The Young Woman Who Changed the World’s View of Chimps, and of Ourselves On 14 July 1960, a 26-year-old English woman stepped off a boat at Gombe Stream Game Reserve, Tanzania, to begin what would become one of the most revolutionary studies in the history of science. Her name was Jane Goodall, and her quiet […]
Messages of Love in the Sidewalk At the corner of Baxter Street and Echo Park Avenue, a sidewalk runs along the edge of Elysian Heights Elementary School. It stretches nearly the entire block. Look closely, and you’ll find something special carved into the cement, messages of love left behind by students in the 1960s. Those […]
A Heartbreaking Rescue Like Nothing Rescuers Had Seen Before It was the worst case of neglect that rescuers at NorCal Bully Breed Rescue had ever encountered. Chase, a Chihuahua, and his cocker spaniel companion, Buddy, were infested with fleas, suffering from untreated skin infections, and barely able to stand because of the pain. After 12 […]
From Captivity to Liberation What a difference a year, and real freedom, makes. This is the extraordinary journey of Duma the elephant. After more than forty years in captivity, beginning in a circus and later in a zoo, Duma (originally named Charlie/Charley) has finally been given the chance to live the life nature intended. Once […]
A Lifelong Fear That Once Held Him Back Cape of Good Hope SPCA Inspector Lwazi Ntungele had always been afraid of water. He had never learned to swim, and the thought of stepping into a pool or river filled him with anxiety. Earlier this year, everything began to change. Lwazi and fellow inspector Lee Prins […]
A Boy Who Lost Everything, but Never Forgot the View of Home Since childhood, Li Jingwei didn’t know his real name, where he was born, or even his exact age. But last month, after more than 30 years of searching, he finally found his biological family, thanks to a hand-drawn map he had memorized as […]