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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I've read Joan Dunayer. And now that I've read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism , I think I know why. Field & Stream executive editor David Petzal defines fair chase as 'stalking an animal on its own terms.'

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On "Pets" and "Its"

Animal Person

As someone who's about to have a one-year old in her life, I was particularly aware of the part animals play in the lives of the children and how animals are talked about. Here 's the book, and in the preview you can see that in the beginning when the gorilla being described is male he is referred to as "he." So far so good.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

You can buy some extra time by presoaking the animal in a basin of ice water.)" Actually, I didn't quit neuroscience as a result of the experiences described, but I did quit working with animals. But that's neither here nor there -- I'm very supportive of animal research in principle. It "guarantees humane treatment?"