If you've read this blog even once, you know that I come down on the side of animals whether it's to rant against the horrors we inflict when we lock them in cages to test our drugs, cosmetics, pesticides, and chemicals on them, or make them do tricks for our amusement. If any of these things make your stomach turn, you're my choir. I can only hope that once in a while a potential new member stumbles upon one of these posts and wants to help. And it's why I write for children, who are our last best hope to make us a more moral species.
Left to Starve
"Ponso is one of dozens of chimps who were stranded on a string of
abandoned islands after the New York Blood Center (NYBC) finished years
of painful testing on them."
Chimp Abandoned On Island Welcomes Rescuers With Open Arms
By Ameena Schelling for the Dodo
"The decision was met with widespread condemnation. At the time, Jane
Goodall called the announcement "completely shocking and unacceptable."
Duke University primatologist Brian Hare told
the New York Times, "Never, ever have I seen anything even remotely as disgusting as this."
