Animal Person

JULY 10, 2009

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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Animal Person

JUNE 29, 2009

Other than being a vegan, the most important actions you can take to help animals who are used for food are: Give generously to organizations that help those sentient nonhumans directly, such as Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary , Maple Farm Sanctuary , Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary and Eastern Shore Sanctuary. Give generously to Tribe of Heart.

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I mention this because all too often people surrender their dogs--or even cats--once they have children. Sky gives her a wide berth when she walks around her, and yes, it's a bummer that Sky is a little afraid of dogs. I'll refrain from ranting. But what I will say is that you work at it. I have taught Sky to stay away from Violet.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 21, 2012

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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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

When I agreed to read and review Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson's THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING (Harper 2010), the regal Charles Hobson Booger, III was still with us. He was adopted by the Masson family and was apparently the most loving dog all who met him had ever had the pleasure of being licked by. And the crying would never stop.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Well, as it turns out neither a trip to a slaughterhouse nor killing an animal yourself is powerful enough to make people go vegan. What about their horror?

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Christopher Barden, an American vegan living in Beijing, and whom I mention frequently, has started his own blog/"Notes on Life" ! Earlier this year he'd send snapshots of various vegan sites that use Google's AdSense to the people who run the sites to illustrate their well-intentioned message was flanked by fur ads or other such undesirable.

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Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

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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Animal Person

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I recall one day when his sister-in-law was speaking with him about what she was feeding her children, and it wasn't a vegan-centered conversation. I think it was about hot dogs. TD, of course, wasn't too keen on hot dogs for nutritional reasons at the very least. Sometimes permanently. TD replies: " Yeah, like heroine.

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Animal Person

JULY 26, 2009

Now, I don't want to do anything extreme, like go vegan. Veganism is too fringe for me, and I'm pretty sure you have to be a Communist, or at least a Socialist, to be a vegan. And I don't think vegans believe in God, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't believe in God. Also, veganism is expensive, and I'm on a budget.

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Animal Person

MAY 6, 2009

The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen 's life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when she recommenced eating animals. Throughout the book, Keith mocks vegetarians and vegans.

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Animal Person

MAY 24, 2010

And how, for the love of God, people have got so stop saying things like Vegan Before 6! See Vegan Between Meals for more). I wrote about atheism, diabetes (which I do think is important and stay tuned for a video about canine diabetes and how to test blood sugar), dog food, feral cats, and of course, greyhound racing.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

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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Animal Person

APRIL 5, 2011

And it usually involves exchanges with non-vegans. But fighting for the term animal rights or about the term abolition ends up, in the real world, being about fighting with other vegans (and I don't know if fighting is the proper term--it very likely isn't--but I'm out of time to get into that).

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 18, 2009

I've been out of every loop I used to be in because my work outside of veganism and animal rights came a-calling in a most critical way. There are new Francione-style abolitionists and new people to veganism who debate about the ethics of consuming eggs from their neighbor's chickens. Yes, we have a long, long way to go.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Also, an update on Emily's 50% vegan (Ami) diet. I tried soaking it (I soak the dogs' kibble) but she wouldn't eat it. I bought a new laser light and my husband and I have committed to using it every day and getting her to sprint around the house (away from the dogs-don't worry) for at least 15 minutes/day.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 25, 2010

Assuming that the fish are kept in a large aquarium that mimics their natural habitat, and that the keeper treats the fish as family (as they would a rescued dog, cat, rabbit, etc.), I adopted the cats before I became a vegan, and although I don't like the fact that they eat other animals, it is my responsibility to keep them healthy. (I

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I say "if you know someone" because this isn't a book I'd recommend to vegans for their vegan education efforts. The vegans I know would probably find it a bit maddening, and here's why: We aren't sure whether Foer is a vegan. Not great, but good. He never says he is. But why does he say "vegetarian?"

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Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2009

It has been a humbling 17 days as I walk the dogs early, shower, and get gussied up to sit in traffic for 1.5 While spending hours in the car I've been thinking about various issues related to sentient nonhumans, animal rights and veganism. And vegans are accused of imposing our belief systems and brainwashing kids?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 8, 2009

Finally, it arrived--a medium-size bag (4.4lb for $22.95 + shipping) of Ami vegan cat food (via Vegan Essentials ). And now that she's not eating as much canned food, she'll probably drink more water (either from a scotch glass or the dogs' bowls), but that's to be expected. What a relief!

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Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2010

From the feral cats of Project Treadstone to Charles' back surgery to problems with Violet's Vetsulin (insulin for dogs), we had more than our share of issues. Dogs have died from hypoglycemia due to Vetsulin and there is a class action lawsuit. Like many people with diabetic dogs, I haven't had major problems with Vetsulin.

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 7, 2011

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. And what happens if she decides to eat meat later on?"

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

We "traditionally" have applied our social mores in some places and not others, and we should go back to "tradition," which I bet has something to do with continuing to care about our dogs while continuing to feign care for "farm animals," as they're value is as food only. Let the games begin. What's all this about emotion, anyway?

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Animal Person

MARCH 20, 2010

Naturally, upon reading such words, my stomach turned and I immediately thought of making plans to be away from the house that day so I wouldn't have to see any of the festivities or try to negotiate walking the dogs around them. Meanwhile, most eat them, wear them and "love" the Kentucky Derby, yet don't approve of dog racing.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 5, 2010

First let me say that there is no recall of Vetsulin (often used to manage the diabetes of dogs and cats) as of today. That if you have a diabetic dog or cat and you use Vetsulin, you have to be diligent. Violet's dose, twice each day, is either nine or ten units, depending on how active she is. So what is it? What does it mean?

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Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

First, check out " The Vegan Solution: An Ideal Whose Time Has Come " over at Care2. And former vegan, Chuck Roomi, who says veganism isn't practical "For people who do not have a desire to eat exotic foods from thousands of miles away, or mechanically-formulated suplements" also warrants a response. So many things to say today.

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Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

And if justice and nonviolence are your mission, the living "things" you eat wouldn't include beings as sentient as your dog companion. We can argue about where to draw that line all day long, but here are the facts of the case: The "spirit" of my dog companion, Violet Rays, may or may not exist. This is indeed a matter of conscience.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 27, 2009

" 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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Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

I want to talk about why we shouldn't be using animals and that it's infinitely easier to be a vegan than it was 20 years ago. If you believe your dog has a right to a life free of torture and slaughter for no reason, then you really ought to think about extending that right to mice, rats, chickens and fish.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options. It is no more acceptable to confine 60 hens for their entire lives in a cage that you report is “about the size of a Ford F-150 pickup truck’s flatbed” than it would be to treat 60 cats similarly.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The vet did give me a hard time about the dogs' animal-free diets (my traditional vets don't, ironically), and my response was that unless she could show me some research that his particular type of injury needs animal protein to heal, I wasn't going to change anything. been there.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

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. I hope that you'll find it in your heart to give up just two hours of your time as these beautiful and gentle dogs are literally running for their lives. I wonder how well that works.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2007

I have been working in the animal movement for several decades on 2 continents, and have been vegetarian for nearly 40 years and vegan for 25 of those years. Alley Cat Rescue serves vegan food at our gatherings, and encourages all groups that work with cats and dogs to do the same.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

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., 25, 2007

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—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. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan.

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Animal Person

MAY 3, 2009

I began my journey by discovering something you all probably know, which is that you can substitute cooked black-eyed peas or adzuki beans for flour, like in the recipe for the above vegan flourless chocolate cake. And the dogs' spirits are high, as they get plenty of attention and stimulation. I may never use flour again.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

If you are already a vegetarian, make this the year that you decide to go vegan. If you are serious about losing weight and improving your health, try out a cruelty-free vegan diet for three months. You can download a "Vegan Starter Kit" from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine here.] Don’t wear wool. (e)

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