Dancing Star Animal Sanctuaries

Part 2: History and future of the animal sanctuary culture

By Jane Morrison and Michael Tobias

A year prior to the enshrining of Yellowstone, the U.S. Congress had created a U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries because of the fact that already there had been a noticeable decline in fish numbers, particularly salmon. In the following decades invasive species harmful to agricultural crops were studied and the U.S. Department of Agriculture sector focused on this problem would become known as the Bureau of Biological Survey. One of the Continue reading

Dancing Star Animal Sanctuaries

Part 1: Distinguishing between a wild and domestic sanctuary

By Jane Morrison and Michael Tobias

As a metaphor for the larger world of species at risk, Dancing Star Foundation’s animal sanctuaries in California are — like so many sanctuaries around the world — focused upon the very serious realities of marginalized “domesticated” and “wild” individuals whose lives have been haunted by the ways of the world. All these animals were rescued from circumstances that would otherwise have spelled their doom.

Cows and steers, for example, have typical life Continue reading