When Hope, Work, Love, Prayers and Money Just Aren’t Enough
“How do you keep going? She’s the first one I’ve lost.” The desperate text came through my mobile phone as I rushed through a check out...
Thoughts: Free The Elephants Conference
This past weekend I had the singular experience of attending the Free the Elephants International Conference and Film Festival in...
If you want to help animals, travel!
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness”- Mark Twain Recently, I got into a heated debate on Facebook (I know, I...
Competition vs. Collaboration (Hint: One of these things will kill us)
Are you a winner? In Western culture, particularly here in the US, we are raised from a very early age, to view competition as the...
2018- Time to Take this Elephant Killing Substance OUT of Your Life!
After taking a blog break through the glorious craziness that is our holiday season at Arte for Elephants. I finally had a chance to sit...
The Trouble with Zoos
I have a confession to make. I’ve struggled in writing this particular blog post for several months now. I’ve drafted and deleted many...