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Powder Puff, RIP, and More

Animal Person

You may recall that when I took him to the vet (and at that time I thought he was a she) I asked them to check him out and they said he looked fine. So his suffering was basically prolonged because he looked good on that one day, and because testing is done only if there are symptoms. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

Statistics come to life in the suffering of one dove or one mockingbird, the one needlessly stricken and dying for the sake of a personal choice. The vet confirmed pain, injury and infection from her life on the streets, common afflictions for stray cats. With respect to the stray cat Puck, we eventually learned her name was Jackie.

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