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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

10,000 Birds

It’s a slim volume, a republication, mostly, of a chapter from her fine 2010 book Birdology , with some added material including an introduction, in which she describes how she has, a decade after her first experience with falconry (as described in the main part of the book), “come back for more.”

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning. KBJ: Nothing.

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On Vegan Devastation at PF Chang's

Animal Person

One manager told PETA Eats that most people prefer the vegetarian lettuce wraps over those with chicken. M: (long, long pause) So the spring rolls, the vegetarian lettuce wraps and the Ma Pa Tofu I've been eating for years are not vegan? Everything else has chicken stock, oyster sauce or non-vegan sugar.

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On Food/Lifestyle Disputes At Home

Animal Person

She warns wives and mothers not to move a family toward vegetarianism before everyone is ready. And it wasn't "vegetarianism" rather than "veganism," as though my husband went from omnivore to vegan overnight, I do understand that most people stop eating flesh first. When I read that last sentence, I cringed.

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Roger Cohen Realizes Dogs=Pigs, Sort Of

Animal Person

There is a rational, and for some people a spiritual, case for being a vegetarian: Killing animals is wrong. But as Cohen experiences, humans don't live "in theory." Do they suffer any more or less in death? Are they any more or less part of the mysterious unity of life? I think not. product that comes from an animal ).

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On "Food Inc."

Animal Person

There's no remotely vegan or even vegetarian (though I'm not even sure what the latter would look like) message. Then they yank the heads, slit the throats, and de-feather and gut the chickens. They grill the chickens, and trust me when I say it's all presented as a peak spiritual experience.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

Keith: As a historian or even an anthropologist, one could make the argument that being a vegetarian limits one's ability to understand other cultures. I, like you, am not a complete vegetarian. In fact, my diet is worse, but I do justify my eating habits. In many ways, it has a lot to do with defining one's culture.