Other Crap

Cows have a complex mental life in which they bear grudges, nurture friendships and become excited by intellectual challenges.

• And don't even get me started on pigs. The one on Green Acres was always demanding to have his M&Ms separated.
• "Christine Nicol, professor of animal welfare at Britain's Bristol University, said even chickens might have to be treated as individuals with needs and problems."
• I see a Fox series in the making - "She's the hippest doc on the animal block. This is not her grandfather's psychologist. She's Punk, She's Pink. She's Sigmunda 'Pink' Freud, Pig Shrink"