by Sandra Kyle | Mar 17, 2022 | animals in captivity, ocean, Sentience, Veganism
Next in our series on the writers of “VEGAN VOICES – Essays by Inspiring Changemakers”, is Ingrid Newkirk. Ingrid Newkirk is the founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (PETA), the largest animal rights organisation in the world with...
by Sandra Kyle | Feb 28, 2022 | ocean, Science, wildlife
A new study by researchers led by Masanori Kohda, a biologist at the Graduate School of Science in Osaka City University, shows fishes may have self awareness potentially on a par with animals such as chimpanzees and orangutans. For more details, read the...
by Sandra Kyle | Oct 26, 2021 | Activism, ocean, wildlife
A deeply poignant account of witnessing the death of a mighty whale, by Captain Paul Watson, conservationist and environmentalist and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Read the article on EcoWatch ...
by Sandra Kyle | Sep 22, 2021 | ocean, wildlife
The Grindadráp is a type of dolphin drive hunting that involves beaching and slaughtering pilot whales. On just one day this week, 14,000 mammals were killed in a particularly brutal massacre. Read the CNN article here. ...
by Sandra Kyle | Jul 21, 2021 | ocean, Uncategorised
Cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus) appear alien to us, yet they possess remarkable intelligence, cunning ways, curiosity and affection. Their cognitive abilities and complex thinking patterns are still being investigated by scientists. In...
by Sandra Kyle | Jul 20, 2021 | ocean
For some years now the scientific concensus has been that fish feel pain. At the anatomical level, fish have neurons known as nociceptors, which detect potential harm, such as high temperatures, intense pressure, and caustic chemicals. They also produce the same...
