31 July 2015   The killing in Zimbabwe of a magnificent lion named Cecil has ignited worldwide outrage and disgust.   It should.  In my view, hunting for sport is murder.   The perpetrator was Walter Palmer, a small-town dentist from Minnesota with a record of killing large animals with a bow […]


September 7, 2012 Elephants are one of nature’s supremely beautiful and most majestic creations. Africa’s elephants are rapidly being slaughtered to extinction because of Asia’s lust for ivory. We should remember Gandhi’s maxim, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals […]


29 March 2010   “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” -Gandhi   TORONTO–  I’ve covered 14 wars in my time, and seen human suffering and poverty around the globe.  But one of the sights that haunts me […]