Animal Person

MARCH 24, 2010

Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner's association, and though I wasn't on the agenda there's always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring "BBQ" ( here 's part one of this story). And there's not much from the health angle for pony rides.

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Zoos Ponies Pets Vegan 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2012

But, we do it because we love our pets. With so many recent college grads stumbling and fumbling in a challenging job market, many of us are taking on extremely full schedules that are hard to cope with for both us and for our pets. Your pet should not be kept in a kennel or cage during daycare. Doggy Daycare.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

In a manner that’s Malcolm Gladwell meets Freakonomics, which is the fascinating part, Herzog investigates our beliefs and actions regarding nonhuman animals (anthrozoology). Many of us have difficulty with the idea of keeping “pets.” Of course I was appalled, but out there in the mainstream world, she is an outlier.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Pets In Iraq – Excerpt from Mama & Boris. So when Peter calls and excitedly tells us stories about a small pack of five dogs that has started coming around the base—a mother and her four pups—I laugh and think, of course he has pets in Iraq. What a lovely story, with such a great message.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2008

The bird was buried on the golf course—perhaps in an effort to hide the evidence—but was later dug up by Florida investigators. Would you feel differently if Isenhour had driven golf balls at your cat or dog until he succeeded in killing your pet? What say you? If so, why?

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

In some cases, their research suggests that our pets are manipulating us rather than welling up with human-like feeling. The children, of course, picked the right cup–no surprise since they saw the toy being hidden. .&# See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

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