I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.

It's time for the State Department to permanently change its official policy to allow all members of U.S. citizens' families - no matter what size they are or how many legs they have - to evacuate together when disaster strikes.

Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.

Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.

Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.