Animal Person
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). There will be no greyhound corpse on our table, no turkey corpse and no pig corpse. But we can bring our story to that world.
Animal Person
AUGUST 23, 2009
Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. Food for my soul does not involve grilled greyhound any more than it involves grilled chicken. Tags: Activism Economics Ethics Language. It doesn't involve taking the life of someone who'd much rather not have her life taken. I'm on my way.
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Animal Person
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
And I received confirmation of something I've known since 2004, when we adopted retired racing greyhound, Violet Rays: That there's sort of a critical period for dog-behavior acquisition, and if it's missed, the dog isn't likely to mature into the type of loving being whose behavior we've come to associate with "pet" dogs.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 3, 2009
We thought it was just a tag, but it's a benign mass that's been irritating her eyeball for months. Like when I was a kid and went to the mall with my family (BCP: Before Cell Phones), my parents would say: If we get lost, let's meet in front of the fountain. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters.
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 29, 2012
. “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. They typically provide a metal loop to attach a leash or lead and a smaller ring below the chin to hang an id tag.
Animal Person
AUGUST 19, 2009
Would I ever say I restrict my diet to food that wasn't made from the parts of creatures as sentient as the greyhounds I share my home with? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. The kids prepared Buddhist delight that "conformed to Buddhist dietary restrictions." Something about the word "restrictions" annoys me. One is male.
Animal Person
JULY 6, 2010
On Friday, June 25, I received a call from an attorney who said a little girl was born the evening prior, her adoption fell through and she needed a family. I chose a cow for Sky's first stuffed animal, and I hope that she will grow up to honor and respect the lives of cows the same way she will honor and respect the lives of greyhounds.
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