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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In my 40s, I became a vegetarian because I was saving sick and injured birds, and I just couldn’t eat them and save them. April 9, 2009 The writer is president of United Poultry Concerns, an advocacy group. At 14, as I started making my own choices, my eating habits began to change. Every meal, for me, is a celebration of life.