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A fit Fido

4 The Love Of Animals

Just as with humans, flaxseed oil is essential for preventing cardiovascular issues. Unlike humans, however, one should administer only the oil form, not the pill form, to your canine sweetheart. Move it Around : Rather than feeding your dog a steady diet of beef or lamb or fish, switch the proteins every once in a while.

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Gardner Williams (1895-1972) on Wronging Animals

Animal Ethics

The interests in nourishment and in gustatory pleasure lead man to kill and eat cattle, fish, and fowl. This cuts down on the long-range satisfactions of the cattle, the fish, and the fowl. But enlightened public opinion in human society approves of man's carnivorous behavior. But few people do this.

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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on Consistency

Animal Ethics

I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. That depends on whether there are morally relevant differences between chickens and fish on the one hand and cows, pigs, and sheep on the other. (I I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian. Am I a hypocrite?