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Visiting Bird Service: Avian “Pet Therapy” Cheers Seniors

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You may have heard of nursing homes or assisted living facilities bringing in dogs and cats to give their residents a little “pet therapy.” Scooter is now getting on in years and has suffered health setbacks. But what about birds? One enterprising New Orleans-area bird rescuer is doing just that. But that’s a whole ’nother rant.)

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Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo

Animal Person

Like a "BBQ, pony rides and a petting zoo!" When I started thinking about trying to get the association to cancel the pony rides and petting zoo (which are often part of one business as a quick Google search of " traveling petting zoo " will demonstrate), my several-year vegan husband said, "What's the use? What would you do?

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How to ‘treat’ your cat right

4 The Love Of Animals

Looking after pets should be acknowledged as an important responsibility as well as a pleasure. Pets come to depend on their owners, trusting them to do what’s best for them, and every owner should make the effort to treat their pet right. Options for treats.

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Look After Your Dog’s Health – Buy Them Premium Foods

4 The Love Of Animals

Your dog may suffer from intestinal difficulties, in which case feeding them Eukanuba Dog Intestinal Formula would be a suitable option. James Wellbeloved is a brand that specifies in producing hypo-allergenic dog food. With James Wellbeloved Puppy Food and Junior Food you can make sure your dog gets off to a good start nutritionally.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Many of us have difficulty with the idea of keeping “pets.” When it comes to pets, the only reasons he considers for keeping pets have to do with the enrichment of the lives of people. So why the hell do you continue to participate in the killing of chickens for food, yet cockfighting is no longer on your list?”

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Cows, domestic sheep, chickens and many others would not survive if they were not raised for human consumption, protected from malnutrition, disease and predators. He’s right: I don’t care deeply about the suffering of animals I eat, wear or otherwise benefit from. Suffering and injustice are inherent in life, and time is short.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

There are moral reasons to go vegetarian: recognition that it is wrong to contribute to unnecessary animal suffering the injustice of exploiting animals and killing them for no good reason If human have rights, then many nonhuman animals also have rights, and confining and killing these animals for food violates these rights.