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"Earthlings" Available as Audio Book

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I've never watched it, but heard it talked about on a vegan podcast. It's supposed to be so intense, it turns people into vegans (Ellen DeGeneres for one.) Earthlings is a feature-length documentary about how dependent human beings are on animals, primarily in five key areas: pets, food, clothing, entertainment and science.

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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

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The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Indeed, it often isn't even the best science: New drugs that show great promise in mice, for example, often confer zero benefit to humans, or even prove harmful. This is an important issue. We as a movement cannot compartamentalize.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

27): Mark Bittman answered my prayers by writing an article exposing how the meat industry contributes to global warming, world hunger and other issues plaguing our world. But there is indeed a simple answer to these problems: Go vegan. To the Editor: Re “ Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler ” (Week in Review, Jan. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. Borrowing a move from the tobacco industry, Ms. Niman obscures the well-evidenced connection between veganism and environmentalism. Toney Union, N.J., Lois Bloom Easton, Conn., Contrary to Ms.

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On "Imposing" Our Beliefs on Our Children

Animal Person

But what I do is "imposing" or "forcing" veganism and atheism on my child. As far as atheism goes, I'd rather my child have a healthy skepticism that is fact driven and science driven. When my husband and I first adopted Baby Sky, several friends and relatives asked, "are you going to make her be a vegan?

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