A couple of weeks ago, I was driving on a freeway and saw the corpse of a big, beautiful raccoon, lying in the fast lane. Frankly, as long as there are cars and US speed limits continue to be set so high on freeways, preventing this overwhelmingly sad type of ‘accident’ doesn’t seem possible to [...]

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I hope you enjoy this slideshow we’ve put together of what we consider to be one of America’s most endearing tribes of inhabitants – the Chipmunks of California! And, I hope your imaginiation has been sparked just enough so that [...]

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The Viciousness Of Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin
VeganReader.com is not a political blog, nor do we find it correct to attempt to dictate the political views people should hold. Such choices are very personal. Rather, we speak here out of concern for the safety and well-being of all of Earth’s animal tribes and, at present, [...]

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If I tell you that Sloths are people, how do you respond?
Likely, you think, “no, human beings are people. Animals are not people.”
That is how most humans are raised to think about all species other than their own, but naturalists like John Muir, who spent the majority of his life in the wilderness, came to [...]

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