Animal Person

JULY 10, 2009

I call my greyhounds sneaky activism opportunities. Here are a handful of conversations I've had over the past few months, with people who stop me to say whatever they need to say about greyhound racing (most people can't wait to tell you their opinion): Greyhound racing should be banned (and why). Segue into horse racing.

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Animal Person

APRIL 16, 2009

This is why I didn't campaign for a greyhound--it raises their profile. Not to mention the White House is not exactly the optimal environment for a greyhound.) Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Would it matter?" But betrayal is also a problem. Saying something and then doing something else is a problem.

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Animal Person

APRIL 25, 2009

Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters.

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Animal Person

APRIL 12, 2009

But I didn't campaign for a presidential greyhound for exactly the same reason Obama's decision was disappointing: it glorifies pure breed dogs. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. They can say that the puppy was needing to be re-homed, therefore it's like adopting from a rescue group.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

And the "strict ethical vegan" to come.) Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language. And then it proceeds to: "None of these questions, however, make any consideration of whether it is wrong to kill animals for human consumption." And great timing: between Jonathan Safran Foer and Thanksgiving.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

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. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Another "which is more important?"

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Animal Person

MAY 3, 2009

Frankly it all began when his pinky nail was removed, and my husband thinks perhaps a nerve was damaged or the pinky nail on a greyhound is far more important to balance and gait than you might think. Tags: Ethics Food and Drink Greyhound Matters. After all of the groin talk, it wasn't the groin.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 20, 2010

Violet the diabetic greyhound does very well as a vegan as her recent blood work demonstrated. Charles the lame greyhound doesn't process grains well at all. Tags: Books Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Gray Matters. She is doing fine with that. No change in anything about her, though I do think she's a bit perkier.

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Animal Person

APRIL 24, 2009

mikey, my stance can be seen in the posts about Project Treadstone (and if you type Project Treadstone into the Google Search box just below my half-blind, diabetic greyhound, Violet Rays, on the right, you'll get a dozen more posts). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. But who cares about me? What do you all t hink?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 19, 2009

Would I ever say I restrict my diet to food that wasn't made from the parts of creatures as sentient as the greyhounds I share my home with? How about an ethical adventure ? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. The kids prepared Buddhist delight that "conformed to Buddhist dietary restrictions." fun" said one (female) child.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

Food for my soul does not involve grilled greyhound any more than it involves grilled chicken. Tags: Activism Economics Ethics Language. Food for my soul involves nutrient-rich plants and grains and legumes that provide me with just about everything I need to be in fantastic health (let's not have the B12 discussion). I'm on my way.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 22, 2009

And when it comes to doing the math regarding the way I help individuals, though I never regret the decision to help, I understand that some might say, for instance, that for the amount of money I spent on Violet in one year (I think $15,000 was her most expensive year), I could have paid for the surgeries for several broken-leg greyhounds.

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Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

Now I have the drama of the feral cats and of course the greyhounds. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. I've written about the much-maligned Muscovy ducks before , and at our old house this time of year I was usually inundated with rescue situations and of course my patio often had images like this.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Just in case you were wondering what an 85-lb red fawn greyhound looks like from the back with a couple dozen acupuncture needles in him. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. And yes, that's Violet Rays taking up most of his acupuncture bed at the homeopath's office.) I've had those.

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Animal Person

MAY 11, 2009

I'm not sure why he thinks we "appear" to be effective, as I can't think of one campaign that I've supported, other than the banning of greyhound racing in individual states, that has actually succeeded. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters.

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Animal Person

MAY 24, 2010

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. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language abolition animal rights blogging veganism vegetarianism writing. I was all over the place.

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Animal Person

JULY 21, 2010

I somehow became the non-vet, go-to person regarding dogs and diabetes, I suppose due to my frequent blogging about Violet Rays (left), my greyhound who has been through diabetes, blindness (then cataract replacement), glaucoma and retina detachment. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics canine diabetes humulin vetsulin.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. Dear ARAN Members, I remember as a young child throwing stones and sticks at a terrified greyhound that slept in a back shed a few blocks from where I live. He would not return for many hours.

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Animal Person

JULY 29, 2009

And check out Sins of Omission Radio on Monday, August 3, at 9pm EST for "Unseen Costs of Greyhound Racing." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters. Sponsors of the bill are Representative Patricia Serpa and Senator Lou Raptakis (thank them!). Each dog who is saved from a life of servitude and abuse is grateful.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

[T]here is another class of cases where the state is accorded the right to interfere with the individual when he is not interfering with any other person, namely, where cruelty to animals is involved.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I also find that to be the case within the community of nonvegan, pro-animal activists, such as greyhound advocates. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language. Getting through that initial resistance takes a bit of time and energy and it can't be skipped or rushed because it's the foundation.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 5, 2011

After failing miserably at a long pamphlet in 2007, I decided to shorten it by 50% and focus on a different audience: people who use animals. I think part of the original work's problem was that it was too ambitious--not to mention expensive to produce--and everything suffered.

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

So, while this fact does not need to concern us, if we are thinking about ethical principles, for example based on rational arguments leading to deontological ethics, that changes when we are talking about how to move society towards this ethical ideal. I assume Francione does not disagree.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 9, 2009

When I saw the Live Science article about dogs being as smart as 2-year-old kids I knew that if there were any talk of ranking, my beloved greyhounds would be at the less-desirable end of the list (not from personal experience, but from reputation), and I also knew that there would be a whiff of speciesism. That last part is interesting.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters Language.

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