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On Food for the Soul

Animal Person

Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. Food for my soul does not involve grilled greyhound any more than it involves grilled chicken. The animals were still bred and raised for slaughter, but evidently in some kind of soulful way we don't really hear about. on my schedule and for my palate.

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Dog Collars

4 The Love Of Animals

Middle class adoption of dog ownership required affordable collars, just like today’s mass marketed collar industry. “Normal” collars– Most dog collars are used to dress up the family pet and to identify it to strangers who may come into contact with the animal. Here are the most common types of collars.

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Kermie

Animal Person

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. Being home alone for the weekend made me particularly susceptible to being startled by strange noises.