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Becoming Sensitized to Animals in Books

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Over the years, I've noticed that the role of animals jumps out at me in any book I read. It's a book by Tracy Kidder about Dr. Paul Farmer, an international health advocate who made his name from his work in Haiti and his fight against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR). It's stuck in my mind and tainted the book.

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When You Have to Make a Choice About Your Beliefs

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I've decided to quit my book club, which I dearly love, because of a member who works in medical research and supports animal experimentation. I think the time has come for me to leave the book club. She has no issues with vivisection either. And like I said, I love the other people in it. She supports this.