Eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship - enjoyment at a distance.

U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.

Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test.

Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese?

The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.

Winners don't eat wieners.

Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life.