Under-representation of African American Employees in Animal Welfare
COMMENTARYSue-Ellen Brown ABSTRACTThe purpose of this research was to document the alleged under- representation of African Americans employed in U.S. nonhuman animal welfare organizations. A telephone survey of 32 animal welfare organizations yielded responses from 13 with 1,584 emp- loyees. Almost all organizations were reluctant to respond. Of the 13 organizations responding, 62% (N = […]
Dispatches From the Frontlines of the Animal Welfare Movement
Original Content provided by: Mediaplanet By: Kenny Lamberti, Director of Grass Roots Advocacy, Best Friends Animal Society We are in the midst of a tremendous shift in the animal welfare arena. Although consensus on statistics can become a bit of a matrix, one thing most agree on is that the number of cats and dogs […]
Let’s Stop Talking About Diversity and Be Inclusive
In the 1940s, leaving their wives and children to fend for themselves against theoppressive laws of Jim Crow, my grandfathers volunteered for a life-and-death strugglein opposition to fascism and for inclusion. Each returned from World War II a proudliberator of Europe, yet continued to be denied the basic freedoms granted to Jews andothers arriving to […]
Pets in Porcelain Berry
Pets in Porcelain Berry We have a lovely rose bush. In the morning, just after sunrise, the light lays on the bush setting the flowers aflame. But the same soil and warm light that feeds our roses, also feeds the porcelain berry, it’s just the nature of things. The porcelain berry invasion was endemics – […]