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On Food for the Soul

Animal Person

The animals were still bred and raised for slaughter, but evidently in some kind of soulful way we don't really hear about. Kristof writes of the "decent and varied lives" that small farms provide animals with. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. I'm not sure how that equals soul.

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My Favorite Release

10,000 Birds

I’ve really been wracking my brain because for me releasing is very traumatic,” said Cara Petricca, with Bluebird Farm Animal Sanctuary in Cheshire, MA. I still think about and worry about so many of the animals I’ve worked with. I raised them, banded them and released them back to their colony site that summer.

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November is. Awareness Month

Animal Person

Is raising a good citizen of the planet more important than the carbon footprints of two vegans who live relatively modest lives? question is important when it comes to adopting special needs animals, like Violet Rays, our rescue greyhound. But as with many things in life, we must ask ourselves, which is more important?

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