series … Read more »
Canada has a lot to answer for. Twenty years of Celine Dion albums, for one thing. Howie Mandel. Poutine. OK, those things are just a matter of taste, but then there’s the annual seal slaughter. During the commercial slaughter—the largest massacre of marine mammals on Earth—tens of thousands of seals have their heads bashed in … Read more »
rightpundits / CC Thanks to PETA’s investigation and the great job done by Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, officials, Holly Crawford—the woman who disfigured several kittens in hopes of selling them as oddities on eBay—has been convicted of cruelty to animals and may face up to several years in jail! In December ’08, an eBay shopper tipped … Read more »
nps.gov / CC Take a sound bite out of this recently discovered linguistic marvel: The barking language of prairie dogs may just be the most complicated language of any animal. Con Slobodchikoff—a biology professor at Northern Arizona University—studied their sounds very closely and found that the animals have different “words” to describe each of their … Read more »
It’s not often that you find a bird of prey in your back yard. Kestrels are falcons who are usually seen hovering in the air or sitting on a perch surveying their territory. So when a Florida woman found an injured kestrel lying helplessly in her garden, unable to fly, she contacted PETA. 1.bp.blogspot.com … Read more »
Last night, I made chocolate chip cookies but somehow they’re all gone. How that happened I shall not say, but while I try to convince Frank the cat that he really doesn’t want to “make biscuits” on my uncomfortably full belly, help yourself to some soup. Rump—check. Breast—check. Wait … where is Palin’s brain? It’s … Read more »
Click for a larger version You know, animal shelters have gerbils too. To check out the archives of past strips, click here.
This particular serving of interweb porridge is a blend of the usual adorableness to coo over mixed with a few freaky-deaky items. Halloween is in the air … Exhibit A: Veggie alien ponders its victim. Upping the creepiness—Newsweek offers further evidence that murderers often torture animals before moving on to human victims. More sad than … Read more »
Ladies, allow me to introduce you to Jonathan Fagerlund: dreamlinemusic / CC But first, a disclaimer: Even when my husband is goofing off for the camera, I think he’s a hunk. Not only is Tim good-looking, he also refuses to eat animals, confronts every fur hag he encounters, and participates in … Read more »
Click for a larger version China: Celebrating 60 years of communism and animal exploitation. To check out the archives of past strips, click here.
cularis / CC Mississippi chef, restaurateur, and author Robert St. John has revealed that PETA’s recent billboard inspired him to go vegetarian for the month of September in an effort to lose weight. In a column for the Laurel Leader-Call, he wrote the following: There’s been a big stink in the … Read more »
Not even kidding—it’s a proven fact that D.C. humidity is the worst in the whole universe. Why must it be so evil? Seeing as my brain is beginning to suffocate, it seems that taking a pause from work to surf the Interwebs is completely justifiable if I turn it into Internet soup. Right? OK, here … Read more »
johnelkington / CC When I was eight years old, I swore off aquariums forever after my dozen or so guppies committed suicide in the middle of the night. Rather than remain in a crowded, dirty tank, they leaped to their slow, suffocating deaths on the carpet. The guilt that I carry around because of those … Read more »
This week is the one-year anniversary of Jeff Corriveau’s nationally syndicated comic strip, DeFlocked! If you aren’t reading it already, you should start checking it out daily. Click for a larger version To check out the archives of past strips, click here.
Summer is finally in full swing, and for those of us in D.C., that means frequent stops at Sticky Fingers bakery. All vegan goodies, from cupcakes to chili cheese dogs, and that summer fave—soft-serve ice cream! No, to answer the obvious question, life does not get any better. So, it is as I enjoy some … Read more »
