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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But not long ago on a lonely road in northern Connecticut, I stopped to administer similar compassion, only to be stoutly rebuffed by a vicious snapping turtle that refused to be helped. I have done that, and afterward felt at least virtuous if not godlike.

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On Why a Bunny Might Have Two Noses

Animal Person

( AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Brian A. Pounds ) A pet store in Connecticut received a shipment of products last week. Deformities in animals who are mass-produced are not new. Products, meaning rabbits. Sentient nonhumans for sale. How auspicious for the owner of the pet store, who deals in sentient nonhumans!

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