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Military Dogs Play Roles in Iraq and Afghanistan

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The most famous example of military dogs is the Vietnam dogs who faithfully served American soldiers and then were abandoned to unknown fates after we left the country. Tags: afghanistan military military force iraq dogs. But we also use them to fight our wars and intimidate our detainees.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

Or new markets could be found among the countries of the world where meat consumption is slight; more need for meat could be produced among nonvegetarians and dogs and cats. In 1974 we shipped four times as much food to Cambodia and South Vietnam as to starving Bangladesh and Swahelian Africa. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

Meat-packing companies might encourage, for example, an increased dog population to take up the slack. If I pay my taxes during the Vietnam war, does this mean I am tacitly supporting the war? Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. Cattle might be overproduced because of government subsidies and new markets found for meat. Certainly not.