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On "That's Why We Don't Eat Animals"

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" That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things ," written and illustrated by Ruby Roth, has gorgeous and haunting illustrations. And it gently tells the story of why we shouldn't eat factory farmed animals.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

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Many of us have difficulty with the idea of keeping ā€œpets.ā€ When it comes to pets, the only reasons he considers for keeping pets have to do with the enrichment of the lives of people. At least his research on pit bull-types of dogs demonstrates the injustice they face. . But Iā€™m merely making his point.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

As a longtime vegan with three vegan-from-birth children, I would like to suggest that since vegetarians are generally healthier than meat eaters, there is no excuse for compassionate people to eat animals. There is no moral difference between eating a dog or a pig, a cat or a chicken. Borders Jr. Louisville, Ky.,

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Part II: Man Cuts Dog. Maybe on paper.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

22): Mr. Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical veganā€”he says he has just five vegan friendsā€”if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. Itā€™s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals.

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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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