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On Helping Individuals and Utilitarianism

Animal Person

And when it comes to doing the math regarding the way I help individuals, though I never regret the decision to help, I understand that some might say, for instance, that for the amount of money I spent on Violet in one year (I think $15,000 was her most expensive year), I could have paid for the surgeries for several broken-leg greyhounds.

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Looking after your dog’s joints.

4 The Love Of Animals

Just like humans, dogs depend on joints for flexibility and movement. Lately my beautiful, old greyhound Ruby, a rescued and abused track dog had experienced extreme agony in her joints from being overly raced around a dog track in the first few years of her life. They say dogs are like their owners and this is true, regarding joints.

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