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On Taxes, Veganism and "Pets"

Animal Person

But then I wasn't able to put that theory into practice once weighed against, say, the millions of dogs and cats who are going to be killed for the brutal crime of homelessness. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language. Do you agree with that?

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On the Keeping of Endangered Fishes

Animal Person

Is keeping animals because they're endangered any different from keeping them because they are homeless? . Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Can we ever meet the needs of fishes by keeping them in our homes? What do you think? -- Photo of 72 gallon african cichlid tank from Flickr Erica_Marshall's photostream.

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Yet More Good News for Project Treadstone

Animal Person

I received a call yesterday from a woman who started a coalition for homeless cats. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. This one's more like Good News for Mary Martin. She said her Trapper Man could go to the Project Treadstone site--last night and this morning--and trap up to 10 cats that she would bring to Pahokee.

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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

And perhaps my favorite: "[I]f healthy, homeless humans were rounded up and killed, no one would call the killing facilities 'shelters'" (55). Tags: Books Ethics Language. Stay tuned for Part Deux, and more sentiments I could never have crafted better.

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On "High in the Clouds"

Animal Person

From Barnes and Noble : "Wirral the Squirrel is homeless. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language. High in the Clouds , by Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Philip Ardagh is supposed to be for Grades 2-4, but its themes, vocabulary and syntax are more advanced. But probably with plenty of commentary throughout. .

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