Ed Boks Consulting

Month: July 2018

  • Is D.C. Cat Count really necessary? by Ed Boks

    D.C. Cat Count includes hidden cameras to take photos of free roaming cats.

    The New York Times reported today that the Humane Society of the United States, PetSmart Charities and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute is launching a $1.5 million, three-year plan to count all the stray, feral and pet cats living in Washington D.C.

    The plan is called D.C. Cat Count; and it is a highly technological endeavor. As many as 60 camera traps will record images of outdoor cats. A smartphone app, (still in development), will allow anyone in D.C. to share pictures of feral and/or pet cats in an effort to build a comprehensive library of all the cats living in the District. (more…)

  • Abused children more likely to abuse animals by Ed Boks

    A great deal is known regarding the link between animal abuse and violence against humans.  In fact, law enforcement now tracks animal abuse alongside felonies like arson, burglary, assault, and homicide because it is thought that animal abuse may be a precursor to greater crimes including murder and serial killing.

    A new study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood may help pull back the curtain even further into helping us understand where the inclination for cruelty originates in the first place. (more…)

  • July 14: First World Chimpanzee Day by Jane Goodall

    Jane Goodall

    14th July 2018.  The very first World Chimpanzee Day.

    58 years to the day since I arrived for the very first time in what I then referred to, in my letters home, as “Chimpanzee Land”.  At the time it was the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in what was then Tanganyika – a British Protectorate.  Today, of course, it is the Gombe National Park in the independent country of Tanzania.

    Jane at 26

    I was 26 years old back then, and 58 years is a long time.  But if I close my eyes and let my mind free to wander into the past, I can relive that boat ride along the shore of Lake Tanganyika.  (more…)

  • Time to end the Rodeo loophole… by Ed Boks

    Rodeo is animal abuse

    Imagine a person chasing a scared puppy across an open field.  The frightened puppy is brutally clothes-lined by a rope thrown around her neck; her legs  fly out from under her.  Her attacker grabs her, lifts her waist high and body slams her to the ground.  Terrified, the puppy’s legs are tied together so she can’t escape her tormenter; and she is dragged by the neck with the rope.    (more…)

  • RODEO: A celebration of animal abuse by Ed Boks

    When did the 4th of July become a time to celebrate animal abuse?

    Rodeo animals are generally tame creatures who must be provoked into battle.

    They live lives filled with stress and fear.

    Contestants practice their games on numerous calves, bulls, and horses, injuring and killing many animals before even entering the ring. (more…)

  • Signers of the Declaration of Independence; where are they now? by Ed Boks

    Too often we Americans celebrate our holidays with little thought of their origins.  Take July 4th for example.  Today we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

    Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence ? (more…)