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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). This is also present in birds & mammals, however it is not fully present in fish & amphibians. This is where I'd like to bring up "anthropomorphic bias."

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Vegan Goes Mainstream!

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I had been focused on what I had to give up—sugar, gluten, alcohol, meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese. Oprah is discovering just how delicious a heart-healthful, cruelty-free, environmentally-friendly vegan diet can be. Try a cruelty-free vegan diet for 21 days and see how you feel. What's left?' Apparently a lot.

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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on Consistency

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It is certain, then, that the practice of flesh-eating involves a vast amount of cruelty, a fact which cannot be lessened or evaded by any quibbling subterfuges. I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian.

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From Today's New York Times

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But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food. Danielle Kichler Washington, Nov.

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The True Costs of Eating Meat

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Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics produced are fed to farmed animals to prevent (not treat) disease. Undigested antibiotics leach from manure into freshwater systems and impair the sex organs of fish. Do it for the Earth, do it for the animals, and do it for your health. About the Washington Post columnist: James E.

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