by Jane Broccolo | Feb 6, 2010 | All Posts, Animal Intelligence, Animal Rights, The Human-Animal Connection, The Human-Animal Self
Narrator Alan Alda, makes a feeble attempt to make us feel good about defiling the world in the recent PSB video, “The Human Spark” that shows us we have two brain functions–insight and imagination–that separate us from (other)animals.Wrong. I...
by Jane Broccolo | Jan 18, 2010 | All Posts, Animal Intelligence, The Human-Animal Connection
David Schwartz of WPKN in Connecticut interviewed me on the radio last night regarding my new book, LIKE an ANIMAL: When Being Human is not Enough. In the book I mention that at age four, I turned my attention from a “normal life” to relate more to...
by Jane Broccolo | Aug 26, 2009 | All Posts, Pet Health
Your dog may not be psychologically addicted to sugar the way some of us are, but that doesn’t mean that dog treats laced with sugar – including honey, molasses, maple syrup, corn syrup – won’t compromise your dog’s health in the short,...
by Jane Broccolo | May 31, 2009 | All Posts, Animal Intelligence
I look out my window. In the distance two birds on a wire. I assume they are mates. One presumably the female is smaller than the other who sits within an inch by her side to her right. Suddenly, a larger bird comes in for an abrupt landing about two feet from where...
by Jane Broccolo | Apr 14, 2009 | All Posts
Barack Obama, there are thousands of pure bred hypoallergenic dogs in shelters across this country that you rule. Thanks to you, thousands of Americans who never even heard of a Portuguese Water Dog will now be inspired to create a huge market for them to be born into...
by Jane Broccolo | Mar 30, 2009 | All Posts
Had to set things straight with my dachshund friend this morning. She finally agreed that from now on when she needs to make a ‘lump sum deposit’ that, instead of hinting with a soft hardly audible growl from the other room for me to hurry and lift her off...
