Sally Eckhoff

Crocodile tears

The late Steve Irwin was a great conservationist, whatever Germaine Greer says.

Sally Eckhoff Thursday, Sep 7, 2006 9:30 AM UTC 100
All Salon

They shoot racehorses, don’t they?

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will likely have to be put down. Will the troubled sport of horseracing meet the same fate?

Sally Eckhoff Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006 11:00 AM UTC 54
News

The horse pamperer

When the editor in chief of Simon & Schuster decides to write a book about the horsey lifestyles of the super-rich, nobody's powerful enough to stop him.

Sally Eckhoff Monday, Nov 24, 2003 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Nonfiction, Books

Outfoxed

Wilde called fox hunting the "unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable." On the upside, it's got all the thrill of battle and only 25 percent of the injuries.

Sally Eckhoff Tuesday, Mar 5, 2002 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment

Monster mush?

The Alaskan Iditarod is supposed to be about huskies having fun, but that's not what animal rights groups think.

Sally Eckhoff Wednesday, Mar 22, 2000 5:00 PM UTC
Life Race

“Lucky”

A memoir of rape that's just about everything you'd expect it not to be

Sally Eckhoff Monday, Sep 27, 1999 4:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Books

“Brown Dog of the Yaak” and “The Dream of the Marsh Wren”

Two authors confront the dramas of the natural world and the writing life.

Sally Eckhoff Friday, Jul 23, 1999 4:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Environment, Books

The Orchid Thief

Sally Eckhoff reviews 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean

Sally Eckhoff Wednesday, Jan 13, 1999 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Books

Lions and tigers are p.c., oh my!

At Disney's new Animal Kingdom, you can save the rain forest and protest logging without leaving your open-air car.

Sally Eckhoff Tuesday, Jul 28, 1998 7:00 PM UTC
Life Disney, Noble Beasts, Travel

Why The Tree Loves The Ax

Ally Eckhoff reviews 'Why the Tree Loves the Ax' by Jim Lewis.

Sally Eckhoff Thursday, Feb 19, 1998 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Books

Animal Husbandry

Sally Eckhoff reviews 'Animal Husbandry' by Laura Zigman

Sally Eckhoff Monday, Jan 5, 1998 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Books

Voice Over?

Is the Village Voice, after several years of increasing irrelevance, pulling itself together at last-- or is the noise we hear simply the sound of a once-proud liberal icon falling apart?

Sally Eckhoff Tuesday, Feb 11, 1997 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment