Human cruelty

We are horrible to each other, so it really shouldn't come as a surprise that humans are often incredibly cruel to animals. It shouldn't............but somehow, it still does. Seven gorillas were killed in cold blood in an African wildlife preserve for absolutely no reason whatsoever: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/07/virunga/jenkins-text/1.

Why? What could possibly motivate a person to do something like this to innocent animals? What the hell is wrong with us?

I'm not only selfish.........I should be taxed for it

Some nutcase doctor in Australia has written to the Medical Journal of Australia suggesting that any family with more than two kids should pay a "carbon use tax" on those extra kids (bad news for me, with my four little BHG's roaming the house): http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/187_11_031207/wal10921_fm.html. This tax would continue ad infinitum.

Look, anybody who reads my blog knows that I am a conservationist and environmentally-friendly guy--Mrs. BHG does not refer to me as "The Recycling Nazi" for no reason--but I have to ask, what is this whack job thinking? I'll pay the tax on my kids when former V.P. Al Gore gives up his house which uses more carbon in a year than my family will probably use collectively in its lifetime.................

Do I have to boycott THEM, too???

I've previously blogged about the animal-lover side of my personality, and it's going to come out here again: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3882449.

WHY, why, why do the Japanese need to resume hunting Humpback Whales? Are they seriously trying to sell the world on the idea that their culture will wither away and die if they don't kill these animals? Sorry, but that won't fly with me, nor should it with anyone else. It's a barbaric move on their part, and hopefully they will be condemned by the world community for it.

A rare bit of good news...............

..............in the battle to save animal species from extinction: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070516/ap_on_sc/cambodia_rare_turtle. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for turtles, so any good news about them makes me happy.