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The Mysterious Case of Fighter the Fighting Fish

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So we took a break from the Betta Experiment because, honestly, I was getting tired of digging fishy graves for them and writing fishy eulogies. I kept him in the kitchen, between the cutting board and the kitchen sink, and I began to look forward to spending time with my friend each evening as I cooked dinner. And then came Fighter.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

I also have a rule to eat any cultural food when I am traveling to another country or am a guest or have guests of people from another culture who eat food with meat. If a person is in a discipline in which he or she is attempting to understand a culture or wants to experience a culture, vegetarianism is nearly impossible.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Spock: Most families have become more conscious about the fat content of meats, and many are choosing the lower-fat cuts. The healthiest diets of all, however, go a step further, and get their nutrients from beans, grains, vegetables, and fruits rather than from meats. Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique.

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Make This the Year You Do Right by Animals

Animal Ethics

If you currently eat meat, make a commitment to reduce your consumption of animals in January and stop eating them altogether in February. Switching to a vegan diet devoid of meat and animal products also almost always results in significantly lower plasma cholesterol levels. Free Fat-free vegan recipes can be found at Fatfree Vegan.

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Resolve to Do Right by Animals in 2007!

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Moderately to seriously overweight people who eliminate all meat and all animal products from their diets and replace those animal-based foods with plant-based foods almost always lose 10-20 pounds with no other behavioral changes. I recommend trying to accomplish sub-resolutions (a), (b), and (c) next.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

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He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. Since it would not be wrong to eat the flesh of animals raised in that manner, eating meat is not morally wrong! Running time: 12 Minutes.