Animal Person

JANUARY 1, 2010

I've written about my ambivalence regarding "pet" ownership/guardianship/insert-whatever-term-you're-comfortable-with, and also about my strong belief in helping individuals, but I don't recall addressing whether the having of pets is not vegan. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

My inbox this month has informed me that November is Vegan Awareness Month! Here's my attempt to bring it all together in an Animal Person post. I am a vegan who has adopted a diabetic greyhound who eats vegan food ( Natural Balance ), and who is adopting a boy from Russia. And Diabetes Awareness Month.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The life expectancy of greyhounds is 12-15 years. Diabetes shortens the life expectancy of human and nonhuman animals, by years. Unfortunately, Violet doesn't like her vegan food or most other food, but will eat food that smells terrible for some reason. There she is. She has beaten the odds and made it another year.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And I received confirmation of something I've known since 2004, when we adopted retired racing greyhound, Violet Rays: That there's sort of a critical period for dog-behavior acquisition, and if it's missed, the dog isn't likely to mature into the type of loving being whose behavior we've come to associate with "pet" dogs.

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