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Animals Have Personalities? No WAY!

Animal Person

When I started blogging in May of 2006 I was very snarky. Snark defined blogging back then. Riddle me this: Why would any human animal use as a default position that nonhuman animals do not have personalities as rich, distinct, obnoxious, obsequious and varied as human animals? We're sentient.

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On Dominance and Animal Birth Control

Animal Person

Yesterday, regarding being a minority within a minority , mikey commented (among other things): While I am fairly new subscriber to this blog, therefore not knowing your particular stance, I've often felt like a minority within a minority for my stance on animal birth control. Hence, it's a Gray Matter.) And this is one of them.

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On "The Wild"

Animal Person

Twice in the past 24 hours (once here and once on Stephanie's blog, in the comments )I have come across the following statement: "[insert animal here] are safe from predators, get fed regularly, and are better off on farms than if they were in 'the wild.'" It's not pretty.

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