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The Book That Saved Derrick Jensen's Life

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The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen 's life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when she recommenced eating animals. But that would be unfair. She portrays them as adolescents. “In

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On "Knockout Animals"

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Now, any medication we take and surgical procedures we undergo also have a long line of breeding, enslavement, torture and killing of sentient nonhumans leading up to them, so objecting to "knockout animals" on those grounds is to stand on somewhat thin ice. Why kill and maim and waste taxpayer dollars--or any dollars--on such things?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

As the lead prosecutor in this case told the jury, this poor infant was not killed by a vegan diet. The medical journal Lancet recently published findings showing that children who are not adequately nourished in the first five years of life sometimes never catch up to their peers. Petersburg, Fla.,

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Nutrition for Dogs: Choosing the Right Food for Your Canine Companion

4 The Love Of Animals

The first two to three ingredients listed should be meat, and not grains or vegetable by-products. Similarly, these ingredients may increase parasite infection, increasing the money you must spend on vet care and pet medications. Cooked bones can splinter and kill your dog. Special Formulations Added to Dog Food.

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