Various News

I have a ton of stuff to blog about but I wanted to draw everyone's attention to a couple things.

The Washington Post today did an article about investigations into hunting ranges in Virginia where tame foxes are kept so people can pay to let their dogs chase and possibly kill them. The owners of the ranges insist the foxes aren't harmed, but I think we all know being chased by a pack of dogs in a fenced area is harm just as a starting point. Secondly the officials are saying that many places do let the dogs tear the tame foxes apart while still alive.

Mary Martin of Animal Person drew our attention to the mass rescue of "spent laying hens" from a "cage free" or supposedly free range facility that demonstrates yet again that "cage-free" hens suffer more than is even imaginable, and live brief agonized lives. A very timely reminder that we should all make this holiday season egg-free.

And finally, we all knew it already, but more confirmation that Dick Cheney enjoys killing tame animals who like humans and don't even try to get away. And we wonder why we're having so many problems in this country, but look who we put in charge.

I promise I'll be back shortly with something approaching real blogging!