Wildlife in the digital age is wild no more. It is noise emanating from a Bluetooth speaker. Pixels glitching across a screen, bound by four sides 10.1, 13.5, 11.3, or 15.6 inches in length and width. Artificial colors straining our retinas and aching our brains (see, you need blue light filtering glasses!). And now, with […]
To the Ones Who Made Us “Fur-Parents”
In June of 2008, I was freshly 19 and living on my own for the first time in Cedar Rapids, IA. I vividly remember the day that I brought home my first cat ever. It was a historic day in Iowa, as the city of Cedar Rapids experienced the worst flood in its history as […]
Disease is One of the Realest Forms of the Human-Animal Bond
Disease comes from the old French word desaise meaning ‘lack of ease.’ In other words, the noticeable presence of pain, anxiety, concern, depravity, and as health professionals most commonly see it – illness. Illness – whether you define it as a malfunctioning organ, part of an organ, a specific body structure, or single body system […]
