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the work done to change California’s slaughterhouses. He says the organization was never meant to limit itself to companion animals and that the “concern reaches to all animals” that are being exploited or mistreated.
Though controversy seems to follow author Wayne Pacelle everywhere, it’s hard to argue with many aspects of this book. Nobody, for instance, wants to see animals suffer, and action to pre-
TORNADO
FROM PAGE 7 Hurricane Katrina in 2005. “I have never seen devastation like this. It is heartbreaking,” said Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle and Alabama Governor Robert Bentley. “This is something I don’t think anyone has seen before.” In Alabama, emergency officials again raised the death toll from the tornadoes in that state, to 238. Bentley said 1,700 people were injured. At least 101 more deaths were reported across Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Virginia and Louisiana. Children were among the victims. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said it was feared the number of deaths would rise as states searched for many people unaccounted for. But the number of missing was not clear. “We can’t bring those who’ve been lost back. They’re alongside God at this point ... but the property damage, which is obviously extensive, that’s something we can
EARTH
FROM PAGE 6 wind power demonstrations from Clipper Windpower. “I think it’s really important to celebrate Earth Day,” Svedlund said. “And the children love it as you can see.” Svedlund said organizing an Earth
vent it would seem prudent to the vast majority of people. That emphasis here—and especially, the hopeful and heartwarming chapter on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—is very much worth reading.
But still, and despite that Pacelle often seems to choose his words carefully, there’s contention all over “The Bond”, no matter which side of the animal rights fence you’re on.
In this book, Pacelle takes on farmers and hunters, zoo-goers and meat-eaters, the government, gun owners, Canadians, home-
do something about,” Obama said. “With initial reports of buildings destroyed approaching 10,000, property insurance losses are expected to range from $2 to $5 Billion,” catastrophe risk modeling company EQECAT said. “Tornado activity in April is putting 2011 into the record books,” it said, adding that the recent tornado outbreak had involved “hundreds of touchdowns, some tornado tracks reported to be almost a mile (1.6 km) wide and tens of miles long causing hundreds of fatalities”. Obama was eager to show that federal relief is on its way and that he is not taking the disaster lightly. His predecessor George W. Bush was fiercely criticized for what was viewed as a slow response to Hurricane Katrina. Flying into Tuscaloosa aboard Air Force One, Obama and his family saw a wide brown scar of devastation several miles (kilometers) long and hundreds of yards (meters) wide. Tuscaloosa resident Jack Fagan, 23, was glad that Obama saw the damage. “Perhaps federal funds will help us, but
Day celebration was a natural fit for a science and gardening teacher and she enjoys sharing her own passion for environmentalism with the students. “We hope to instill these values with them when they’re young so they carry those values with them throughout their lives,” Svedlund said. Families are more than onboard for
owners, scientists, and some veterinarians. He has much to say about dolphins, “downer” cattle, dog breeders, and elephant “trainers”. And, by dealing with the Elephant in the Room, he challenges football-minded animal lovers by discussing his contentious work with Michael Vick.
If you decide to read this book, do so with curiosity about our human-animal bond and the understanding that what’s in here probably isn’t going to change anybody’s mind - though, for sure, in disputative circles, “The Bond” is going to make the fur fly.
I’m sure it will take longer than they say because it always does.” Recovery could cost billions of dollars and even with federal disaster aid it could complicate efforts by affected states to bounce back from recession. Tornadoes are a regular feature of life in the U.S. South and Midwest, but they are rarely so devastating. The tornadoes hit Alabama’s poultry industry—the state is the No. 3 U.S. chicken producer—and hurt other manufacturers in the state. They also halted coal production at the Cliffs Natural Resources mine in Alabama. The second-biggest U.S. nuclear power plant, the Browns Ferry facility in Alabama, may be down for weeks after its power was knocked out and the plant automatically shut, avoiding a nuclear disaster, officials said. Apparel producer VF Corp, owner of clothing brands such as North Face and Wrangler Jeans, said one of its jeanswear distribution centers, located in Hackleburg, Alabama, was destroyed and one employee killed.
the idea and there’s a parent at almost every station. Robin Fell, Alexander’s mother, is working the lemonade station where students squeeze their own lemons. Fell said her kids are bringing home the latest ideas on how to live a more Earth-friendly life. “Our children teach us,” Fell said. “And we’re all better for it.”