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On Food/Lifestyle Disputes At Home

Animal Person

But then I remembered that, as a vegan, I purchased and prepared the flesh of cows and chickens for my husband for nearly six years because I knew that if the change didn't come from him he would likely end up resenting me, plus he might even go back to eating and using animals.

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Pets Can Change Anyone

4 The Love Of Animals

Tara is a freelance writer who primarily enjoys writing about her passion for her pets as well as her endeavors to live a more eco-friendly, sustainable lifestyle. The dogs, they were for working, herding cows, etc. We are happy to have a guest post today from author Tara Alley. You can follow her on Twitter @hopesiempre.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

10,000 Birds

Reading the title, I feared you had succumbed to the “hook & bullet&# lifestyle of the Rockies and now carried a very, very big-calibered gun with you. @Nicole: Glad you liked it! Renato: Wow, these birds are truly cosmopolitan. Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 4:29 am Ack!! Glad that’s not the case. Thanks for visiting!

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. Since the male offspring of dairy cows don't produce milk, they are sold to veal farms, where they are permanently confined in veal crates that prevent them from moving or turning around.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Niman’s suggestion that the findings do not apply to smaller farms, the United Nations and the University of Chicago reports demonstrate the inefficiency of beef “production” because a cow must be fed to convert grass or grain calories into protein before a human can consume even “humane” or grass-fed beef.

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A long way from nowhere

10,000 Birds

We are remote but what a great lifestyle! We can see forever-well, till the curve of the earth anyway! Broome Accommodation Mar 7th, 2011 at 7:50 pm A great post, thanks Clare, always great to see some of our local critters being documented. Thanks for visiting!

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

10,000 Birds

Exploratory species, on the other hand, have lifestyles where information gathering could be useful, e.g. those living in relatively complex and changeable versus constant habitats. Instead, those species that are neophobic tend to have either a naturally. sort of “bland&# diet (e.g. insects (often noxious) versus leaves).

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