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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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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Well-planned vegan diets are healthful for pregnant mothers and their infants, as well as for older children, according to a large body of scientific research. May 21, 2007 To the Editor: “Death by Veganism,” by Nina Planck, strays far from the truth about vegan diets. Contrary to Ms. Children need protein. George Mazzei St.