Compassion Is Alive. People Do Care.

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret. I have come to believe that compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. ― Albert Schweitzer's Nobel Peace Prize address, “The Problem …

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Ask and It Is Given: Why Force-Free Is the Way to Go!

Why would you force someone to do something when you can just ask them politely? This is what many animal trainers have been trying to teach the public (and our fellow "old school" trainers and colleagues for years). Thankfully, now we are seeing it happen in almost every species! Rabbits are one of the many …

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A Life Less Complicated

We all want things that make our lives easier.  We like easy.  We like simplicity.  I recently discovered something that made my life and the lives of four animals easier and less complicated.  This new 'thing' came in the guise of something that I used to laugh at.  I would see this item and think …

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