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"The Cove" Continues to Disturb

Critter News

The film’s protagonist, Ric O’Barry, who trained the animals that played TV’s Flipper before he had a change of heart, indicts businesses like Sea World as being either overtly or tacitly complicit in the cruelty. The rest are killed with spears, knives and clubs in an orgy of cruelty. The cries of the dolphins are pathetic.

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Chock Full of Celebration

4 The Love Of Animals

Her business, Happy Tails Books , collects stories from people who have fostered and adopted dogs and compiles them into books that inspire others to get involved in the fight against animal cruelty. Kyla recently founded Up For Pups, a non-profit approaching humane education through creativity.

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Deconstructing Spencer's Comment

Animal Person

As much as I don't like responding to comments that are hostile, they also demonstrate a lack of understanding/education/knowledge on the part of the commenter that perhaps, if remedied, might result in a different opinion. Such is the case with Spencer R's comment from my brief post recommending The Botany of Desire.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif.,

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. Becoming a vegetarian is the most practical and effective step one can take towards [sic; kbj] ending both the killing of non-human [sic; kbj] animals and the infliction of suffering upon them.