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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

10,000 Birds

It’s a slim volume, a republication, mostly, of a chapter from her fine 2010 book Birdology , with some added material including an introduction, in which she describes how she has, a decade after her first experience with falconry (as described in the main part of the book), “come back for more.” May 3, 2022. May 3, 2022.

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Roger Cohen Realizes Dogs=Pigs, Sort Of

Animal Person

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? There is a rational, and for some people a spiritual, case for being a vegetarian: Killing animals is wrong. But as Cohen experiences, humans don't live "in theory."

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On Food/Lifestyle Disputes At Home

Animal Person

In " Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes " in the Environment section of today's New York Times, Leslie Kaufman reports that American households have become a battleground for beliefs about the environment. She warns wives and mothers not to move a family toward vegetarianism before everyone is ready.

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On "Pets" and "Its"

Animal Person

I went back to New York to the areas where I grew up and went to college and graduate school for a five-day weekend. All animals except the dog are called "it" (I did a little experiment to see what would happen). Tags: Books Ethics Language parenting publishing speciesism veganism. I'm a terrible fiction writer.

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