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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. Tags: Activism Economics Ethics Language. What that means is that it wasn't a factory-farm operation.

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On Children's Books, Introverts & Films

Animal Person

Working or volunteering at an animal sanctuary or shelter or participating (or starting) a Trap-Neuter-Release effort, maybe? I wrote about " The End of the Line " over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression, so I won't rehash. which is a documentary co-produced by two young girls from NYC, one of whom was raised as a vegetarian.

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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. And the production of her insulin (Vetsulin) involved the use of animal products (from pigs).

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