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The Blue House Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

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. Tags: books guest post. See the trailer: [link].

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Hero Dog From Afghan Base Is Killed by Mistake in Arizona ” (front page, Nov. 19): The story of Target, the Afghan hero dog, is truly heartbreaking. This misadventure could have been avoided!

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Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats

4 The Love Of Animals

There is a great new book called Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats , featuring photographs of both dogs and cats. In reality, this is a book for the dog (and cat) lover! It’s not only humorous, but informational too, including some fun facts about both dogs and cats. Dogs are social. Dogs give and give.

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Roger Cohen Realizes Dogs=Pigs, Sort Of

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" Dog Days in China " is a small piece with no gruesome slideshow. But it's also remarkable in that Roger Cohen, a 50-something man who writes for the New York Times, wonders: But do pigs have any more or less of a soul than dogs? His "anguish" leads him to a dog restaurant where he dines on dog.

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Does Vick Deserve a Second Chance?

Animal Person

Do you agree with the New York Times ' William C. Is fighting and killing dogs the same thing? Is fighting and killing dogs the same thing? Is it the dogs that are at issue? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. Rhoden in " The Case for a Second Chance for Michael Vick? "

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On Cannibalism

Animal Person

When we left off , the New York Times' Roger Cohen had eaten dog while in China, and wasn't thrilled about it emotionally. Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. Because his previous paragraph is: But do pigs have any more or less of a soul than dogs?

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Dogfighting Grows in Texas

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From the New York Times. 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. It’s like the Saturday night poker game for hardened criminals,” said one of the undercover agents, Sgt. Disgusting and disturbing.

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