Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

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Critter News

APRIL 2, 2012

These dogs were rescued by Chinese activists before they could be slaughtered for meat. According to this article from the NPR site , such rescues are occuring more regularly as dogs are increasingly becoming pets. A good story from China for once.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 5, 2011

Dogs seem like pretty hardy animals for the most part, perfectly capable of eating all sorts of foods. Avocados contain persin, which in large amounts can be toxic to dogs and other domestic animals. Sugarless foods contain artificial sweeteners that can interfere with insulin production in your pet. Meat and Bones.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Two authors in New Zealand claim that the carbon footprint of pet animals are the same as owning a car. New Zealand-based authors Robert and Brenda Vale base their findings on the amount of land needed to grow food for pets ranging from budgerigars to cats and dogs.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Since their initial domestication, dogs have been fed scraps from their owners until commercial pet food became readily available in the 1940’s. However choosing what food to feed your pet is a major decision especially as there are different types of food specifically designed for different breeds and lifestyles.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Every time I get depressed about animal issues (every other day it seems like), I see an article like this. It's an article about the pork industry having to address the increasingly positive media image of pigs as intelligent creatures that could be someone's pet. And, of course, this view of farm animals is the norm.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2014

Real meat, poultry, or fish is the number 1 ingredient. Three lucky readers will win a free bag (it will be a coupon so you can buy which type your pet will love most). The post Purina Beyond Giveaway appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals. We were excited about this new product because it is full of natural ingredients.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Looking after pets should be acknowledged as an important responsibility as well as a pleasure. Pets come to depend on their owners, trusting them to do what’s best for them, and every owner should make the effort to treat their pet right. Options for treats.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Great Green Macaw digiscoped at the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras For many centuries throughout the world mankind has kept birds as pets. In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so the Friends of Animals took them to court, demanding an injunction and a return to live-trapping. And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces. And so, the U.S. Navy, having acquired authority over the island, began to trap, and then to shoot, the goats.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 23, 2012

In order to ensure that owner’s of new puppies are prepared to feed their new pet, the following guidelines have been designed to explain the basics of new puppy feeding. Additionally, a dog’s natural diet is meat. Therefore, the best foods for a puppy are ones where the first ingredient is some type of meat.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 31, 2010

They are picked fresh, and then the meat is air dried and cold pressed, making a pure product that retains the health benefits of a raw coconut. Coconut has health benefits for people and pets, you can read all about the amazing coconut right here. Would you like to win some CocoTherapy products for your pet?

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Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

I've been blogging here less partly because I've been blogging at Animal Rights & AntiOppression (check out my latest post " On Corporate Personhood and Animal Rights " and the better-than-the-post comments) but also because I've been feeling like a broken record and I don't want to bore anyone. Where do people get that idea?

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat ” (news article, April 21): The commercial development of meat from animal tissue won’t result in “fake meat” any more than cloning sheep results in fake sheep. A more accurate name for the end result would therefore be “clean meat.”

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

25): Thank you for another thoughtful piece by Verlyn Klinkenborg, who admirably makes the point that taking an animal’s life should not be a cavalier endeavor. For the same reason that most of us would not eat our pets, we should also not eat chickens, pigs or other animals. To the Editor: Re “ Two Pigs ” (The Rural Life, Oct.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2011

As a boy myself, and again as a father of three boys, I can tell you, I’ve had some pets in my life. I gathered my meat mallet from the drawer, dropped it forcefully on my veal, and the shock of the blow on the counter did something, maybe it acted as a fish defibrillator, I don’t know, but suddenly Fighter leapt to life.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Animal, Vegetable, Miserable ,” by Gary Steiner (Op-Ed, Nov. In fact, a whole lot of semi-vegans can do much more for animals than the tiny number of people who are willing to give up all animal products and scrupulously read labels. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat.

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Critter News

JUNE 14, 2011

This sounds to me like it's glorifying the use and misuse of exotic animals. Rollins will host "Animal Underworld," which features people who own exotic animals as well as those who eat them. It's really an investigation into our relationship with animals," he says. Anything for ratings I guess. Excerpted from Reuters.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. One cannot produce eggs or dairy products on a large scale without the wholesale exploitation of animals.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Here's an example of "joint costs" that says all you need to know about animals as nothing more than inputs in a manufacturing process. The meat packing industry takes a single input, a steer, and produces many different final products.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2012

Nutrition is among the most overlooked areas of responsible pet ownership. Many people simply buy what is on sale at their local grocery store, never realizing that there are huge differences in quality between pet food brands. Many pet owners are surprised when they change their dogs’ diet to a higher quality food.

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Animal Person

MAY 31, 2009

She jokes about eating animals. my former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!" "Do He asked, "Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?" (She recently joked that Charles' tail would make a tasty soup--which I actually saw as progress because a "pet" was being viewed as food and that's usually taboo.)

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 23, 2010

On December 20th, Americans voted online to raise funds for five national pet-related charities. Adopt A Pet: $43,800. AAHA Helping Pets Fund: $12,800. The five online pet organizations featured divided the $200,000 based on the percentage of votes. We got some great holiday news in our inbox this morning!

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 22, 2009

A few great ideas and links to help you and your pet enjoy the holiday season. Click here to find links to ecards that also help animals! Tis the season to help out a furry friend in need by nominating your favorite local animal shelters to receive Hartz pet supplies. Know of a shelter that could use some help?

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