After three or four days of posting to this Blog I felt it was appropriate to say a bit about myself and something with regard to my views about the content herein before I continue.

I have been a vegetarian for just about 3 years, but I’ve been devoted to animal welfare as long as I can remember, probably since my 3rd grade teacher read to us the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, now before

The seals are a wonder, while we were there we encountered a woman who belongs to La Jolla Friends of Seals their .org seems to be down presently, I sincerely hope that this is a temporary state, she was explaining the history of the Children's Pool controvery (story follows) when she suddenly pointed to a small sea lion clambering up the rocks to the beach area. The dozen or so harbor seals,

Well, we're not sure how informative a correspondent I will be, but I'm happy to join in. Harlan reminded me of the harbor seals we were privileged enough to see on our trip to southern California a few weeks ago. I must say that visiting those seals was the highlight of our trip, in my opinion. With the Pacific Ocean waves splashing against the wall while the seals and their babies rested in

Nancy, a 2-syllable girl's name of Hebrew origin, means: Graceful one.
We are joined by a new correspondent today, Nancy, whom I am very happy to say is my wife and best friend, among her many charms she is an astute observer and very keen on animals, so I expect we will see a number of contributions in the category: animal rights and welfare. Welcome Hon…we used to live in Baltimore home of

Welcome to my first post to this Blog, actually more an online filing cabinet disguised as a Blog, my desk being piled over with mounds of clippings, notes, scribbling, doodles and such, if I am unable to locate it in my office or it gets carried away by one of the dogs as a fresh play thing; 'the dog ate my homework, honest', it may in future (fingers crossed) be retrieved here. A few years