Author: BEHAVIOR MATTERS FOR CATS AND DOGS, Animal Behaviorist, MA, Licensed Pet Care Technician Teacher, Doggone Safe, PPG, ISAE and MS in Urban Planning too!
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BEHAVIOR MATTERS FOR CATS AND DOGS:"An information-packed guide to managing and modifying cat and dog behaviors sensitively and effectively" - Kirkus Reviews
🐾Winner DWAA 2024 Best Behavior Book and Winner DWAA 2024 Best Book of the Year🐾#animalbehavior amazon.com/dp/B0D315DD96
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The roof of this Upper West Side water tank was removed earlier today, destroying an active nest of the well-known Barn Owl family that lived there, despite federal and state laws protecting such nests. The DEC is on site to investigate.
Agreed "Some say in-person is the only way. “You can’t resolve temperament issues over the phone,” Dunbar told the Times recently. “It’s insane.”
#dogtraining #dogs theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
Hunter College Alumni Author Day is this November 4th. #HunterCollege #Books #AuthorShowcase tiktok.com/t/ZTfn1fdcF/
Just bc we didn't or don't see it doesn't mean it's not happening "Together, these findings demonstrate substantial cooperation among family members in B. brownorum. However, the res did not observe subordinate individuals directly caring for eggs or fry." phys.org/news/2026-10-cooper…
"Birds rely on their vision to carry out precise, rapid maneuvers during flight and to guide their beaks toward objects when foraging," #animalcognition #crows @birds phys.org/news/2026-10-crows-…
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Brian May resigned from the RSPCA, the organisation created specifically to protect animals from cruelty, because he no longer believed it was doing enough to prevent that cruelty. His decision, announced on Instagram, quickly turned into something much bigger. Ricky Gervais and Joanna Lumley joined other celebrities in calling for change, more than 60 animal protection organisations signed a petition, the RSPCA opened an internal investigation, and its own Chief Executive eventually announced that he would step down.
May had served as a Vice President of the RSPCA since 2012. For twelve years he had raised money and campaigned for animal welfare. But in September 2024 he learned what had been happening on some farms carrying the RSPCA Assured label. Investigations had uncovered overcrowding, poor hygiene, and cases of physical abuse on more than 40 certified farms. Major supermarkets were signed up to the scheme, so customers could see the RSPCA label and believe they were paying extra for higher standards.
May gave the organisation time to respond. In the end he felt the response was completely inadequate. On September 26, 2024, he posted his resignation letter on Instagram. “It is with profound sadness and not without massive soul-searching that today I have to offer my resignation as a vice-president of the RSPCA. Good folks out there are still paying extra for animal produce with the RSPCA sticker on it — thinking they are protecting farm animals from cruelty. In the end there was no other option for me.”
The following day Bryan Adams, Moby, Ricky Gervais, Joanna Lumley and others signed an open letter urging the RSPCA to abandon the scheme. More than 60 animal protection organisations signed it. The RSPCA launched an internal review and its Chief Executive announced he would step down by the end of the year.
Brian May walked away from the animal protection organisation he had supported for twelve years because he believed it was not providing enough protection to animals. And somehow there may be no decision more perfectly Brian May than that.
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
These penguins urgently need us to listen to this.
Chinstrap penguin numbers on Zavodovski Island have plummeted by two-thirds since 2011 as warming waters have driven away their krill.
“It is an enormous population crash, equivalent to half a million breeding individuals being lost from that island,” said research lead Professor Norman Ratcliffe, a penguin ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey.
"The findings suggest that venom deployment is not merely a mechanical response to a threatening situation. It also has a consistent behavioral component that differs from one snake to another." #individualdifferences phys.org/news/2026-10-rattle…
"Notably, some calls were clearly distinct, while others blended into one another. "That blending of calls shows there is flexibility in how the #birds communicate. For example, they can convey not just that they are excited, but also how excited they are"'phys.org/news/2026-10-silent…
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Why would it be a waste of resources to try to stop the torture of hundreds of thousands of animals a year, which the author herself here seems to acknowledge is unconscionable?
I’m reminded of @astradisastra, @AaronRegunberg, + @FightFascismPod’s discussion of the feeling 1/
Is it possible not to honor @wildbirdfund at NY's 1st @nyccanimalwelfare? I got to spend time w/Rita Moran+write about their work and how #bird behavior+ our built environment negatively impacts welfare +well being (find the article on my site) instagram.com/reel/DepIbZpxa…
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They have nowhere to go
Orangutan memasuki kampung warga utk mencari makan krn hutannya terbakar, bahkan ada orangutan betina bersama anaknya makan bekal milik warga.
📍Kecamatan Dusun Selatan, Kab. Barito Selatan, Kalteng
📍Hanau Seruyan, dekat Tanjung Puting
@kemenhut_ri ini kan yg kalian mau‼️
NYC Council hon LIC Feral Feeders for their work. So deserved. But (apologies for my less than mediocre rec skills) as the org points out, as anyone who has cared for a feral or stray knows, this is work done for the many by the few. And we need help #cats instagram.com/reel/DekLZ_0OG…
With a major storm underway, the outdoor events at the #BrooklynBookFestival have been canceled. Disappointed to miss the opportunity of talking "Behavior Matters for Cats and Dogs" and grateful for safety concerns assured. Books, wonder and learning last the storms. #KeepReading
Countdown to Brooklyn Book Festival. All the best books and people too! #books #nyc #Brooklyn brooklynbookfestival.org/
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No matter what prayer tune you put in the background, no matter how much you paint a little terrified baby, you can't romanticise this cruelty! This baby is going to spend the next minimum 50 years in isolated captivity!
#WhyTheChains #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity
Frania Shelley-Grielen, MA, MS retweeted
Dogs aren't lab equipment. They're family.
Right now, breeders are mating dogs to supply taxpayer-funded labs with puppies, some as young as three months old.
We introduced the PUPPS Act to end it. No more breeding dogs for research. No more supply to the labs. And every dog already in the system gets a shot at adoption, not euthanasia.
Man's best friend belongs in a loving home, not a lab. 🐶
"We who choose to surround ourselves w/lives even more temporary than our own, live w/in a fragile circle; easily+ often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we would still live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality" instagram.com/reel/DdfdCYpsE…
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How do you advocate for animals? Understanding behavior differences of #cats + #dogs are pathways to empathy+p/o #humaneeducation. It's how we deepen harmonious relationships w/pets in our homes, keep them there, and how we prevent #animalcruelty instagram.com/reel/DdWk6jURa…
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Remember what happened last time Trump delisted wolves?
It unleashed what the former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—who'd previously been in favor of delisting wolves—described as the “epidemic of cruelty” and "ecocide."
As a result, he forcefully called for:
1. Immediately restore federal ESA protection for wolves, using the emergency-listing provision.
2. Appoint a qualified permanent FWS director capable of providing science-based leadership.
Their ESA protection was restored under Biden after a federal court overturned Trump's delisting—but Trump casually trashes it again:
Trump has ordered the Interior Department to remove ESA protections for gray wolves and Mexican wolves, while also directing agencies to make it easier to kill wolves.
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