Everybody is getting laid off in advertising these days. And there is no sign, the layoff will stop any time soon. Eric Proulx was a copywriter/ACD at the Arnold Worldwide headquarters in Boston.

     Have you ever watched the mating rituals of exotic animals on the Discovery Channel? If so, you may be able to understand the rituals associated with labor negotiations.   For the Union the end product of negotiations, the contract,  must be ratified by the membership, it has to appear to be a “win.” For management, in this case the City of New York, i.e., the Mayor, the contract must be described by the New York Times, the Post and the Daily News, as a “wi

I learned something surprising yesterday: the R.O.U.S. actually exists. And apparently they make great pets

Through early May, attendance at the Henry Vilas Zoo was over 130,000 — nearly double the number of visitors from the same period last year. Of course, this surge in zoo-going has little to do with the public’s sudden interest in threatened species and everything to do with the fact that a visit to see the animals is free.

The following is content created for Please Feed the Animals , and was originally published there on March 23, 2009.

In a world of bad economic news, layoffs seem like a quick solution to a seemingly complex problem. Recently, directors of the Bronx Zoo made the difficult decision to cut hundreds from their team of animals.