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Sowing the Seeds of Veganism

Animal Person

I could be reading into this, but it does appear that there's some discomfort on the part of non-vegans when they look through the calendar and I tell them the story. And when you're checking out at the health food store with your cans and bag of vegan dog food, how could that not be a seedy opportunity?

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HollyWoof Gift Bags Spoil Celebrity Dogs!

4 The Love Of Animals

Celebrity pooches recently received the HollyWOOF, Distinctive Assets’ annual gift bag of the newest innovative dog products. For those D-List smells, itches and skin issues comes Farm Dog Naturals’ new line of products, Pet Urine Eco Cleaner, Salvation Dry Skin & Crusty Nose Salve and Restore Itch Relief. Tagg – The Pet Tracker!

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November is. Awareness Month

Animal Person

My inbox this month has informed me that November is Vegan Awareness Month! I am a vegan who has adopted a diabetic greyhound who eats vegan food ( Natural Balance ), and who is adopting a boy from Russia. As a vegan, part of what I believe is that bringing animals onto this planet to use them as food or as pets isn't ethical.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

A brief look at the public outcry concerning Michael Vick’s dog-fighting ring shows just how widely accepted premise (1) is. Even those actively involved in the industry typically admit that these modern animal rearing practices cause animals severe pain and stress. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so.

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

Animal Person

Every day myself and other 'friends' went out of our way to terrify the poor helpless dog that used to live in this filthy run down shed for shelter. At ARAN many of our volunteers work day and night fighting animal abuse- -we're simply asking you for just two hours during our week of action against the Greyhound industry in Ireland.

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On "Pets" and "Its"

Animal Person

While visiting another set of children who have a lizard in a tank as well as a dog, the dog is called "he" but the lizard is called "it." All animals except the dog are called "it" (I did a little experiment to see what would happen). I remember that as a child I called all cats "she" and dogs "he" in the absence of a name.

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On "Imposing" Our Beliefs on Our Children

Animal Person

But what I do is "imposing" or "forcing" veganism and atheism on my child. When my husband and I first adopted Baby Sky, several friends and relatives asked, "are you going to make her be a vegan? I grew up respecting dogs and cats, but not other animals. They were forcing us to be consumers of animal exploitation industries.

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