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On Helping Individuals and Utilitarianism

Animal Person

Or paid for food for a year at a rescue kennel. The average person doesn't fund programs that cost $8,000 per cat. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Or printed thousands of copies of vegan leaflets. Of course, I have an emotional attachment to that one individual, Violet Rays.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

California’s shelter populations have declined in recent decades, and most pet owners (70 percent dog, 84 percent cat) are acting responsibly and spaying/neutering their pets without government involvement. Lisa Peterson Director of Club Communications, American Kennel Club New York, July 31, 2007