by Sandra Kyle | Oct 15, 2020 | Animal Rights, Environment, Oceans, Species extinction
The idea that other creatures should be ‘useful’ to us is shown experiments on countless animals, their exploitation for work and entertainment, and their slaughter for food. If we modify our anthropocentric approach and value our fellow creatures for their...
by Sandra Kyle | Jan 21, 2020 | Nature, Species extinction, wildlife
Key points: Charred bodies of animals are strewn all over on Kangaroo Island, south of Adelaide, where an estimated 37,000 koalas have been killed in the bushfires. A koala was photographed appearing to bury its face in its arms in sorrow, while its companion’s...
by Sandra Kyle | Jul 30, 2019 | climate change, Environment, Nature, Species extinction
Eighty percent of the biomass of insects has disappeared in just thirty years, and intensive agriculture, particularly the heavy use of pesticides, is the main driver of this collapse. The decline in populations worldwide is devastating not only for the...