4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2010

A New York Times story that ran in 2001 about a homeless dog wandering around a suburban part of New York City, struck a chord with me. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. Blue likes it that way,” Cody says, “and so do I.”.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2008

From the New York Times. It’s like the Saturday night poker game for hardened criminals,” said one of the undercover agents, Sgt. Tags: animal cruelty Texas dog fighting us. Investigators found that dogfighting was on the rise in Texas and was much more widespread than they had expected. Disgusting and disturbing.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Check out this video from the premier episode: RESCUE INK UNLEASHED is a new weekly series that documents this unlikely group of animal activists on their crusade to save helpless, abandoned and abused animals. It is such a great show, and so worth watching, so be sure to check your local listings for the time, it airs every Friday night.

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Rescue New York Animal Abuse New York Times 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

My ears perk up with every new song, my tail wags (ok, not literally, but darn close) every time I see or hear about a newly-returned migrant. Or, to be perfectly honest, playing games on Facebook, but let’s not talk about that. You can read more of Carrie’s work at Great Auk - or Greatest Auk? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The eating of non-grain-eating animals, e.g., fish and wild game, is morally permissible on this view. Or the same number of meat-producing animals could be produced and fed the same amount of grain, but new markets could be found for meat and new needs created. The next assumption is no less dubious.

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