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On the Vegan "Diet"

Animal Person

But they also haven't made a moral choice to not use animals. When I first saw PCRM's " Kickstart Your Health With a Vegan Diet " campaign, I let out a bit of a sigh. And if this campaign increases the number of people who decrease their animal usage in their diets, that's a great step. They don't have collars made from animals.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# You may not agree with it… but for millions of people across this nation hunting is a moral thing to do. It is OK for people to like to hunt.

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