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Preparing for the Onslaught

Animal Person

The conversations with family and friends have already begun about "Turkey Day." And of course if you correct someone and say "Dead Turkey Day," you're "buzzkill," or imposing your beliefs or being judgmental. Everyone clearly doesn't include the turkey and the other animals on the table.

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

I find it amazing that after 19 guides, it is still possible to describe a Great Blue Heron or Turkey Vulture with new words, and Earley certainly does that here. “Bird Identification 101” is a very useful tutorial, including feature-captioned photographs designed to help sort out warblers and vireos, hawks, and shorebirds.

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On Individuals and Thanksgiving

Animal Person

turkey. . . Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights Thanksgiving veganism. Yet the turtle. cause for concern about his welfare. Concern about his life. A hope for his life to continue. Even putting yourself in harm's way to help him.

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On Wipeout and Lion Burgers

Animal Person

Contestant: "And turkeys.". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language " Care2 "Wipeout animal cruelty animal rights lion meat. Contestant (flustered): "We, well, we used to have chickens on our ranch.". Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.".

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The (Re)Veganizing of the Greyhounds

Animal Person

I have fed Charles Hobson Booger, III and Violet Rays every type of diet from raw (as in, turkey necks and chicken backs) to pre-made raw (comes in patties with greens and bones and supplements in it), to homemade vegan to Evolution to pre-made vegan ingredients to a combo. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters.

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On Bob Herbert and Direct Action

Animal Person

I don't disagree with Herbert, but what if I wrote: Most people don't want to hear about the capacity of nonhumans to experience pain, pleasure, boredom or frustration, and President Obama would rather walk through fire than do anything other than acquire a pure breed puppy or pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving (though that one remains to be seen).

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To My Friends at Thanksgiving

Animal Person

There will be no greyhound corpse on our table, no turkey corpse and no pig corpse. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Greyhound Matters Language Thanksgiving veganism. It's never been so easy to have a Just Thanksgiving.