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Animals as Raw Material

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I came across this article in USA Today entitled "Waste not, want not: Companies find uses for leftover animal parts." For years, those parts have ended up in cosmetics, soap, pet food and animal feed. Tags: morbid thoughts. These are living beings. And I don't care about the term "sustainability."

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Why Top Chef Makes Me So Mad

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Is that all these people can cook? Today's vile episode is one featuring French cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. And frankly, I'm not sure these chefs have the training to do anything that doesn't involve a baby animal.

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New Book on Animal Rights Activism

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It's titled "The Animal Activists' Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World" by Matt Ball and Bruce Friedrich. Tags: activism book reviews. One guy runs Vegan Outreach and the other is a VP at PETA (they have those?). Here's a review on Huffington Post. Looks like it has some interesting ideas.

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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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The story says millions of animals may have died. There's no doubt across that scale of landscape and given the intensity of the fires, millions of animals would have been killed," he said. Tags: australia animal rescue wildfires wildlife. We are losers. They're the ones your hearts really go out to.".

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Farmer writes about the Creative Cooks Culinary Center in Brooklyn, where kids 5 to 11-years old are taught cooking in a place "that treats the culinary arts as an anthropological adventure." For me, the focus on culture and tradition is basically an excuse for "anything goes" when it comes to animals. One is male.

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Palin Now Going After Endangered Whales

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And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?) At issue is the population of {the Cook Inlet beluga) whales, which were put under the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act eight years ago, which scientists argue hasn't sped their recovery: Palin begs to differ.

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Guest Post: Understanding Pet Food Labels

4 The Love Of Animals

watch out for animals fats which are all highly preserved. Fresh Cooked diets are becoming more popular as an alternative to the raw. Look for foods cooked to minimum FDA cooking temperatures for safe handling. Guest Post: Understanding Pet Food Labels originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on March 22, 2010.

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