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Birds and Bling

10,000 Birds

Second, even if we do, we have discovered through bitter experience that jewelry can either be snatched or, like very small guns, used against us. asked Marge Gibson, when I asked a group of bird rehabbers about their bling experiences. Moral: they’re everywhere. “I As for nice clothing … right! Oh my, where do I start?”

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I don’t usually cite the academic credentials of authors, but I thought this was interesting since the official bio for this book is all about Floyd’s popular education activities.) Floyd’s writing style draws the reader in, including us in his experiences and observations, making the personal communal.

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On the Vegan "Diet"

Animal Person

But they also haven't made a moral choice to not use animals. If PCRM can get more people to try a "vegan diet" for 21 days as suggested, which is what in my experience used to be called "strict vegetarianism" (and which is no better), that's an actual decrease in animal use for those people. My dogs eat vegan dog food.

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On Changes in What Americans Are Attending To

Animal Person

It's humbling to experience all of this for the first time in my nearly 43 years, from the showering in the morning and donning fancy clothes and make up, to commuting with thousands of my closest friends, to having to hire people to walk my dogs and spend time with them because I'm not home during the day.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

I say "if you know someone" because this isn't a book I'd recommend to vegans for their vegan education efforts. There's not enough evidence for an accusation of moral relativism, but for me the message is a mixed one. Not great, but good. He never says he is. He always refers to himself and his wife and his child as "vegetarian."